Workday Certified Time Tracking/Absence Lead

Accenture; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Workday Certified Time Tracking/Absence Lead to join their advisory team. This role involves leading Workday implementation projects, managing client relationships, and resolving Time Tracking/Absence issues. The ideal candidate will have a strong consulting background with a minimum of 3 years of experience in Workday implementations. You will have the opportunity to enhance your skills through specialized training and work on complex projects that drive innovation in HR and finance strategies. If you are passionate about transforming corporate functions through cloud solutions, this position is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of consulting experience, especially in Workday implementations.
• Workday Partner Certification is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead Time Tracking/Absence workstream on Workday projects.
• Support clients with Time Tracking/Absence requirements in Workday.

Skills

Workday Time Tracking

Client Management

Consulting Experience

Problem Solving

Stakeholder Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Associate's Degree with relevant experience

Tools

Workday

ADP GlobalView

SAP

Ceridian

PeopleSoft

Oracle

Ultimate

Job description

We are Accenture, a global professional services company, searching for a Workday Certified Time Tracking/Absence Lead.

This individual will be part of a team of advisory professionals focused on cloud-based data-reporting operations that integrate and optimize the essential corporate functions of finance, analytics, planning, and HR. For many of our clients, successfully getting their data operations into cloud environments is a major focus. The enterprise data-reporting software of Workday is a critical component of many of the cloud solutions we design, which is why Accenture has assembled a team of more than 2,000 Workday-certified professionals.

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 Time Tracking/Absence Lead, your primary responsibilities may include:

1. Lead or support the Time Tracking/Absence workstream on a Workday implementation project.
2. Support the creation of workplans for large complex global engagements, owning risk, budget, resources, client relationship, etc.
3. Researching and resolving day-to-day Workday Time Tracking/Absence issues.
4. Work with clients to support the new requirements for Time Tracking/Absence in Workday.
5. Creating and updating Workday configurations based on requirement changes.
6. Provide support for regular and special Absence/Time Tracking processes in Workday.
7. Provide support for Legal and regulatory reports in Workday.
8. Provide support for year-end reporting and other year-end activities in Workday.
9. Manage small on and off-shore functional teams.
10. Identify strategies, risks, and options, recommend approaches and mitigations to meet client/functional requirements.
11. Architect Workday Time Tracking/Absence 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. Support innovation through the creation of new industry-leading methods and assets.

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 Partner Certification.
2. Minimum of 3 years of consulting experience, most recently in a Sr. Consultant or similar level role.
3. Minimum of 3 years of Workday Time Tracking/Absence Implementations.
4. Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years work experience). If Associate’s Degree, must have equivalent minimum 6 years work experience.

Bonus points if you have:

1. Experience in Canadian Payroll processing.
2. Workday Canadian PATT experience.
3. Strong US Payroll process knowledge.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of the HR function & processes.
5. Experience with Payroll software such as ADP GlobalView, (SAP), Ceridian, ADPeTime, PeopleSoft, Workday, Oracle or Ultimate.