Workday Financials Architect Senior Manager

Protiviti • New York City, NY

12h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Protiviti Career provides opportunity to learn, inspire, and advance within a collaborative and inclusive culture. We hire curious individuals for whom learning is a passion. We lean into our mission: We Care. We Collaborate. We Deliver. At every level, we champion leaders who live our values of integrity, inclusion, innovation, and commitment to success. Imagining our work as a journey, we believe integrity guides our way, inclusion moves us forward together, innovation creates new destinations, and our commitment to success empowers us to deliver on our vision to be the most trusted global consulting firm.

Requirements

• Functional and systems experience focused on R2R and/or O2C business functions.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., MIS, Finance/Accounting, Engineering)
• 7+ years working in professional services or industry.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite applications with specific emphasis on Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Secondary emphasis on Visio and Access.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting practices.

Nice To Haves

• Workday certified in Financials is strongly preferred , with certifications in Accounting Center, Adaptive, and/or Prism as a plus.
• Assessing Workday in the context of a Sarbanes-Oxley compliance effort is a plus.
• Working knowledge of Workday Accounting Center, Adaptive and/or Prism is a plus
• Knowledge of segregation of duties concepts, sensitive access and experience in user access security including design and configuration of Workday, Oracle Cloud, and/or Microsoft Dynamics 365.

Responsibilities

• Leading / managing future state design and process improvement projects focused on Record to Report (R2R) and/or Order to Cash (O2C) business functions.
• 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 Account 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.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand their financial reporting and data management requirements.
• Design and architect Workday Financials configurations, including the FDM, workflows/BPs, account structures, and integrations with other systems.
• Implement best practices for Workday Financials and FDM to ensure data accuracy, security, and compliance with accounting standards.
• Conduct gap analysis between business needs and Workday capabilities, recommending solutions or enhancements.
• Stay up-to-date on the latest Workday Financials, FDM, Accounting Center, Adaptive, and Prism features and functionality.
• Leading and performing application control reviews and risk assessments for customers running Workday, Oracle, SAP and/or Microsoft Dynamics 365.
• 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.
• Strong network and relationship with Workday Account Executives and Services leadership and demonstrated experience leveraging that network to identify and bring in new Workday opportunities.
• Demonstrated ability to develop Workday implementation and optimization proposals and lead oral presentations for potential clients
• Demonstrated ability building a Workday practice including training other team members, developing methodologies and tools to facilitate Workday implementations, making them more efficient and consistent.
• 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, and vision coverages
• 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
• 11 paid holidays each calendar year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior