Workday Financials Senior Principal Consultant - Global Application Managed Services (AMS)

Cognizant

2d•$129,093 - $192,140

About The Position

The Workday Financials Senior Principal Consultant– Global Application Managed Services (AMS) is a well experienced post-production professional who is dynamic, fast-paced, and familiar with the managed services construct. As a Workday Financials Senior Principal Consultant, you will bring your functional skills, ability to keep the business context in sight, and roll-up-your-sleeves work ethic to a team with a positive, can-do attitude, a collaborative culture, and a passion for helping our clients to be successful.

Requirements

A Bachelor’s degree (preferably in Computer Science or Engineering) or equivalent experience
Certification in Workday Financials
Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in Workday Financials
Able to multitask and perform a variety of duties.
Good communication and interpersonal skills
Willingness to go the extra mile to solve customer problems.
Good Analytical skills with ability to solve complex incidents, provide suggestions\best practices

Responsibilities

Onshore functional lead who leads Financials workstream for the assigned set of accounts in Workday Financials.
Apply and execute various AMS & Implementation methodologies/activities in these AMS engagements.
Should collaboratively work with the GDC team on day -day activities, incidents, root cause analysis and other work requests.
Provides on-call support and holiday coverage as required.
Deep knowledge in SLA constructs and adherence
Coordinate with external and internal stakeholders to create high business impact.
Contribute to the operational efficiency of the Workday practice.
Proactively identify and develop reporting dashboards to improve Workday utilization, creating solutions that support metrics for FINS and the business at large.
Work with clients to identify/resolve all issues that could impact project scope and/or timeframe.
Maintain the Workday platform with a focus on reporting (including scheduled reports), business process maintenance, security administration, data loads and data audits.
Ensures system design fits the needs of the user.
Comfortable with leading multiple tasks and projects simultaneously, prioritize tasks effectively, and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Ability to ensure team delivers the project deliverables on time and do consistent timely reminders with vendors and project team.
Drive continual business processes improvements throughout the organization.
Lead a team of Workday consultants across multiple engagements.