Workday Financial Accounting Lead

Accenture; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company that is a global leader in professional services, focusing on innovative Workday solutions. As a Workday Financials Lead, you will have the opportunity to drive transformative projects for clients while collaborating with a team of over 2,000 certified professionals. This role offers a dynamic environment where you can continuously learn and grow your skills. You will be at the forefront of designing and delivering solutions that not only meet client needs but also push the boundaries of what's possible in the cloud. If you're passionate about technology and eager to tackle complex challenges, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Competitive benefits

Parental leave policy

Career development opportunities

Performance mentorship

Corporate citizenship initiatives

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of consulting experience in a lead role.
• Hands-on experience with Workday Financials is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage teams in identifying business requirements and process design.
• Lead workshops for client education and manage project resources.

Skills

Workday Financials

Consulting

Project Management

Business Analysis

Client Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Workday Financials Partner Certification

Tools

Workday

SaaS Financial Applications

Job description

We are: We are Accenture, a global professional services company! 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.

Why should you join the Accenture Workday team?

• Innovate every day. Be at the forefront of designing and delivering Workday solutions that push boundaries and create new opportunities for our clients.

• Lead with the industry’s best. Join an industry-recognized global cloud leader with more than 2000 Workday certified professionals collaborating to drive enterprise-wide transformational projects on a global scale. Accenture has worked with more than 600 clients to deliver Workday deployments to unlock the potential of their organizations.

• Learn and grow continuously. Harness unmatched training and professional development to help you build and advance your Workday, consultative and delivery skills. With learning resources, interactive classroom courses, real-life client simulations and ongoing mentoring available when you need it, you’ll expand your thinking beyond the core Workday implementation.

Who will be successful at Accenture?

It’s not just what you know or where you’ve been that propels success at Accenture: It’s who you are, fundamentally, as a person. We prize diversity in backgrounds and perspectives. Whatever your unique qualities, a few key traits should apply: You’re passionate about technology and motivated to apply the latest technology trends. You’re proactive and collaborative; a leader with effective communication skills. You’re driven by new challenges and are motivated to improve. You’re a creative problem solver with the flexibility to navigate uncertainty. You’re focused on the future with a desire to develop inclusive, responsible and sustainable solutions to complex challenges.

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

Key Responsibilities:

As a Workday Financials Lead - FDM/Accounting your primary responsibilities may include:

• Manage teams in the identification of business requirements, functional design, process design (including scenario design, flow mapping), prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures

• Formulate overall project planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting strategies.

• Develop statements of work and/or client proposals

• Develop and manage vendor relationships

• Lead workshops for client education

• Manage resources and budget on client projects

• Serve as the escalation point for critical functional issue resolution

• Provide subject matter expertise to aid in decision making related to the functional solution

• Lead, mentor, counsel and manage performance metrics of project staff

• Conduct working sessions with clients to gather, understand, and analyze business requirements.

• Architect Workday Financials solution to ensure that all work streams are cohesive and cross functional impacts are considered and mitigated

• Advise clients on industry standardsand leading practices.

• Demonstrate design optionsthrough the use ofprototyping.

• Understand and apply Workday and Accenturemethodologies.

• Provide the Project Manager with status updates and keep them apprised of overall project status.

• Demonstrate strong client and stakeholder management to achieve project objectives

• Ensure the client takes advantage of Workday best practices.

• Support innovation through the creation of new industry leading methods and assets

Here’s what you need:

• Workday Financials Partner Certification

• Minimum of 3 years of consulting experience, most recently in a Lead role

• Minimum of 3 years of hands on Workday Financials experience

• Minimum of 3 years of US and/or Global Financials Operations

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associates Degree, must have minimum 6 years of work experience)

Bonus points if:

• Proficiency in multiple business processes:(PTP, OTC, GL, FA, Budgeting, Cash Management, Grant Management, etc…)

• 4+ years prior experience implementing Workday FDM/Financials

• Thrive in a diverse, fast paced environment.

• Other leading Cloud based SaaS financial application implementation experience: (NetSuite, Fusion Intact, PeopleSoft, Oracle, SAP, Lawson. Etc...)

• An advanced degree in the area of specialization

What’s In It for You:

• Competitive benefits, including a fair and balanced parental leave policy.

• Fantastic opportunities to develop your career across industries with local and global clients.

• Performance achievement and career mentorship: our performance management process focuses on your strengths, progress and career possibilities.

• Opportunities to get involved in corporate citizenship initiatives, from volunteering to charity work.