Workday Projects Functional Lead
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The Accenture Workday Business Group is a leading partner to Workday worldwide and has a track record of implementing many of the most significant Workday projects. In addition, we take pride in advising and collaborating closely with our clients from early strategy discussions, through technology implementations and transformation programs, to support and operations. Learn more about our practice at www.accenture.com/workday.
Do you want to work with global talent at the forefront of technological services and seek meaningful projects for top international businesses? At Accenture you have access to specifics trainings for your functional lead role. You will start with training -together with colleagues - and you will join seminars at various international locations. You will be primed, equipped and well-networked to tackle exciting projects.
Workday Projects Functional Lead
The Resource Allocation project is a Workday‑based initiative focused on designing and implementing a pilot resource allocation solution within an already established Workday landscape.
The goal is to enable more transparent, skills‑driven allocation of people to projects, improving visibility, prioritization, and governance across delivery units and competence centers. The solution is built primarily on Workday Projects, complemented by Workday Extend apps to address functional gaps and align with the organizations operating model, with functional integrations to existing Workday modules deployed such as Core HCM, Talent & Performance, Career Hub. etc. The engagement covers global design, configuration, and pilot delivery for selected business groups, with potential to scale following a successful pilot.
Key Roles/Responsibilities:
Creating a project and project hierarchy and maintaining project plans
Assign and manage project resources and associated budgets
Prepare and analyze project analytics and reports
Facilitating design sessions with clients
Designing and building Workday configurations
Ensure knowledge transfer to Support organization
Review functionality, validate a configuration decision and check conversion data to ensure validity
Review planned test scenarios/scripts and enhance them to test specific functionality of interest/concern
Document global requirements for configuration (create workbooks)
Facilitate prototype review sessions
Facilitate demos and train the trainer sessions
Solve test findings and defects, support during UAT
Key Requirements (Must‑Have)
Hands-on experience designing and configuring Workday Projects
Strong understanding of adjacent Workday HCM domains relevant to Resource Allocation, including Core HCM, Absence, Talent, and Skills
Certification in either Workday Project Services or Workday Project Administrator
Proven experience across end-to-end implementations and/or AMS engagements
Client-facing delivery experience
Solid, relevant experience working with Workday across multiple project phases
Nice‑to‑Have
Workday certifications on C2C, as this would implicate someone having experience with Workday Projects
Resources/Energy Industry experience
Prior Tier‑1 SI experience
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