Business Performance Improvement - Finance Transformation (Workday Financials) Associate Director

Protiviti•Chicago, IL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Protiviti is looking for a Technology Consulting Associate Director to join our growing Workday team. As an Associate Director, you'll take a lead role in strengthening our relationships with clients and providing seamless guidance in the completion of engagements. You'll partner with our strategic clients to identify and manage risk. You'll develop strategies to solve complex business problems using new ways of thinking, and devise solutions to support your clients' needs through analytics, automation or the latest tools and methods. You’ll develop new projects, help identify new business, and build lasting relationships with clients and within the community as you serve as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market. You will also be a mentor and provide growth and development to teams as you oversee the successful completion of project work plans.

Requirements

Demonstrated experience with leading / managing future state design and process improvement projects focused on Record to Report (R2R) and/or Order to Cash (O2C) business functions.
Demonstrated experience providing business integrator support for large-scale Workday Financials implementations, coordinating across client teams, system integrators, and third-party vendors to drive process alignment, organizational readiness, issue resolution, testing, training, and successful deployment outcomes.
Demonstrated experience serving as a solution architect, project manager and/or workstream lead for R2R and/or O2C during the design and implementation of Workday.
Demonstrated experience serving as a project manager over large, complex Workday Financials implementations
Demonstrated experience developing Workday Financials and Accounting Center implementation plans, including estimating the level of effort, timing and costs
Demonstrated experience designing and implementing Workday. Key responsibilities as part of these initiatives include leading and performing: requirements definition, facilitating design workshops, testing, data conversion, training, cutover, and post go-live support.
Demonstrated experience establishing and cultivating business relationships and a professional network, including with senior executives.
Demonstrated experience successfully pursuing business development opportunities and identifying and implementing strategies to obtain new work or clientele.
Ability to translate and communicate issues, risks or challenges to client personnel, including executives.
Leadership and direct supervisory experience of teams including conducting performance appraisals, mentoring and coaching, oversight and review of work, coordination across teams, and understanding how to motivate.
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., MIS, Finance/Accounting, Engineering)
9+ years working in professional services or industry.

Nice To Haves

Enjoy Workday Finance implementations.
Passionate about building trusted relationships with C-level executives and providing exceptional experiences that translate to additional project work.
Inherent interest in project management and team leadership.
Promote a positive team culture that fosters open communication among all engagement team members.
Create development opportunities for others, including participating in the creation and rollout of training, and ways for your team to improve our clients and communities.
Enjoy discovering prospective project work with current and potential clients through networking, knowledge-building, and client interactions.
Excel at identifying opportunities to integrate product solutions and resources to improve client service capabilities.
View client challenges as opportunities to add value and can translate that into new project proposals and sales.
Seen as a valued contributor to thought leadership and encourage knowledge-sharing and collaboration across teams.
Interest in managing a diverse portfolio of clients across multiple industries.

Responsibilities

Leading / managing future state design and process improvement projects focused on Record to Report (R2R) and/or Order to Cash (O2C) business functions.
Providing business integrator support for large-scale Workday Financials implementations, coordinating across client teams, system integrators, and third-party vendors to drive process alignment, organizational readiness, issue resolution, testing, training, and successful deployment outcomes.
Serving as a solution architect, project manager and/or workstream lead for R2R and/or O2C during the design and implementation of Workday.
Serving as a project manager over large, complex Workday Financials implementations
Developing Workday Financials and Accounting Center implementation plans, including estimating the level of effort, timing and costs
Designing and implementing Workday. Key responsibilities as part of these initiatives include leading and performing: requirements definition, facilitating design workshops, testing, data conversion, training, cutover, and post go-live support.
Establishing and cultivating business relationships and a professional network, including with senior executives.
Successfully pursuing business development opportunities and identifying and implementing strategies to obtain new work or clientele.
Ability to translate and communicate issues, risks or challenges to client personnel, including executives.
Leadership and direct supervisory experience of teams including conducting performance appraisals, mentoring and coaching, oversight and review of work, coordination across teams, and understanding how to motivate.

Benefits

medical
dental
vision
FSA and HSA healthcare accounts
life and accident insurance
adoption and fertility assistance
paid parental leave up to 10 weeks
short/long term disability
company 401(k) savings and investment plan with an employer match of 50% on the first 6% of your contributions
Choice Time Off (CTO) for vacation, personal needs, and sick time
up to 11 paid holidays each calendar year