Transformation - Workday Senior Associate

Workday Talent Hub; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

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

From day one you will be supported by the Transformation team to help clients achieve their vision, and you will work across planning, design, build, training, and post-deployment activities. Travel up to 40% is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, SCM, Workday Technology, MIS or related field.
• Minimum 2 years of consulting experience servicing cross-industry clients at a national level.
• Experience with a full life cycle implementation of Workday or similar applications.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Willingness to travel up to 40%.

Responsibilities

• Assist in full life cycle implementations including planning, design, & build phases
• Document business requirements, system design and transformational goals
• Configure applications and conduct iterative unit testing
• Create training materials and quick reference guides to support user adoption
• Conduct training classes to prepare end users for deployment; provide post-production support
• Assist teams in identifying business requirements, functional design, process design, prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures
• Meet or exceed targeted billing hours (utilization)
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Project delivery

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, SCM, Workday Technology, MIS or related field

Tools

Workday Applications

Job description

Job Description

As a Workday Senior Associate, 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 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 deploymentProvide post-production support
• Assist with full life cycle implementations
• Assist teams in the identification of business requirements, functional design, process design (including scenario design, flow mapping), prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures
• Meet or exceed targeted billing hours (utilization)
• Other duties as assigned

You have the following technical skills and qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, SCM, Workday Technology, MIS or related field required
• Minimum 2 years of related work experience in a similar consulting practice or function servicing cross-industry clients at a national level
• Experience with a full life cycle implementation of Workday or similar applications
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of software development lifecycles, key metrics, and reports
• Experience installing/configuring/implementing Workday Applications
• Proven ability delivering complex and time sensitive projects
• Able to work with clients to understand current state processes and define future state processes based on business objectives
• Ability to travel to various client sites as needed on short notice
• Can travel as needed. Expected travel is up to 40%

The base salary range for this position is between $110,400 and $140,760. 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