Workday Certified Project Manager - Education & Government

$73,000 - $192,600/Yr

Accenture - Hartford, CT

Full-time - Senior

Hartford, CT

1,001-5,000 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Workday Certified Project Manager at Accenture will lead and support project management workstreams on 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 adapt to fast-changing environments by defining and executing their strategies, while also mastering complex projects and expanding leadership skills within a market-leading team.

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.
• Provide support for 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

• Diversity and inclusion programs
• Professional development opportunities
• Flexible work arrangements
• Health and wellness programs