Workday Certified Financials Consultant (R2R) – Education & Government

Accenture; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 59,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Workday FINs R2R Consultant, where you will lead teams in delivering transformative financial solutions. This role offers the chance to innovate daily and collaborate with industry experts, enhancing your consulting skills while managing complex projects. You will play a pivotal role in advising clients, ensuring they leverage best practices, and navigating the intricacies of financial operations. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this dynamic environment fosters personal and professional growth, making it an exciting opportunity for those passionate about technology and client success.

Benefits

Continuous Learning Opportunities

Diversity and Inclusion Programs

Flexible Work Arrangements

Health and Wellness Benefits

Qualifications

• 2+ years of consulting experience with a focus on Workday Financials.
• Strong understanding of financial operations and business processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage teams to identify business requirements and design functional solutions.
• Lead workshops and educate clients on Workday best practices.

Skills

Consulting Experience

Workday Financials

Client Management

Business Process Knowledge

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Advanced Degree

Tools

Workday

Oracle Cloud ERP

SAP

Job description

What’s in it for You

Help HR and Finance leaders define and execute their strategy and give them the adaptability they need in a fast-changing world. To help you take your skillset beyond Workday technology, our Transformation Powered by Workday Training will help you take your consulting to a whole new level. Take your Workday skills and career to the next level, mastering complex projects while expanding your leadership and advisory skills with a market-leading team.

As a Workday FINs R2R 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 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 R2R solution 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. Understand and apply Workday and Accenture methodologies.
14. Provide the Project Manager with status updates and keep them apprised of overall project status.
15. Demonstrate strong client and stakeholder management to achieve project objectives
16. Ensure the client takes advantage of Workday best practices.
17. Support innovation through the creation of new industry leading methods and assets

Why should I join the Accenture Workday team?

1. Innovate every day. Be at the forefront of designing and delivering Workday solutions that push boundaries and create new opportunities for our clients.
2. Lead with the industry’s best. Join an industry-recognized global cloud leader with more than 2000 Workday certified professionals collaborating to drive enterprise-wide transformational projects on a global scale. Accenture has worked with more than 600 clients to deliver Workday deployments to unlock the potential of their organizations.
3. Learn and grow continuously. Harness unmatched training and professional development to help you build and advance your Workday, consultative and delivery skills. With learning resources, interactive classroom courses, real-life client simulations and ongoing mentoring available when you need it, you’ll expand your thinking beyond the core Workday implementation.

Who will be successful at Accenture?

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 requirements.

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. 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. Proficiency in multiple business processes: (PTP, OTC, GL, FA, Budgeting, Cash Management, etc.)
2. Experience leading global and/or LE Workday engagements.
3. Thrive in a diverse, fast-paced environment.
4. Other leading Cloud based SaaS financial application implementation experience: (Oracle E-Business Suite, NetSuite, Infor, Unit 4, PeopleSoft, Oracle Cloud ERP, SAP, Lawson, etc.)
5. An advanced degree in the area of specialization

Compensation at Accenture

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 as set forth below. We accept applications on an ongoing basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

Role Location Annual Salary Range

1. California $63,800 to $196,000
2. Colorado $63,800 to $169,300
3. District of Columbia $68,000 to $180,300
4. Illinois $59,100 to $169,300
5. Minnesota $63,800 to $169,300
6. Maryland $59,100 to $156,800
7. New York $59,100 to $196,000
8. Washington $68,000 to $180,300

What We Believe

We have an unwavering commitment to diversity with the aim that every one of our people has a full sense of belonging within our organization. As a business imperative, every person at Accenture has the responsibility to create and sustain an inclusive environment.

Inclusion and diversity are fundamental to our culture and core values. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Accenture is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences, such as age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, religion or sexual orientation.

All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

Accenture is committed to providing veteran employment opportunities to our service men and women.

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