Job Description

A career in our Workday Finance practice, within Workday Consulting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients leverage Workday technology as a tool to enhance and unify Human Resources, talent management, and finance. We focus on understanding the forces shaping their business and developing industry tailored solutions that support our clients through the entire lifecycle of the Workday implementation. In joining, you’ll be a part of a team that helps our clients reinvent their financial management capabilities and drive change across their businesses. Acting as a true business partner, we get to know their business so they can achieve business process optimisation and gain access to a full range of financial capabilities, relevant analytics and metrics, and fully auditable process management that delivers accurate and timely financial information for confident decision making with Workday.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Develop new skills outside of comfort zone.
• Act to resolve issues which prevent the team working effectively.
• Coach others, recognise their strengths, and encourage them to take ownership of their personal development.
• Analyse complex ideas or proposals and build a range of meaningful recommendations.
• Use multiple sources of information including broader stakeholder views to develop solutions and recommendations.
• Address sub-standard work or work that does not meet firm's/client's expectations.
• Use data and insights to inform conclusions and support decision-making.
• Develop a point of view on key global trends, and how they impact clients.
• Manage a variety of viewpoints to build consensus and create positive outcomes for all parties.
• Simplify complex messages, highlighting and summarising key points.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

The Opportunity
As part of the Workday Finance team you are expected to lead the Workday Record to Report workstream while having experience with at least three successful Workday implementations. As a Manager you are responsible for leading teams and managing client accounts, focusing on strategic planning and mentoring junior staff. You are accountable for project success and maintaining top standards. Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member’s unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and principles in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.

Additionally, you are expected to gather business requirements through facilitating discovery and design workshops and manage touchpoints with related Workday functional modules.

Responsibilities

• Leading the Workday Record to Report workstream
• Gathering business requirements through workshops
• Leading teams and managing client accounts
• Focusing on strategic planning and mentoring junior staff
• Assuring project success and maintaining exceptional standards
• Motivating, developing, and inspiring team members to deliver quality
• Managing touchpoints with related Workday functional modules
• Embracing technology and innovation in delivery

What You Must Have

• Bachelor's Degree
• 6 years of Workday product experience
• Workday Services functional certification and/or engagement manager certification

What Sets You Apart

• Master's Degree in Business Administration/Management, Finance, Organizational Management, Computer and Information Science preferred
• Workday Services functional certification(s) preferably Record to Report and/or Engagement Manager certification
• Leading Workday Record to Report workstream with three successful implementations
• Facilitating discovery and design workshops
• Translating business requirements into configuration elements
• Providing recommendations based on leading practices
• Managing touchpoints with related Workday functional modules
• Building and utilizing networks of client relationships
• Supervising teams and providing feedback

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