Workday Financials Lead & Transformation Architect

Accenture; Culver City (CA); On-site; USD 94,000 - 266,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) plan

Bonus opportunities

Job summary

Accenture seeks a Workday Financials Manager to lead FDM/Accounting initiatives across client projects in the United States. You will architect, implement and govern Workday Financials solutions, guiding teams and managing budgets, timelines and stakeholders.

You will collaborate with clients, drive best practices, and mentor staff while aligning with Accenture methodologies. Travel may be required as part of global engagements.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Identify business requirements, functional design, process design including scenario design, flow mapping, prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures.
• Formulate overall project planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting strategies.
• Develop statements of work and/or client proposals.
• Develop and manage vendor relationships.
• Lead workshops for client education.
• Manage resources and budget on client projects.
• Serve as the escalation point for critical functional issue resolution.
• Provide subject matter expertise to aid in decision making related to the functional solution.
• Lead, mentor, counsel and manage performance metrics of project staff.
• Conduct working sessions with clients to gather, understand, and analyze business requirements.
• Architect Workday Financials solution to ensure cohesive work streams and cross-functional impacts.
• Advise clients on industry standards and leading practices.
• Demonstrate design options through prototyping.
• Understand and apply Workday and Accenture methodologies.
• Provide the Project Manager with status updates and keep them apprised of overall project status.
• Demonstrate strong client and stakeholder management to achieve project objectives.
• Ensure the client takes advantage of Workday best practices.
• Support innovation through new industry-leading methods and assets.

Skills

Workday Financials

Leadership

Project management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Workday FDM/Financials

Job description

Accenture seeks a Workday Financials Manager to lead FDM/Accounting initiatives across client projects in the United States. You will architect, implement and govern Workday Financials solutions, guiding teams and managing budgets, timelines and stakeholders.

You will collaborate with clients, drive best practices, and mentor staff while aligning with Accenture methodologies. Travel may be required as part of global engagements.