Lead Workday HCM & Talent Architect

Accenture; Walnut Creek (CA); On-site; USD 74,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture California is seeking a Workday Functional Lead to join a team of advisory professionals focused on cloud-based data-reporting operations for finance, analytics, planning and HR. You will lead Workday HCM workstreams, architect cohesive cross-functional solutions and guide client workshops throughout implementations.

Required are a Workday Partner Certification and a minimum of 3 years of consulting or client-side experience, with a strong background in HCM and Workday deployments.

Qualifications

• Workday Partner Certification is required.
• Minimum of 3 years of consulting or client-side experience, most recently in a Lead or similar level role.
• Minimum of 3 years of working experience in HCM Functional area.
• Minimum of 3 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.

Responsibilities

• Manage teams in the identification of business requirements, functional design, process design (including scenario design, flow mapping), prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures.
• Architect Workday the entire HCM solution to ensure that all work streams are cohesive and cross functional impacts are considered and mitigated.
• Formulate planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting strategies.
• Architect statements of work and/or client proposals.
• Architect 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.
• Advise clients on industry standards and leading practices.
• Understand and apply Workday and Accenture methodologies.
• Provide the Delivery Lead 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

Job description

Accenture California is seeking a Workday Functional Lead to join a team of advisory professionals focused on cloud-based data-reporting operations for finance, analytics, planning and HR. You will lead Workday HCM workstreams, architect cohesive cross-functional solutions and guide client workshops throughout implementations.

Required are a Workday Partner Certification and a minimum of 3 years of consulting or client-side experience, with a strong background in HCM and Workday deployments.