Workday Certified Financials Accounting Center/Prism Consultant

Accenture; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Workday Financials Accounting Center/Prism Consultant, where you'll leverage your expertise to deliver innovative, cloud-based HR and financial management solutions. In this dynamic role, you'll manage teams, engage with clients, and ensure the successful implementation of transformative solutions. With a focus on collaboration and continuous learning, you'll be part of a global community that values diversity and creativity. If you're passionate about technology and eager to tackle new challenges, this opportunity is perfect for you to make a significant impact in the industry.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of consulting experience in a lead role.
• Hands-on experience with Workday Financials and Prism.

Responsibilities

• Manage teams to identify business requirements and design processes.
• Lead workshops and client education sessions.

Skills

Workday Financials experience

Consulting experience

Project management

Client management

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Advanced degree in specialization

Tools

Workday Financials

Prism

SaaS financial applications

Job description

We are a global collective of innovators applying the New every day to improve the way the world works and lives. New doesn’t mean being ahead of the curve; new is pushing forward the curve, riding the edge where the impossible meets the transformational and making it reality where it matters. Help us show the world what’s possible as you partner with clients to unlock hidden value and deliver innovative solutions. Empowered with innovative tools, continuous learning and a global community of diverse talent and perspectives, we drive success in a new business architecture that disrupts conventional practices. Our expertise spans 40+ industries across 120+ countries and impacts millions of lives every day. We turn ideas into reality.

You are…

As a member of one of the world’s largest Workday-certified teams, you’ll be part of a team of advisory professionals who deliver more than just technology. From rapid deployments to entire transformations, you’ll deliver integrated, payroll, cloud-based HR and financial management solutions that put organizations on the fast track to a better way to work.

As a Workday Financials Accounting Center/Prism Consultant your primary responsibilities may include:

1. Manage teams in the identification of business requirements, functional design, process design (including scenario design, flow mapping), prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures.
2. Formulate overall project planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting strategies.
3. Develop statements of work and/or client proposals.
4. Develop and manage vendor relationships.
5. Lead workshops for client education.
6. Manage resources and budget on client projects.
7. Serve as the escalation point for critical functional issue resolution.
8. Provide subject matter expertise to aid in decision-making related to the functional solution.
9. Lead, mentor, counsel and manage performance metrics of project staff.
10. Conduct working sessions with clients to gather, understand, and analyze business requirements.
11. Architect Workday Financials Accounting Center/Prism solutions to ensure that all work streams are cohesive and cross-functional impacts are considered and mitigated.
12. Advise clients on industry standards and leading practices.
13. Demonstrate design options through the use of prototyping.
14. Understand and apply Workday and Accenture methodologies.
15. Provide the Project Manager with status updates and keep them apprised of overall project status.
16. Demonstrate strong client and stakeholder management to achieve project objectives.
17. Ensure the client takes advantage of Workday best practices.
18. Support innovation through the creation of new industry-leading methods and assets.

Why should I join the Accenture Workday team?

It’s not just what you know or where you’ve been that propels success at Accenture: It’s who you are, fundamentally, as a person. We prize diversity in backgrounds and perspectives. Whatever your unique qualities, a few key traits should apply: You’re passionate about technology and motivated to apply the latest technology trends. You’re proactive and collaborative; a leader with effective communication skills. You’re driven by new challenges and are motivated to improve. You’re a creative problem solver with the flexibility to navigate uncertainty. You’re focused on the future with a desire to develop inclusive, responsible and sustainable solutions to complex challenges.

Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirement.

Here’s what you need:

1. Workday Financials Partner Certification.
2. Minimum of 2 years of consulting experience, most recently in a Lead or similar level role.
3. Minimum of 2 years of hands-on Workday Financials experience.
4. Minimum of 2 years of US and/or Global Financials Operations experience.
5. Minimum of 1 year of hands-on Prism experience.
6. Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associates Degree, must have minimum 6 years of work experience).

Bonus points if:

1. You have proficiency in multiple business processes: (PTP, OTC, GL, FA, Budgeting, Cash Management, etc …).
2. You have experience leading global and/or LE Workday engagements.
3. You have other leading Cloud based SaaS financial application implementation experience: (Oracle E-Business Suite, NetSuite, Infor, Unit 4, PeopleSoft, Oracle Cloud ERP, SAP, Lawson, etc...).
4. You have an advanced degree in the area of specialization.

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New York or Washington.

We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

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