Workday Certified Time Tracking/Absence Lead

Accenture; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Workday Certified Time Tracking/Absence Lead to join their dynamic team. In this pivotal role, you will lead and support Workday implementation projects, ensuring that clients receive top-notch advisory services for their HR and finance strategies. You will leverage your expertise in Workday to create innovative solutions that meet client needs while managing complex project dynamics. This role offers the opportunity to enhance your leadership skills and work in a collaborative environment with a market-leading team dedicated to excellence in cloud-based data reporting operations. If you are passionate about driving transformation and making a significant impact, this position is for you.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of consulting experience with a focus on Workday implementations.
• Workday Partner Certification is required for this role.

Responsibilities

• Lead Time Tracking/Absence workstreams on Workday projects.
• Support clients with Time Tracking/Absence requirements in Workday.
• Manage on and off-shore functional teams effectively.

Skills

Workday Time Tracking

Consulting

Client Relationship Management

Problem Solving

Stakeholder Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

Associate's Degree with 6 years 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 client 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: 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 year 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.