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Workday Time Tracking & Absence Consulting Lead

multiple locations +view all Job No. r00268567 Full-time

Job Description

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We are Accenture, a global professional services company, searching for a Workday Workday Certified Time Tracking/Absence Lead. This individual will be part of a team of advisory professionals focused on cloud-based data-reporting operations that integrate and optimize the essential corporate functions of finance, analytics, planning and HR.


For many of our clients, successfully getting their data operations into cloud environments is a major focus. The enterprise data-reporting software of Workday is a critical component of many of the cloud solutions we design, which is why Accenture has assembled a team of more than 2,000 Workday-certified professionals.

What’s in it for You…
Help HR and Finance leaders define and execute their strategy and give them the adaptability they need in a fast-changing world.
 

To help you take your skillset beyond Workday technology, our Transformation Powered by Workday Training will help you take your consulting to a whole new level.
 

Take your Workday skills and career to the next level, mastering complex projects while expanding your leadership and advisory skills with a market-leading team.

As a Workday Time Tracking/Absence Consultant, your primary responsibilities may include:

  • Leading and/or supporting the Time Tracking/Absence workstream on a Workday implementation project. 

  • Support the creation of workplans for large complex global engagements, owning risk, budget, resources, client relationship, etc.  

  • Researching and resolving day to day Workday Time Tracking/Absence issues 

  • Work with client to support the new requirements for Time Tracking/Absence in Workday 

  • Creating and Updating Workday configurations based on requirement changes 

  • Provide support for regular and special Absence/Time Tracking processes 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 Time Tracking/Absence solutions to ensure that all work streams are cohesive and cross functional impacts are considered and mitigated 

  • Advise clients on industry standards and leading practices. 

  • Demonstrate design options through the use of prototyping. 

  • Understand and apply Workday and Accenture  methodologies. 

  • Provide the Project Manager 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  

  • Travel may be required for this role.  The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirement

    Qualifications

    Here's what you need:

    • Workday Partner Certification

    • Minimum of 2 years of consulting experience, most recently in a Sr. Consultant, or similar level role

    • Minimum of 2 years of Workday Time Tracking/Absence Implementations

    • Bachelor’s degree or completion of a college program in a related discipline

    • English is required for this position as this role will be aligned to multi-national teams where English is the common language across our Global Enterprise. Due to the significant high volume of interactions with these English-speaking multi-national teams, which is inherent to this position, it is not possible to reorganize the company's activities to avoid this requirement.


    Bonus points if you have:

    • Experience in Canadian Payroll processing 

    • Workday Canadian PATT experience 

    • Strong Canadian Payroll process knowledge 

    • Demonstrate knowledge of the HR function & processes 

    • Experience with Payroll software such as ADP GlobalView, (SAP), Ceridian, ADP eTime, PeopleSoft, Workday, Oracle or Ultimate                 

    Locations

    Ontario - Ottawa, Ontario - Toronto, Quebec - Montreal

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