Workday Certified Professional Services Automation Senior Consultant

Intecrowd - Chicago, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

Chicago, IL

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Workday Certified Professional Services Automation Senior Consultant is responsible for the successful implementation of the Workday solution, focusing on the Workday Financials product suite. This role involves mentoring other consultants, supporting proposal preparations, delivering client demonstrations, and participating in conferences. The position is remote and can be based anywhere in the U.S. or Canada.

Responsibilities

• Provide expertise in the Workday Financials product suite.
• Gather and document client business requirements.
• Design and configure the Workday solution.
• Demonstrate configurations through the development of prototype systems.
• Assist in testing the Workday solution and complete knowledge transfer to clients.
• Work with the client/data conversion team to convert legacy data into Workday securely.
• Lead discovery sessions with clients new to Workday, providing guidance and best practice suggestions.
• Ensure functional solutions are compatible with downstream data extraction and translation.
• Assist or advise integrators in configuring functional BPs or objects for which integrations share dependencies.
• Provide relevant test scenario examples and demonstrate functional test case entry for robust integration testing.
• Facilitate clients' intellectual and practical adoption of Workday best practices.
• Provide insightful status reports to project managers that highlight risks to project health and improvements in client adoption.
• Maintain Workday certifications and qualifications.
• Serve as an active member of Workday's ecosystem.

Requirements

• Hold current Workday Certifications in Contracts to Cash, Project Billing, Projects, Customer Accounts.
• 4+ years implementing Financial, Procurement and/or Expense Management solutions.
• CPA and or advanced Accounting degree or equivalent work experience.
• Previous consulting experience with a consulting/software company.
• Previous experience deploying Workday, SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, ADP or similar applications.
• Demonstrated project management experience.
• Passion for providing exceptional customer service.
• Ability to effectively manage against timelines and goals.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Business analysis and requirements gathering abilities.
• Ability to learn technology quickly through instruction and self-training.
• Experience deploying multiple Financial projects simultaneously is a plus.