Workday Adaptive Senior Principal Consultant

Collaborative Solutions, LLC; Tampa (FL); Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Workday Adaptive Senior Principal Consultant to lead transformative financial planning projects. This role involves collaborating with clients to migrate legacy systems to Adaptive Insights, providing expert recommendations tailored to their needs. The ideal candidate will have a robust background in finance and consulting, with a proven track record of managing complex projects and fostering client relationships. Join a dynamic team that values creativity and integrity, and contribute to meaningful projects that drive business success. This is an exciting opportunity to leverage your expertise in a supportive and entrepreneurial environment.

Benefits

Entrepreneurial environment

Learning opportunities

Community outreach programs

Global operations opportunities

Affinity groups

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience with Adaptive Insights or similar EPM systems.
• Strong background in finance, accounting, and consulting.

Responsibilities

• Consult with clients to transition from legacy models to Adaptive Insights.
• Guide customers through design sessions and project phases.

Skills

Financial Modeling

Project Management

EPM Systems Knowledge

Client Relationship Management

Consulting Experience

Education

Bachelor's in Finance or Accounting

Tools

Adaptive Insights

Anaplan

SAP

Sage Intacct

ETL/Data Movement Tools

Job description

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Workday Adaptive Senior Principal Consultant

Apply locations USA - United States - Remote, USA - Florida - Tampa, USA - Illinois - Chicago

Time type: Full time

Posted on: Posted 19 Days Ago

Job requisition id: JR-14583

Cognizant has partnered with Workday to deploy Adaptive Insights, a modern cloud-based business planning and analytics solution. The ideal candidate will have financial/multi-dimensional modelling experience and possess the ability to quickly understand and decompose financial, business, and technical concepts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work with clients to understand their current planning process and take a consultative approach to move legacy models into Adaptive Insights.
• Leverage your expertise to recommend the best solution based on the client’s requirements, budget, and time frame; with the flexibility to adapt the scope as additional needs are identified.
• Guide the customer through facilitated design sessions and configuration decisions based on best practices and an understanding of the customer’s unique business requirements at all stages of the project.
• Regularly engage and support the client through all phases of the project, ensuring a smooth transfer from legacy systems to Adaptive Insights.
• Perform multiple tasks under limited direction, while regularly keeping the client, your project team and your Engagement Manager abreast of changes or progress related to the project.
• Act as a mentor to fellow consultants and analysts, including providing support for shadow assignments.
• Assist with sales activities by attending sales calls as an Adaptive Insights subject matter expert.
• Work with Solutions Architects to review Statements of Work (SOWs) to assure proper scoping, timelines, and resource allocations.
• Actively participate in update training and internal opportunities to share one’s skills and learnings with others within the organization.
• Maintain cutting-edge knowledge of product functionality with each new Workday release.

Skills and Requirements:

• BA or equivalent in Finance or Accounting.
• 4+ years of experience working on medium to large scale Adaptive Insights implementations (preferred), or other EPM systems such as Anaplan, SAP, Sage Intacct, Host Analytics, or Vena.
• 5+ years of Finance/Consulting work experience with a background in accounting, finance, consolidation, management reporting, planning and analysis, forecasting and budgeting.
• Proven ability of leading teams of consultants in delivering complex technology solutions.
• Proven track-record of client success with an ability to plan, monitor and report project plans with experience managing budget, scope and timelines.
• Ability to speak to both the financial and technical aspects of EPM. Experience managing technical upgrades and ETL/data movement is a plus.
• Ability to create and sustain a relationship with clients, inspiring confidence in themselves and the delivery team while driving to reference-ability.
• Deep knowledge of EPM software industry market and products.
• Minimal travel required, but must be willing to travel on-site if needed.

Why choose Cognizant:

• Entrepreneurial environment that welcomes your ideas.
• Opportunity to do great work.
• Outreach programs that support communities and tap into your volunteer spirit.
• Learning opportunities to help current needs and advancement.
• Global operations, with opportunities in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
• An abundance of Affinity groups to meet your needs.

Cognizant Core Values:

• Work as One: We think beyond roles, relying on each other’s strengths to win as a team.
• Raise the Bar: We always aim for excellence in how we work and what we deliver.
• Dare to Innovate: We push boundaries and take chances to reimagine what’s possible.
• Do the Right Thing: We all lead with integrity and always make the ethical choice.
• Own It: We own the outcomes for our company, colleagues, and community.

At Cognizant, we are working every day to create conditions for everyone to be their best self. Diversity and Inclusion are at the heart of our ability to deliver sustained and improved results for our teams, clients and community successfully and consistently over the long term.

The Cognizant Values serve as the foundation for this commitment. We recognize that an inclusive workplace provides a place of belonging where all employees can thrive, work as one, feel valued and engaged, and have opportunities to grow and succeed.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to consideration of all qualified applicants without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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