Application Guide
How to Apply for Solutions Architect
at Workiva
🏢 About Workiva
Workiva specializes in integrated ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) reporting, helping organizations achieve transparent climate impact tracking and compliance. Their platform streamlines complex reporting processes, positioning them uniquely at the intersection of finance, sustainability, and technology. Working here means contributing directly to corporate transparency and environmental accountability in a growing market.
About This Role
As a Solutions Architect at Workiva in New South Wales, you'll lead strategic service delivery to customers and partners, designing tailored solutions that integrate seamlessly with the Workiva Platform. You'll conduct discovery sessions to understand business needs and develop partnership portfolios to expand the ecosystem of elite delivery partners in the region, directly impacting how organizations manage ESG reporting and compliance.
💡 A Day in the Life
A typical day might involve conducting discovery sessions with Australian clients to understand their ESG reporting needs, then designing solution architectures that integrate with the Workiva Platform. You'd collaborate with delivery partners in the region, review integration designs, and work on expanding the partner ecosystem while ensuring contracted services meet strategic objectives.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who Workiva Is Looking For
- Has 4+ years in service delivery, finance/accounting, or consulting with hands-on Workiva platform experience or similar SaaS/cloud technologies
- Possesses practical experience with enterprise risk, financial planning/analytics, and reporting solutions and their underlying technology platforms
- Demonstrates ability to architect solutions that integrate within existing systems while understanding business requirements through discovery sessions
- Shows experience in developing partnership portfolios and growing delivery partner ecosystems, particularly in the Australian/New South Wales region
📝 Tips for Applying to Workiva
Explicitly mention any Workiva platform experience in your resume - if you don't have direct experience, highlight similar SaaS/cloud platform experience with specific examples
Quantify your experience with enterprise risk, financial planning, or analytics solutions - mention specific platforms you've worked with and business outcomes achieved
Tailor your application to emphasize ESG, compliance, or sustainability reporting experience, even if tangential, given Workiva's focus area
Highlight any experience developing partnerships or growing service delivery ecosystems in Australia, particularly in New South Wales
Include specific examples of conducting discovery sessions and translating business needs into technical solution designs
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
['Your hands-on experience with the Workiva platform or similar SaaS/cloud technologies for reporting solutions', 'Specific examples of architecting solutions that integrated within existing enterprise systems or platforms', 'Experience in the Australian market, particularly with partnership development or service delivery in New South Wales', 'Understanding of ESG reporting, compliance, or sustainability initiatives and how technology supports these areas']
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → Workiva's specific ESG reporting solutions and how they differentiate from competitors in the sustainability reporting space
- → Recent Workiva platform updates or features, particularly those related to integration capabilities
- → Workiva's partner ecosystem and existing delivery partners in Australia/APAC region
- → Current ESG reporting regulations and compliance requirements in Australia that Workiva's platform addresses
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Applying with generic solution architect experience without highlighting specific Workiva platform or similar SaaS/cloud technology experience
- Failing to demonstrate understanding of the finance/accounting or compliance aspects of the role despite it being a requirement
- Not tailoring application materials to the Australian market or showing awareness of regional partnership development needs
📅 Application Timeline
This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.
Typical hiring timeline:
Application Review
1-2 weeks
Initial Screening
Phone call or written assessment
Interviews
1-2 rounds, usually virtual
Offer
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