Workday Financials Associate Director
About The Position
Protiviti is seeking a Technology Consulting Associate Director to join its growing Workday team. The Associate Director leads client relationships and engagements, partners with strategic clients to identify and manage risk, and develops strategies and solutions for complex business problems using analytics, automation, and other tools and methods. The role also develops projects and new business, builds client and community relationships, represents Protiviti in the market, mentors and develops teams, and oversees successful completion of project work plans. The role focuses on Workday Finance implementations, particularly Record to Report (R2R) and/or Order to Cash (O2C), and may include business-integrator, solution-architect, project-management, or workstream-lead responsibilities. Work includes coordinating client teams, system integrators, and third-party vendors; aligning processes; supporting organizational readiness and issue resolution; and leading implementation activities such as requirements definition, design workshops, testing, data conversion, training, cutover, and post-go-live support. The position is hybrid, combining purposeful in-person work with remote work. The balance varies by client, project, team, and other business factors. Work takes place in local Protiviti offices and at client sites, with local or out-of-state travel depending on projects and client requests. The listed locations are Cincinnati, Ohio, and Indianapolis, Indiana.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline, such as MIS, Finance/Accounting, or Engineering.
- At least 9 years of experience working in professional services or industry.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Strong understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting practices.
- Demonstrated experience leading or managing future-state design and process-improvement projects focused on R2R and/or O2C.
- Experience providing business-integrator support for large-scale Workday Financials implementations.
- Experience as a solution architect, project manager, and/or workstream lead for R2R and/or O2C in Workday design and implementation.
- Experience managing large, complex Workday Financials implementations.
- Experience developing Workday Financials and Accounting Center implementation plans, including effort, timing, and cost estimates.
- Experience designing and implementing Workday, including requirements definition, design workshops, testing, data conversion, training, cutover, and post-go-live support.
- Experience establishing business relationships and professional networks, including with senior executives.
- Experience successfully pursuing business-development opportunities and obtaining new work or clientele.
- Ability to communicate issues, risks, and challenges to client personnel, including executives.
- Leadership and direct supervisory experience, including performance appraisals, mentoring, coaching, work oversight and review, team coordination, and motivating teams.
Nice To Haves
- Workday certification in Record to Report and/or Contracts to Cash is strongly preferred.
- Certifications in Accounting Center and/or Prism are a plus.
- Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Python, and Power BI, particularly for data conversion, validation, reconciliation, and reporting activities, is considered a strong asset.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage future-state design and process-improvement projects focused on R2R and/or O2C.
- Provide business-integrator support for large-scale Workday Financials implementations, coordinating client teams, system integrators, and third-party vendors.
- Drive process alignment, organizational readiness, issue resolution, testing, training, and successful deployment outcomes.
- Serve as a solution architect, project manager, and/or workstream lead for R2R and/or O2C during Workday design and implementation.
- Manage large, complex Workday Financials implementations.
- Develop Workday Financials and Accounting Center implementation plans, including estimates for effort, timing, and costs.
- Lead and perform requirements definition, design workshops, testing, data conversion, training, cutover, and post-go-live support.
- Build trusted relationships with C-level executives, clients, and professional networks.
- Pursue business-development opportunities and identify and implement strategies to obtain new work or clients.
- Translate and communicate issues, risks, and challenges to client personnel, including executives.
- Supervise, mentor, and coach teams; conduct performance appraisals; review work; coordinate across teams; and motivate team members.
- Oversee project work plans and support team growth and development, including training creation and rollout.
- Identify opportunities to integrate product solutions and resources to improve client-service capabilities.
- Contribute to thought leadership and encourage knowledge-sharing and collaboration across teams.
- Manage a diverse portfolio of clients across multiple industries.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) healthcare accounts
- Life and accident insurance
- Adoption assistance
- Fertility assistance
- Paid parental leave up to 10 weeks
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- 401(k) savings and investment plan with an employer match of 50% on the first 6% of contributions
- Choice Time Off (CTO) for vacation, personal needs, and sick time; new hires receive up to 20 days per calendar year, with amounts varying based on years of service
- Up to 11 paid holidays per calendar year
- Annual bonus plan offering eligible employees additional cash and/or discretionary stock compensation opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
