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Through Transformation Powered by Workday, we help HR and Finance define their strategy, technology and approach to become agile, strategic advisors that drive critical business outcomes and revenue. By automating day-to-day tasks, then uniting and orchestrating the data and planning abilities of Finance and HR in one seamless system, organizations can better align to business strategy and ensure that the right skills and resources are available when they are needed.

With in-depth specialization in more than 40 industries and an unmatched, global delivery network, Accenture is uniquely positioned to guide its clients in this transformation, tailoring each journey to your specific needs. For more information, please visit Accenture + Workday

About the role

As a member of one of the world’s largest Workday-certified teams, you’ll be part of a team of professionals who deliver more than just technology. You’ll deliver financial management solutions that help organisations realise the Workday promise of integrated, cloud-based capabilities that put them on the fast track to a better way to work.

Grow your career with leading-edge technologies, continuous learning opportunities and a global community with deep industry expertise that help to solve clients’ biggest challenges.

Now is the perfect time for you to join the Accenture Workday team, where you’ll:

• Assess, strategize and manage Workday deployments for organisations across the globe. Accenture has worked with more than 700 clients to deliver Workday deployments to unlock the potential of their organisations.

• Design and deliver future-ready Workday solutions to help organisations optimise their Finance functions and enhance their employees’ experiences.

• Join more than 3,200 professionals certified in Workday, collaborating to drive enterprise-wide transformational projects on a global scale.

• Expand your Workday skills and advance your career with unparalleled training and professional development opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

As a Workday Financials Functional Consultant, you should expect manage the deployment of Workday Financials Modules including Assets Management & Projects for Workday implementation effort and have the following responsibilities:

• Conduct working sessions with clients to gather, understand, and analyse business requirements.

• Provide subject matter expertise on key business process decisions.

• Advise clients on industry standards for Workday Financials including Assets Management & Project Modules to provide suggestions to achieve clean configuration and streamlined processes.

• Design and implement requirements in the Workday Financials solution in particularly around the Assets Management & Project Modules.

• Demonstrate configurations through prototyping.

• Understand Workday’s Implementation Methodology and use it on all engagements.

• Provide the Project Manager with status reports and keep them apprised of overall project status.

• Leverage prior related Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) experience.

• Participate in update training and other events that help share one’s product skills with other consultants.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Experience in an enterprise financials related role and solid understanding of financial accounting.

• Strong experience with Workday Financials in particular the Assets Management & Project Modules

• We may also consider those with a strong experience with an ERP (Oracle, SAP, etc) in an enterprise financials environment and a desire to learn deep Workday technology skills along with enhancing your finance functional knowledge required to grow a successful Workday career.

• Ability to take-on complex problems and resolve through collaboration.

• Superior communication skills, both written and verbal

• Work onsite 4 days per week is required

• Ability and willingness to travel up to 80% (if required)

Additional preferred attributes:

• Charted Accountant or CPA certifications

• Current Workday Financial Core Certification(s)

• 2-5 years’ experience in Workday implementations (either as a customer or an implementation partner)

• Experience with implementation of new financials system either as a user or a consultant.

• Successfully completed at least one end-to-end Workday Financials implementation.

• Ability and willingness to travel

Mandatory Requirements

Candidate must be an Australian Citizen with Active Minimum Baseline Security Clearance

All our consulting professionals receive comprehensive training covering business acumen, technical and professional skills development. You’ll also have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialisation. We offer a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialised skills faster. Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducted online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with teammates. The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provide an unbeatable platform from which to build a career. 

Preference will go to candidates that have current working rights for Australia or New Zealand.

Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration. 

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