Workday Certified Financials Delivery Lead - H&PS

About the role

This individual will be part of a team of advisory professionals focused on cloud-based data-reporting operations that integrate and optimize the essential corporate functions of finance, analytics, planning and HR. For many of our clients, successfully getting their data operations into cloud environments is a major focus. The enterprise data-reporting software of Workday is a critical component of many of the cloud solutions we design, which is why Accenture has assembled a team of more than 2,000 Workday-certified professionals.

Responsibilities

• Bring thought-leadership on how technology can transform an organization.
• Interact with senior management levels at a client and/or within Accenture, which involves negotiating or influencing on significant matters.
• Responsibility to shape and deliver various Workday implementation projects that exceed the expectations of our clients and our own assignment quality criteria.
• Responsibility for a majority of day to day client communications.
• Manage and deliver large projects by developing the project team, assessing engagement risks throughout, driving conclusions, and reviewing / challenging the output produced by the team.
• Responsibility for management of engagement financials.
• Helping to grow and develop our team through hands on training and coaching.
• Have latitude in decision-making and determining objectives and approaches to critical assignments.
• Understand Workday’s Implementation Methodology and apply it on all engagements.
• Demonstrate strong client and stakeholder management to achieve project objectives.
• Support or lead business development activities such as solutioning, proposal creation, oral support and SOW creation.
• Drive innovation through the creation of new industry leading methods and assets.

Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of consulting or client-side experience, most recently in a Lead or similar level role.
• Minimum of 4 years of working in the Financial Services Industry.
• Minimum of 4 years of Workday Implementations.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years work experience). If Associate’s Degree must have equivalent minimum 6 year work experience.

Qualifications

• Workday Partner Certification.
• 10 years of Workday-related implementations.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the HR function & processes.
• Experience in Education or Government Workday implementations.

Skills

• Strong client and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage large projects and teams.
• Knowledge of Workday’s Implementation Methodology.
• Ability to innovate and create new industry leading methods and assets.

Benefits

• Market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage.
• A 401(k) plan.
• Bonus opportunities.
• Paid holidays.
• Paid time off.

Pay

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.

Schedule

Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.