Workday Accounting Center Lead - AMS

Huron Consulting Group; Toronto; On-site; CAD 191,056 - 233,512; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Paid Time Off

Parental leave and adoption assistance

Health, dental, and vision coverage

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Huron Consulting Group is seeking a Workday Accounting Center Manager to lead the AMS delivery for clients using Workday Accounting Center and related Financials modules. You will serve as a functional SME, owning configuration, accounting integrations, reconciliation, and financial reporting in a post‑production environment.

You will partner with clients and internal delivery teams to resolve issues, support enhancements, manage release impacts, and ensure accurate, scalable accounting

Qualifications

• 3–5 years implementing or supporting Workday Accounting Center in AMS environments.
• Functional SME for Accounting Center with configuration ownership.
• Experience with PRISM data ingestion, modeling, and reporting.
• 3–5 years analyzing accounting requirements and producing functional specs.
• Translate source transactions into Accounting Center configurations for compliance.
• Experience in AMS/Managed Services environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands‑on leadership for Accounting Center configuration and integrations.
• Lead reconciliation, journal generation, and reporting in Workday Financials.
• Collaborate with clients and delivery teams to resolve issues and support enhancements.
• Support release impacts and audit readiness in post‑production AMS settings.

Skills

Workday Center

PRISM Analytics

Journal Reconciliation

Accounting Integrations

Reporting & Analytics

AMS Experience

Client Engagement

Excel

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting/Finance/IS or related

Tools

Workday

Excel

PRISM

Job description

Workday Accounting Center Manager

The Workday Accounting Center Manager will support the ongoing delivery of Application Managed Services (AMS) for clients leveraging Workday Accounting Center and related Financials modules. This role serves as a functional subject matter expert, providing hands‑on leadership for Accounting Center configuration, accounting integrations, reconciliation, and financial reporting in a post‑production environment. The Accounting Center Manager will partner closely with clients and internal delivery teams to resolve issues, support enhancements, manage release impacts, and ensure accurate, scalable, and compliant accounting solutions that support downstream financial processes.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 3–5 years of proven experience implementing or supporting Workday Accounting Center within Workday Financials, with hands‑on configuration ownership in a production or post‑production (AMS) environment.
• Demonstrated experience serving as a functional subject matter expert for Accounting Center, including accounting event configuration, journal generation, reconciliation, and downstream integration to the General Ledger.
• Hands‑on experience with Workday Prism Analytics (PRISM), including data ingestion, modeling, and enabling reporting and analytics in support of Accounting Center and Financials use cases.
• 3–5 years of experience analyzing accounting and business requirements, producing functional specifications, supporting testing activities, troubleshooting complex production issues, and partnering directly with clients and finance stakeholders.
• Strong ability to translate source system transactions and accounting rules into accurate, scalable Accounting Center configurations that support compliance and audit requirements.
• Experience supporting ongoing optimization, enhancements, and issue resolution as part of an Application Managed Services (AMS) or managed support model.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent relevant work experience.
• No travel required, unless requested by the client.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Holds an active Workday Certification, with Workday Financial Management or Accounting Center certification strongly preferred.
• Prior experience supporting Workday Accounting Center in AMS / PPS / Managed Services environments, including Tier 3 support.
• Experience designing and supporting accounting integrations from source systems into Workday Accounting Center.
• Strong understanding of financial accounting processes, including journal posting, reconciliation, close support, and audit readiness.
• Experience supporting medium to large‑scale Workday Financials environments, including cross‑module dependencies with General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll Accounting, and Projects.
• Strong experience with Workday reporting and analytics, including PRISM‑enabled dashboards, reconciliation reporting, and audit support.
• Strong proficiency with Excel, including reconciliation, variance analysis, and data validation.
• Prior team leadership or mentoring experience, including reviewing work, coaching team members, and supporting knowledge transfer within an AMS model.

Salary and Benefits

The estimated base salary range for this job is $135,000 - $165,000 (USD). The range represents a good faith estimate of the range that Huron reasonably expects to pay for this job at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. This job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron’s pay for performance philosophy. Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $162,000 - $198,000 (USD). The salary range information provided is in accordance with applicable state and local laws regarding salary transparency that are currently in effect and may be implemented in the future.

Huron Consulting Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage to employees and dependents; a 401(k) plan with a generous employer match; an employee stock purchase plan; a generous Paid Time Off policy; and paid parental leave and adoption assistance.

Position Level

Manager

Country

United States of America

Equal Employment Opportunity

Huron is fully committed to providing equal employment opportunity to job applicants and employees in recruitment, hiring, employment, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, training, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Huron will not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, religion, veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, creed, citizenship or any other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. We endeavor to maintain a drug‑free workplace.