Workday Grants Manager

Huron; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a dynamic Manager to lead technology solutions and mentor junior staff. This role offers the opportunity to specialize in enterprise software products, driving strategic growth and innovation for clients. With a focus on Workday Financials, you'll analyze requirements and implement solutions that deliver results. Join a supportive environment that values professional development and personal achievement, where your contributions will shape the future of the organization. If you're ready to take your career to the next level, this is the challenge you've been looking for.

Benefits

Medical Coverage

Dental Coverage

Vision Coverage

Wellness Programs

Annual Incentive Compensation

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in implementing Workday Financials.
• Strong analytical and communication skills required.

Responsibilities

• Manage technology solutions that align with client goals.
• Mentor junior staff and promote a culture of collaboration.

Skills

Workday Financials Implementation

Requirements Analysis

Functional Specifications Writing

Testing and Troubleshooting

Excellent Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Time Management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in related field

Tools

Workday Grants Management

Workday Payroll Accounting

Job description

Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future.

Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.

The multi-faceted role you’ve been looking for… Managers play a vibrant, integral role at Huron. Their invaluable knowledge reflects in the projects they manage and the teams they lead. Known for being politically savvy, they build long-standing relationships with clients, while collaborating with colleagues to solve their most important challenges. They plan, shape and deliver technology solutions that deliver results and seamlessly align with client goals, visions and missions. Remarkably versatile, our Managers also spend significant time mentoring junior staff on the engagement team—where they tirelessly share expertise as well as feedback and encouragement. This benefits Huron profoundly as it promotes a culture of respect, unity, collaboration and personal achievement.

Our environment inspires and rewards growth… As a Manager, you have the unique ability to specialize in certain areas of enterprise software products that showcase and employ your areas of expertise while pursuing your “career vision”. Huron is big enough to offer the opportunity and exposure you need for your career growth—but small enough to give you individual attention for your professional development. Every Manager adds to who we are as an organization—and the more you evolve, the more we do. An exciting career experience awaits you where you’ll be challenged to discover your true potential: It’s analytically rigorous… it’s practical… it’s entrepreneurial… it’s intellectually stimulating—and most definitely—it’s career-defining. It’s the Huron way.

We see what’s possible in you and help you achieve it.

Required:

• Minimum 5 years proven prior success in roles directly implementing Workday Financials
• 5-7 years’ experience in analyzing requirements, writing functional specifications, conducting tests, troubleshooting issues and interfacing with business users
• Huron requires a Bachelor’s Degree in a field related to this position or equivalent work experience
• Post-pandemic willingness to travel up to 50%

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Certification or equivalent practical experience in Workday Grants Management
• Experience leading Workday Grants Management design and customer confirmation sessions
• Experience configuring all aspects of Workday Grants Management and the related Customer Accounts functionality
• Experience configuring or a deep understanding of Workday Payroll Accounting and Effort Certification
• Experience designing complex post-award reports and/or development of said reports
• Excellent communication skills - oral and written - and the interpersonal skills needed quickly to establish relationships of trust and collaboration
• Ability to establish credibility in the eyes of senior-level, financially literate university and hospital executives, including those that lead the sponsored research functions, on the basis of expertise, maturity, and professionalism
• Excellent time-management and prioritization skills
• Strong analytical skills used to translate information from meetings into documentation that can be shared with meeting participants and project teams
• Desire and willingness to learn new tools, techniques, concepts, and methodologies
• Practical experience with post-award grant management and/or the sponsored research industry a plus

Salary Information: The estimated base salary range for this job is $130,000 - $170,000. The range represents a good faith estimate of the range that Huron reasonably expects to pay for this job at the time of the job posting. The actual salary paid to an individual will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to specific skills or certifications, years of experience, market changes, and required travel. This job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s annual incentive compensation program, which reflects Huron’s pay for performance philosophy. Inclusive of annual incentive compensation opportunity, the total estimated compensation range for this job is $149,500 - $214,000. The job is also eligible to participate in Huron’s benefit plans which include medical, dental and vision coverage and other wellness programs. The salary range information provided is in accordance with applicable state and local laws regarding salary transparency that are currently in effect and may be implemented in the future.

Posting Category: Generalist Opportunity Type: Regular Country: United States of America