Workday Financials Senior Manager

Protiviti•Cincinnati, OH

2d•$125,000 - $219,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Protiviti is seeking a Senior Manager to join its growing Workday team in Technology Consulting. The role leads client engagements and strengthens client relationships, providing guidance and solutions to complex business problems through analytics, automation, and other tools and methods. The Senior Manager partners with strategic clients to identify and manage risk, oversees project work plans, and mentors and develops teams. The position includes leading and supporting large-scale Workday Financials implementations, particularly across Record to Report (R2R) and/or Order to Cash (O2C). Responsibilities span process design and improvement, implementation planning, requirements definition, design workshops, testing, data conversion, training, cutover, and post-go-live support. The role may provide business-integrator, solution-architect, project-manager, or workstream-lead support, coordinating client teams, system integrators, and third-party vendors. The Senior Manager also contributes to business development by identifying prospective work, developing project proposals, pursuing new clients, and building professional relationships and networks, including with senior executives. The role supports thought leadership and knowledge-sharing, promotes a positive team culture, and provides direct team leadership, coaching, mentoring, performance feedback, and work oversight. The role follows Protiviti’s hybrid workplace model, combining in-person work at local offices and client sites with remote work. The amount of in-person work varies by client, project, team, and other business factors. Local or out-of-state travel may be required based on project and client needs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline, such as MIS, Finance/Accounting, or Engineering.
At least 7 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.
Experience leading or managing future-state design and process-improvement projects focused on R2R and/or O2C.
Experience supporting large-scale Workday Financials implementations across client teams, system integrators, and third-party vendors.
Experience serving 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 with Workday implementation activities such as requirements definition, design workshops, testing, data conversion, training, cutover, and post-go-live support.
Experience establishing professional relationships and networks, including with senior executives.
Experience successfully pursuing business development opportunities and strategies for obtaining new work or clients.
Ability to communicate issues, risks, and challenges to client personnel, including executives.
Leadership and direct supervisory experience, including performance appraisals, mentoring, coaching, work oversight, cross-team coordination, and motivating teams.

Nice To Haves

Workday certification in Record to Report and/or Contracts to Cash.
Certification in Accounting Center and/or Prism.
Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Python, and Power BI, particularly for data conversion, validation, reconciliation, and reporting activities.

Responsibilities

Lead client relationships and provide guidance through the completion of engagements.
Partner with clients to identify and manage risk and develop solutions to complex business problems.
Oversee project work plans and mentor and develop engagement teams.
Lead future-state design and process-improvement projects focused on Record to Report (R2R) and/or Order to Cash (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 Workday design and implementation.
Manage large, complex Workday Financials implementations.
Develop Workday Financials and Accounting Center implementation plans, including estimates of effort, timing, and costs.
Lead or perform requirements definition, design workshops, testing, data conversion, training, cutover, and post-go-live support.
Build and cultivate business relationships and a professional network, including with senior executives.
Pursue business development opportunities and identify and implement strategies to obtain new work or clients.
Communicate issues, risks, and challenges to client personnel, including executives.
Supervise teams through performance appraisals, mentoring and coaching, work review, cross-team coordination, and motivation.
Identify opportunities to integrate product solutions and resources to improve client service capabilities.
Contribute to thought leadership and promote knowledge-sharing and collaboration across teams.

Benefits

Medical coverage
Dental coverage
Vision coverage
Flexible spending and health savings accounts
Life and accident insurance
Adoption and fertility assistance
Paid parental leave of up to 10 weeks
Short- and long-term disability
Company 401(k) savings and investment plan with an employer match of 50% on the first 6% of contributions
Choice Time Off for vacation, personal needs, and sick time; new hires receive up to 20 days per calendar year
Up to 11 paid holidays per calendar year
Annual bonus plan with eligible employees receiving additional cash and/or discretionary stock compensation opportunities