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Workday Certified Project Manager - Education & Government
Accenture - Arlington, VA
posted 2 months ago
About the position
The Workday Certified Project Manager at Accenture will lead and support Workday implementation projects, focusing on cloud-based data-reporting operations that integrate finance, analytics, planning, and HR functions. This role is crucial for helping clients transition their data operations to cloud environments, utilizing Workday's enterprise data-reporting software. The position offers opportunities for professional growth through training and leadership development, while also requiring strong client and stakeholder management skills.
Responsibilities
- Lead or support the Project Management workstream on a Workday implementation project.
- Support the creation of workplans for large complex global engagements, owning risk, budget, resources, client relationship, etc.
- Research and resolve day-to-day Workday Project Management issues.
- Work with clients to support new requirements for Project Management in Workday.
- Create and update Workday configurations based on requirement changes.
- Provide support for regular and special Project Management processes in Workday.
- Support Project Management activities like posting, bank transfer, and paychecks in Workday.
- Provide support for legal and regulatory reports in Workday.
- Support year-end reporting and other year-end activities in Workday.
- Manage small on and off-shore functional teams.
- Identify strategies, risks, and options, recommend approaches and mitigations to meet client/functional requirements.
- Architect Workday HCM solutions 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 Delivery Lead with status updates and keep them apprised of 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 Partner Certification
- Minimum of 4 years of consulting experience, most recently in a Lead or similar level role
- Minimum of 4 years of Workday Project Management Implementations
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years work experience). If Associate's Degree must have equivalent minimum 6 year work experience.
Nice-to-haves
- 5 years of PM related implementations
- Experience in Education and Government projects
- Expert knowledge of the HR function & processes
Benefits
- Comprehensive health insurance
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Paid time off and holidays
- Professional development opportunities
- Diversity and inclusion programs
