Transformation - Workday Senior Associate

Grant Thornton (US); Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton (US) is seeking a Workday Senior Associate to deliver advisory and implementation services within the Technology Transformation Practice. From day one, you’ll be supported by a larger Transformation team to help clients move toward their vision and accelerate your growth.

Your day-to-day includes leading full life cycle Workday implementations, documenting requirements, configuring applications, developing training materials, and conducting end-user training.

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 serving 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 travel to various client sites as needed on short notice.
• Travel is up to 40%.

Responsibilities

• Assist in full life cycle implementations including planning, design, and 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 with full life cycle implementations.
• Assist teams in identifying business requirements, functional design, process design, prototyping, testing, training, and defining support procedures.
• Meet or exceed targeted billing hours (utilization).
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Workday implementations

Software development lifecycles

Travel readiness

Education

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

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 deployment
• Provide 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