Workday Certified Financials FDM Lead Education & Governmento

$73,000 - $192,600/Yr

Accenture - Oklahoma City, OK

Full-time - Mid Level

Oklahoma City, OK

1,001-5,000 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

As a Workday Financials Lead - FDM/Accounting at Accenture, you will be part of a global team delivering integrated payroll, cloud-based HR, and financial management solutions. Your role will involve managing teams to identify business requirements, functional design, and process design, while also leading client workshops and providing subject matter expertise. You will be responsible for project planning, budgeting, and ensuring that clients leverage Workday best practices to achieve their objectives.

Responsibilities

• Manage teams in the identification of business requirements, functional design, and process design.
• 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 mitigate 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 on overall project status.
• Demonstrate strong client and stakeholder management to achieve project objectives.
• Support innovation through the creation of new industry-leading methods and assets.

Requirements

• Workday Financials Partner Certification
• Minimum of 3 years of consulting experience, most recently in a Lead role
• Minimum of 3 years of hands-on Workday Financials experience
• Minimum of 3 years of US and/or Global Financials Operations experience
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience (If Associates Degree, must have minimum 6 years of work experience)

Nice-to-haves

• Proficiency in multiple business processes: (PTP, OTC, GL, FA, Budgeting, Cash Management, Grant Management, etc.)
• 4+ years prior experience implementing Workday FDM/Financials
• Other leading Cloud based SaaS financial application implementation experience: (NetSuite, Fusion Intact, PeopleSoft, Oracle, SAP, Lawson, etc.)
• An advanced degree in the area of specialization

Benefits

• Continuous learning and professional development opportunities
• Access to unmatched training resources
• Interactive classroom courses and real-life client simulations
• Mentoring available when needed
• Diversity and inclusion initiatives
• Employee resource groups
• Health and wellness programs