Workday Certified Financials Consultant (R2R) – Education & Government

Accenture; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Business Architecture Team Lead/Consultant, where you will innovate and lead teams in delivering cutting-edge Workday Financials solutions. This role offers a unique opportunity to work with industry leaders, providing you with the chance to enhance your consulting skills while managing complex projects. You will be at the forefront of transforming business strategies for HR and Finance leaders, ensuring they can adapt in a fast-changing world. With a focus on continuous learning and professional development, you will thrive in an environment that values diversity and creativity. If you are passionate about technology and eager to tackle new challenges, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Professional Development Opportunities

Flexible Work Arrangements

Health and Wellness Programs

Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives

Travel Opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in Workday Financials and consulting roles.
• Strong leadership and communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage teams and client relationships while ensuring project success.
• Architect Workday Financials solutions and lead client workshops.

Skills

Workday Financials

Business Requirements Analysis

Client Management

Process Design

Team Leadership

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Workday Certification

Tools

Workday

Job description

Business Architecture Team Lead/Consultant | Mid-Level | Full time

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?

Innovate every day. Be at the forefront of designing and delivering Workday solutions that push boundaries and create new opportunities for our clients.

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.

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.