Transformation - Workday Manager

Grant Thornton (US); Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 147,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton (US) seeks a Workday Manager to deliver advisory and implementation services across client organizations within the Technology Transformation Practice. You will work with the team from day one to help clients achieve their vision and drive transformations confidently.

You will document requirements, design, configure, test, train end users, and provide post‑production support while traveling up to 40% to serve national clients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Master’s degree a plus.
• Minimum 4 years of related consulting experience with cross-industry exposure.
• Experience in full life cycle Workday implementations.
• Strong verbal and written communication and leadership abilities.
• Familiarity with integration, data connectivity, and Workday deployments.

Responsibilities

• Assist in full life cycle Workday implementations incl. planning, design, build.
• Document business requirements, system design and transformational goals.
• Configure Workday applications and conduct unit testing.
• Create training materials and user adoption guides.
• Conduct training sessions for end users and provide post-production support.
• Collaborate in pre-sales activities and ensure timely delivery.
• Travel up to 40% as needed and meet billing utilization targets.
• Lead meetings and produce technically oriented documents.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Client engagement

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/HR/IT/MIS or related

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

Workday modules

Workday applications

Integration & data connectivity

Software development lifecycle

Job description

Job Description

As a Workday Manager, you’ll perform advisory and implementation services to address business needs throughout client organizations for the Technology Transformation Practice – all with the resources, environment, and support to help you excel.

From day one, you’ll be empowered by the greater Technology Transformation team to help clients make the moves that will help them achieve their vision and help you achieve more, confidently.

Your day-to-day may include

• Assist in full life cycle implementations including planning, design, & build phases
• Responsible for documenting business requirements, system design and transformational goals
• Configure applications and conduct iterative unit testing
• Help to create training materials and quick reference guides to support user adoption
• Conduct training classes to prepare end users for deployment
• Provide post-production support
• Participate in full life cycle implementations
• Assist in the identification of business requirements, functional design, process design (including scenario design, flow mapping), prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures
• Participate in pre-sales activities as needed
• Meet or exceed targeted billing hours (utilization)
• Other duties as assigned

You have the following technical skills and qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, HR, Information Technology, MIS, or related field required, Master’s degree is a plus
• Minimum 4 years of related work experience in a similar consulting practice or function servicing cross-industry clients at a national level
• Minimum of 4 full life cycle implementations of Workday
• Knowledge of Workday modules
• Industry recognized professional certification required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of software development lifecycles, key metrics, and reports
• Experience with application integration & back-end data connectivity applications
• Experience installing/configuring/implementing Workday Applications
• Exposure or training on Workday Applications
• Knowledge of Workday Applications
• Proven ability delivering complex and time sensitive projects
• Strong leadership skills, able to conduct meetings and write technically oriented documents
• Able to work with clients to understand current state processes and define future state processes based on business objectives
• Can travel as needed. Expected travel is up to 40%

The base salary range for this position is between $147,200 and $196,880. Placement within the pay range is at Grant Thornton’s discretion, and it is based on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, progression within the role, geographic location, and internal equity. At Grant Thornton, compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate