Workday Financials Project Manager

Accenture•Tampa, FL

2d•$87,400 - $266,300

About The Position

Accenture is seeking a delivery-focused Workday Project Manager to lead Workday implementation, deployment, optimization, or application managed services programs from mobilization through stabilization and transition. The role owns integrated delivery planning and governance and coordinates cross-functional teams, client stakeholders, Workday teams, ecosystem partners, and global delivery groups to achieve agreed business outcomes. The Project Manager manages scope, schedule, milestones, dependencies, resources, budget, deliverables, acceptance criteria, delivery risks, quality, and commercial commitments. The role leads project financial management, executive and program governance, testing and cutover readiness, go-live, stabilization, and transition activities. It also coaches project team members and contributes to sales pursuits, solution development, reusable delivery assets, and continuous improvement of Accenture’s Workday practice.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience leading enterprise technology or business transformation initiatives, including responsibility for integrated project delivery.
At least 3 years of experience managing Workday implementation, deployment, optimization, or support engagements.
At least 3 years leading Workday deployment through planning, design, configuration, testing, cutover, go-live, and stabilization.
Experience managing cross-functional teams across functional, technical, integration, data, security, reporting, testing, and change disciplines.
Demonstrated experience managing project scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, quality, and change control.
Experience with project financials, forecasting, staffing, and commercial management in a consulting or client-services environment.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience of at least 12 years; with an associate degree, at least 6 years of work experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience communicating with executive sponsors and translating detailed delivery information into concise, decision-oriented reporting.
Working knowledge of Workday implementation methods and lifecycle activities, including tenant strategy, testing cycles, data conversion, integrations, cutover, and production readiness.
Experience leading large, multi-workstream, multi-country, or global Workday programs.
Experience with Workday Human Capital Management, Financial Management, Payroll, Adaptive Planning, or cross-platform transformation programs.
Active Workday certification or relevant Workday delivery training for program or project leadership.
A recognized project or agile credential, such as PMP, PgMP, SAFe, Scrum, or equivalent certification.
Experience recovering challenged programs or leading complex cutover and deployment activities.
External client-facing consulting experience and experience supporting sales pursuits or solution development.
Experience leading distributed, offshore, or global delivery teams and third-party vendors.

Responsibilities

Lead Workday implementation, deployment, optimization, or application managed services programs from mobilization through stabilization and transition.
Own the integrated delivery plan, including scope, schedule, milestones, dependencies, resources, budget, deliverables, and acceptance criteria.
Establish project governance, decision forums, status reporting, escalation paths, and documentation standards.
Coordinate Workday functional workstreams and integration, data conversion, security, reporting, testing, change management, training, cutover, and deployment activities.
Partner with client sponsors and workstream leaders to clarify priorities, resolve decisions, manage expectations, and align delivery to business outcomes.
Manage risks, actions, issues, decisions, assumptions, and dependencies, including ownership, target dates, and escalation.
Monitor delivery health and take corrective action to protect scope, schedule, quality, budget, and client satisfaction.
Lead project financial management, including forecasting, staffing, utilization, change control, commercial tracking, and variance management.
Plan and facilitate executive steering committees, program leadership meetings, project status reviews, and working sessions.
Coordinate release, testing, cutover, readiness, go-live, command-center planning, and stabilization governance.
Ensure delivery methods, quality controls, security expectations, and contractual commitments are understood and followed.
Lead, coach, and develop project management team members while promoting collaboration, inclusion, accountability, and sustainable ways of working.
Build trusted relationships with clients, Workday, ecosystem partners, and internal stakeholders.
Contribute to sales pursuits, solution shaping, estimates, delivery approaches, staffing plans, proposals, and sales-to-delivery transition.
Capture lessons learned, reusable assets, and delivery insights to strengthen the Workday practice and improve future engagements.