Grant Thornton

Transformation - Workday Senior Associate

Grant Thornton$90K — $110K *
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, SCM, Workday Technology, MIS, or related field
  • Minimum 2 years of relevant consulting experience with cross-industry clients
  • Familiarity with full life cycle implementation of Workday
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Understanding of software development lifecycles and key performance metrics
  • Experience with installing and configuring Workday applications
  • Proven ability to manage complex projects under tight deadlines

Responsibilities

  • Assist in full life cycle implementations including planning, design, and build phases
  • Document business requirements, system designs, and transformational goals
  • Configure applications and carry out iterative unit testing
  • Create training materials and quick reference guides to support user adoption
  • Conduct training sessions to prepare end users for deployment
  • Provide post-production support for clients
  • Support teams in defining business requirements and designing processes

Benefits

  • Empowerment within the Transformation team to drive client success
  • Access to resources and environment conducive to professional growth
  • Opportunities for professional development and training
  • Exposure to a varied client base across different industries
  • Collaborative work culture with a focus on teamwork and client outcomes
Full Job Description
Job Description

As a Workday Senior Associate, you'll perform advisory and implementation services to address business needs throughout client organizations for the Technology Transformation Practice - all with the resources, environment, and support to help you excel.

From day one, you'll be empowered by the greater Transformation team to help clients make the moves that will help them achieve their vision and help you achieve more confidently.

Your day-to-day may include:
  • 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
  • Assist teams in the identification of business requirements, functional design, process design (including scenario design, flow mapping), prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures
  • Meet or exceed targeted billing hours (utilization)
  • Other duties as assigned


You have the following technical skills and qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, SCM, Workday Technology, MIS or related field required
  • Minimum 2 years of related work experience in a similar consulting practice or function servicing cross-industry clients at a national level
  • Experience with a full life cycle implementation of Workday or similar applications
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Knowledge of software development lifecycles, key metrics, and reports
  • Experience installing/configuring/implementing Workday Applications
  • Proven ability delivering complex and time sensitive projects
  • Able to work with clients to understand current state processes and define future state processes based on business objectives
  • Ability to travel to various client sites as needed on short notice
  • Can travel as needed. Expected travel is up to 40%

About Grant Thornton

Grant Thornton LLP is the American member firm of Grant Thornton International, the seventh largest accounting network in the world by combined fee income. Grant Thornton LLP is the sixth largest U.S. accounting and advisory organization. The firm operates 59 offices across the US with approximately 8,500 employees, 550 partners, and produces annual revenue in excess of US$1.9 billion. During the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine, The Times reported that Grant Thornton is in line to earn millions of pounds for acting as trustees in a bankruptcy case on behalf of the Russian state-owned DIA, who bypassed sanction regimes to obtain funds and assets from abroad in order to fund the war in Ukraine.
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