Transformation - Workday Senior Associate

Grant Thornton•Philadelphia, PA

6h•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Workday Sr. Associate within the Transformation Practice, you will help organizations proactively shape and implement their overall strategy and supporting initiatives. Specific to client interaction, you will play a key role in the delivery of engagements and work with chief operating officers, chief financial officers, and other senior client leaders to demonstrate your subject matter expertise as we seek to help them implement solutions in support of their broader strategy and goal of creating value. At Grant Thornton, we believe in making business more personal and building trust into every result – for our clients and you. Here, we go beyond your expectations of a career in professional services by offering a career path with more: more opportunity, more flexibility, and more support. It’s what makes us different, and we think being different makes us better. In the U.S., Grant Thornton delivers professional services through two specialized entities: Grant Thornton LLP, a licensed, certified public accounting (CPA) firm that provides audit and assurance services ― and Grant Thornton Advisors LLC (not a licensed CPA firm), which exclusively provides non-attest offerings, including tax and advisory services. In 2025, Grant Thornton formed a multinational, multidisciplinary platform with Grant Thornton Ireland. The platform offers a premier Trans-Atlantic advisory and tax practice, as well as independent American and Irish audit practices. With $2.7 billion in revenues and more than 50 offices spanning the U.S., Ireland and other territories, the platform delivers a singular client experience that includes enhanced solutions and capabilities, backed by powerful technologies and a roster of 12,000 quality-driven professionals enjoying exceptional career-growth opportunities and a distinctive cross-border culture. The team you’re about to join is ready to help you thrive. Here’s how: Whether it's your work location, weekly schedule, or flex time off, we empower you with the options to work the way that it best serves your clients and your life. Consistent with the firm's hybrid work model, this position will require in-person attendance at least three days per week, either at a GT office or client site. Here, you are supported to prioritize your overall well-being through work-life integration options that work best for you and those in your household. We understand that your needs, responsibilities and experiences are different — and we think that’s a good thing. That’s why we support you with personalized and comprehensive benefits that recognize and empower all the identities, roles and aspirations that make you, well, you. See how at www.gt.com/careers When it comes to inclusion, we are committed to doing more than checking boxes. Explore all the ways we’re taking action for diversity, equity & inclusion at www.gt.com/careers

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business, Information Technology, MIS or related field required
2+ years of related work experience in a similar consulting practice or function servicing cross-industry clients at a national level
Minimum of 2 full life cycle implementations of Workday
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Knowledge of software development lifecycles, key metrics and reports
Experience with ERP Application Integration & back-end data connectivity applications
Experience installing/configuring/implementing Oracle Applications
Knowledge of Workday ERP (Financials, SCM, etc.)
Proven ability delivering complex and time sensitive projects
Strong leadership skills: able to conduct meetings and write technically oriented documents
Able to work with clients to understand current state processes and define future state processes based on business objectives
Ability to work additional hours as needed
Ability to travel to various client sites as needed on short notice
Travel percentage: up to 40%
Consistent with the firm’s hybrid work model, this position will require in-person attendance at least two days per week, either at a GT office or client site

Nice To Haves

A Master’s degree is a plus

Responsibilities

Assist in full life cycle implementations including planning, design, & build phases
Responsible for documenting business requirements, system design and transformational goals
Configure applications and conduct iterative unit testing
Help to create training materials and quick reference guides to support user adoption
Conduct training classes to prepare end users for deployment
Provide post-production support
Assist with full life cycle implementations
Meet or exceed targeted billing hours (utilization)
Other duties as assigned

Benefits

More opportunity, more flexibility, and more support
Options to work the way that it best serves your clients and your life (work location, weekly schedule, flex time off)
Support to prioritize your overall well-being through work-life integration options that work best for you and those in your household
Personalized and comprehensive benefits that recognize and empower all the identities, roles and aspirations that make you, well, you
Medical insurance (for interns and seasonal employees)
Dental insurance (for interns and seasonal employees)
Vision insurance (for interns and seasonal employees)
Employee assistance program (for interns and seasonal employees)
Minimum of 72 hours of paid sick leave (for interns and seasonal employees)
Paid for firm holidays that fall within their internship period (for interns)
401(k) savings plan (for seasonal employees, in accordance with applicable plan terms and eligibility requirements)
Employee retirement plan (for seasonal employees, in accordance with applicable plan terms and eligibility requirements)
Discretionary, annual bonus based on individual and firm performance (for Grant Thornton employees, subject to the terms, conditions and eligibility criteria of the applicable bonus plan or program)