Application Guide

How to Apply for Solutions Architect

at Workiva

🏢 About Workiva

Workiva specializes in integrated ESG reporting, helping organizations achieve transparent climate impact reporting and compliance. The company stands out by focusing specifically on streamlining complex reporting processes through their platform, making them a leader in the growing ESG technology space. Working at Workiva means contributing directly to corporate sustainability and transparency initiatives that are increasingly critical globally.

About This Role

As a Solutions Architect at Workiva Singapore, you'll lead strategic delivery of contracted services, conducting discovery sessions to understand client needs and architecting solutions that integrate seamlessly with the Workiva Platform. This role is impactful because you'll directly shape how major organizations in Asia implement ESG reporting and compliance solutions, bridging technical architecture with business requirements in finance, accounting, and risk management.

💡 A Day in the Life

A typical day involves conducting virtual discovery sessions with Asia-Pacific clients to understand their ESG reporting challenges, then designing solution architectures that integrate their existing financial data with Workiva's platform. You'll collaborate with both technical teams and business stakeholders to ensure solutions meet compliance requirements while maintaining platform standardization, often working across time zones to support regional clients.

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🎯 Who Workiva Is Looking For

  • Has 4+ years of hands-on experience with the Workiva platform or similar SaaS/cloud technologies for financial reporting and analytics
  • Combines service delivery expertise with specific knowledge in enterprise risk, financial planning, or ESG reporting solutions
  • Can demonstrate experience architecting solutions that integrate complex data architectures within standardized platforms
  • Possesses both technical platform expertise and client-facing skills to conduct discovery sessions and build positive partner relationships

📝 Tips for Applying to Workiva

1

Quantify your experience with the Workiva platform specifically - mention specific modules, integrations, or projects you've worked on

2

Highlight any ESG, sustainability reporting, or climate compliance experience, even if tangential to your main role

3

Include concrete examples of how you've architected solutions that integrated within existing enterprise platforms

4

Demonstrate your understanding of Singapore's regulatory environment for financial reporting and ESG compliance

5

Showcase both your technical architecture skills AND your client-facing experience in discovery sessions and service delivery

✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter

['Your specific experience with the Workiva platform or similar ESG/financial reporting SaaS solutions', 'Examples of successful solution architecture that integrated complex requirements within standardized platforms', 'How your background in finance, accounting, audit, or risk management prepares you for ESG reporting solutions', 'Your approach to conducting discovery sessions and translating business needs into technical architectures']

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🔍 Research Before Applying

To stand out, make sure you've researched:

  • → Workiva's specific ESG reporting modules and how they integrate with financial systems
  • → Singapore's sustainability reporting requirements (SGX requirements, MAS guidelines)
  • → Workiva's major clients in the Asia-Pacific region and their use cases
  • → How Workiva's platform handles data integration from multiple sources for compliance reporting

💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics

Based on this role, you may be asked about:

1 Walk me through your experience with the Workiva platform - specific features, integrations, or challenges you've addressed
2 How would you architect a solution for a client needing to integrate legacy financial data with ESG reporting requirements?
3 Describe your process for conducting discovery sessions with clients who have complex compliance needs
4 What experience do you have with Singapore's regulatory environment for financial and sustainability reporting?
5 How do you balance standardized solution delivery with custom client requirements in your architecture designs?
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⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid

  • Applying with generic architecture experience without mentioning specific Workiva platform or similar ESG/financial reporting SaaS experience
  • Focusing only on technical skills without demonstrating client-facing experience in discovery sessions and service delivery
  • Not showing understanding of how financial reporting, risk management, and ESG compliance intersect in enterprise solutions

📅 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:

1

Application Review

1-2 weeks

2

Initial Screening

Phone call or written assessment

3

Interviews

1-2 rounds, usually virtual

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