Workday Adaptive Director

Huron Consulting Services•Chicago, IL

About The Position

Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future. Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future. The correlation between World-Class Professional Services firms and Directors… Thriving professional services firms share a number of traits— a team of first-rate Directors heads the list. At Huron, Directors represent the pinnacle of professionalism and expertise. They effectively collaborate with Huron and client senior leaders to architect and implement goal-achieving enterprise technology solutions while delivering remarkable results that meet - but usually exceed - specified engagement objectives. They provide client engagement delivery oversight, team leadership and program management. Throughout the process, they construct enduring relationships that benefit the firm in profound ways including selling additional project work into clients. Huron Directors contribute more than 10+ years of experience and dedication to helping organizations solve their most complex challenges—and they consistently convert expertise and intuition into the growth of our clients and Huron alike. Their talents and leadership instill passion and followership in clients, juniors and management. If you’re defined by ongoing progress—if you can lead teams, create solutions, and masterfully communicate on every level…If you’re a consummate professional, a prospective champion of Huron's core values, and an inspiration of confidence and trust… then you can and will help Huron and it’s clients achieve their full potential. Rewarding and boundless… a Director role at Huron will ignite your future in professional services. We see what’s possible in you and help you achieve it.

Requirements

8+ years of experience with cloud implementations in a consulting role
4+ years of experience as a functional lead or technical specialist
Minimum 5 years proven prior success in roles directly implementing Workday Adaptive Planning or Legacy Adaptive Insights
5-7 years’ experience in analyzing requirements, writing functional specifications, conducting tests, troubleshooting issues and interfacing with business users
Extensive knowledge of Excel
Extensive knowledge FP&A processes and activities
Willingness to travel as needed to work with client or other internal project teams

Nice To Haves

Holds active Workday Certification (Financials or Adaptive preferred)
Prior experience implementing TM1 Cognos, Anaplan, or Oracle EPM solutions
Experience with Adaptive in both development and administrative roles
Experience with automation and integration of Adaptive
Prior team management experience
Experience managing people (mentoring, delegating, reviewing work, and coaching staff)
Experience in pre-sales activities, proposal development, presentations, and Demo's
Willingness to attend and present at orals

Responsibilities

Architect and implement goal-achieving enterprise technology solutions
Deliver remarkable results that meet or exceed specified engagement objectives
Provide client engagement delivery oversight
Provide team leadership
Provide program management
Construct enduring client relationships
Sell additional project work into clients
Analyze requirements
Write functional specifications
Conduct tests
Troubleshoot issues
Interface with business users
Manage a team
Lead medium to large scale Adaptive Planning (or similar) implementation projects
Mentor, delegate, review work, and coach staff
Engage in pre-sales activities, proposal development, presentations, and Demos
Attend and present at orals