Workday Certified Compensation/Benefits Lead

Accenture•Kirkland, WA

1d•Remote

About The Position

Accenture is seeking a Workday Certified Compensation/Benefits Lead to join a team of advisory professionals focused on cloud-based data-reporting operations. This role integrates and optimizes finance, analytics, planning, and HR functions, with a strong emphasis on Workday as a critical component of cloud solutions. The position offers the opportunity to help HR and Finance leaders define and execute strategy, master complex projects, and expand leadership and advisory skills within a market-leading team. Accenture provides specialized training to enhance consulting skills beyond Workday technology.

Requirements

Workday Benefits or Compensation Partner Certification
Minimum of 3 years of consulting or client-side experience, most recently in a Lead or similar level role
Minimum of 3 years of working of Benefits and/or Compensation Functional experience
Minimum of 3 years of Workday Implementations
Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years work experience). If Associate’s Degree must have equivalent minimum 6 year work experience.

Nice To Haves

6 years of Workday-related implementations
Demonstrate knowledge of the HR function & processes
Experience in Education or Government Workday implementations

Responsibilities

Manage teams in the identification of business requirements, functional design, process design (including scenario design, flow mapping), prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures
Formulate planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting strategies
Architect statements of work and/or client proposals
Architect and manage vendor relationships
Lead workshops for client education
Manage resources and budget on client projects
Serve as the escalation point for critical functional issue resolution
Provide subject matter expertise to aid in decision making related to the functional solution
Lead, mentor, counsel and manage performance metrics of project staff
Conduct working sessions with clients to gather, understand, and analyze business requirements.
Architect Workday the entire Benefits/Comp solution to ensure that all work streams are cohesive and cross functional impacts are considered and mitigated
Advise clients on industry standards and leading practices.
Understand and apply Workday and Accenture methodologies.
Provide the Delivery Lead with status updates and keep them apprised of overall project status.
Demonstrate strong client and stakeholder management to achieve project objectives
Ensure the client takes advantage of Workday best practices.
Support innovation through the creation of new industry leading methods and assets