Transformation - Workday Manager

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

Job summary

Grant Thornton International Ltd. is seeking a Workday Manager to deliver advisory and implementation services across client organizations within the Technology Transformation Practice.

You will join a global team empowering clients to achieve their transformation vision with robust support and resources.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting/HR/IT/MIS or related field.
• Minimum 4 years of related consulting experience servicing cross-industry clients nationally.
• Minimum of 4 full life cycle Workday implementations.

Responsibilities

• Assist in full life cycle Workday implementations (planning, design, build).
• Document business requirements, system design, and transformation goals.
• Configure Workday, conduct unit testing, and develop user materials.

Skills

Workday implementations

Workday modules knowledge

Communication skills

SDLC knowledge

Client-facing

Leadership

Documentation

Travel up to 40%

Pre-sales involvement

Training material creation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, HR, IT, MIS

Master’s degree (plus)

Tools

Workday Applications

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 fordocumenting 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 andwrite 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