Protiviti

Workday Financials Architect Senior Manager

Protiviti$146K — $234K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., MIS, Finance/Accounting, Engineering)
  • 7+ years in professional services or industry
  • Workday Financials certification preferred; additional certifications in Accounting Center, Adaptive, and/or Prism beneficial
  • Strong understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting practices
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with clients to identify and manage risk
  • Develop strategies to address complex business challenges
  • Foster client relationships and ensure quality product delivery
  • Mentor teams and support performance development
  • Identify opportunities for integrating product solutions to enhance client service
  • Conduct gap analysis between business needs and Workday capabilities
  • Lead and support the design and implementation of Workday Financials.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverages
  • Flexible hybrid work model with opportunities for remote and in-person work
  • Company 401(k) plan with employer matching contributions
  • Paid parental leave up to 10 weeks
  • Short/long term disability and life insurance options.
Full Job Description

JOB REQUISITION

Workday Financials Architect Senior Manager

LOCATION

NEW YORK CITY

ADDITIONAL LOCATION(S)

LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO

JOB DESCRIPTION

Where We Need You 

Protiviti is looking for a Technology Consulting Senior Manager to join our growing Workday team.  

  

What You Can Expect 

As a Senior Manager, you’ll partner with our clients to identify and manage risk. You'll develop strategies to solve complex business problems using new ways of thinking, and devise solutions to support your clients' needs through using the latest tools and methods.  You’ll develop lasting relationships with client personnel and further these relationships through quality product delivery.  You’ll foster a network within the business community and serve as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market. You will also be a mentor and provide performance development to teams as you oversee the successful completion of project work plans.  

 

What Will Help You Be Successful 

  • You enjoy Workday Finance implementations.  

  • You are motivated to learn and interested in all things related to Workday, including the latest trends and developments.  

  • You are passionate about building relationships with clients and providing exceptional experiences. 

  • You have an inherent interest in project management and team leadership.  

  • You promote a positive team culture that fosters open communication among all engagement team members.  

  • You create development opportunities for others, including participating in the creation and rollout of training, and ways for your team to improve our clients and communities.

  • You haveinterestin contributing to the preparation of client proposals and strategies to win new business. 

  • You excel atidentifyingopportunities to integrate product solutions and resources to improve client service capabilities.

  • You haveinterestin working with a diverse portfolio of clients acrossmultiple industries.  

Do Your Talents Include the Following?  

  • Demonstrated experience with:  

  • Leading / managing future state design and process improvement projects focused on Record to Report (R2R) and/or Order to Cash (O2C) business functions.  

  • Functional and systems experience focused on R2R and/or O2C business functions.  

  • Serving as a solution architect, project manager and/or workstream lead for R2R and/or O2C during the design and implementation of Workday.    

  • Serving as a project manager over large, complex Workday Financials implementations  

  • Developing Workday Financials and Account Center implementation plans, including estimating the level of effort, timing and costs 

  • Designing and implementing Workday.  Key responsibilities as part of these initiatives include leading and performing:  requirements definition, facilitating design workshops, testing, data conversion, training, cutover, and post go-live support.  

  • Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand their financial reporting and data management requirements.  

  • Design and architect Workday Financials configurations, including the FDM, workflows/BPs, account structures, and integrations with other systems.  

  • Implement best practices for Workday Financials and FDM to ensure data accuracy, security, and compliance with accounting standards.  

  • Conduct gap analysis between business needs and Workday capabilities, recommending solutions or enhancements.  

  • Stay up-to-date on the latest Workday Financials, FDM, Accounting Center, Adaptive, and Prism features and functionality.  

  • Leading and performing application control reviews and risk assessments for customers running Workday, Oracle, SAP and/or Microsoft Dynamics 365.  

  • Assessing Workday in the context of a Sarbanes-Oxley compliance effort is a plus.  

  • Working knowledge of Workday Accounting Center, Adaptive and/or Prism is a plus 

  • Knowledge of segregation of duties concepts, sensitiveaccessand experience in user access security including design and configuration of Workday, Oracle Cloud, and/or Microsoft Dynamics 365. 

  • Establishing and cultivating business relationships and a professional network,including withsenior executives.  

  • Successfully pursuing business development opportunities andidentifyingand implementing strategies to obtain new work or clientele.  

  • Strong network and relationship with Workday Account Executives and Services leadership anddemonstratedexperience leveraging that network to identifyand bring in new Workday opportunities. 

  • Demonstrated ability to develop Workday implementation and optimization proposals and lead oral presentations for potential clients 

  • Demonstrated abilitybuildinga Workday practice including training other team members, developing methodologies and tools to facilitateWorkday implementations, making them more efficient and consistent. 

  • Ability to translate and communicate issues,risksor challenges to client personnel, including executives.  

  • Leadership and direct supervisory experience of teamsincludingconducting performance appraisals, mentoringand coaching, oversight and review of work, coordination across teams, and understanding how to motivate.  

Your Educational and Professional Qualifications 

  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., MIS, Finance/Accounting, Engineering) 

  • 7+ years working in professional services or industry. 

  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite applications with specific emphasis on Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Secondary emphasis on Visio and Access. 

  • Workday certified in Financials is strongly preferred, with certifications in Accounting Center, Adaptive, and/or Prism as a plus.   

  • Strong understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting practices.  

  

Our Hybrid Workplace  

Protiviti practices a hybrid model, which is a combination of working in person with a purpose and working remotely. This model creates meaningful experiences for our people and our clients while offering a flexible environment. The ratio of remote to in-person requirements vary by client, project, team, and other business factors. Our people work both in-person in local Protiviti offices and on client sites, which can include local or out-of-state travel based on our projects and client requests and commitments.    

Starting salary is based on a full-time equivalent schedule. Placement in the range is dependent upon experience, skills and geographic work location. Below is the salary range for this job.

$146,000.00 - $234,000.00

Our annual bonus plan provides eligible employees additional cash and/or discretionary stock compensation opportunities. Below is the bonus target opportunity for this job.

14%

The total cash range is estimated from the sum of the base salary range plus the bonus target opportunity. Below is the estimated total cash range for this job.

$166,440.00 - $266,760.00

Employees are eligible for medical, dental, and vision coverages, FSA and HSA healthcare accounts, life and accident insurance, adoption and fertility assistance, paid parental leave up to 10 weeks, and short/long term disability. We offer eligible employees a company 401(k) savings and investment plan with an employer match of 50% on the first 6% of your contrib

About Protiviti

Protiviti is a global consulting firm that delivers deep expertise, objective insights, a tailored approach, and unparalleled collaboration to help leaders confidently face the future. Protiviti and its independently owned Member Firms provide consulting solutions in finance, technology, operations, data, analytics, governance, risk, and internal audit to clients through its network of more than 85 offices in over 25 countries. The firm assists clients in solving problems in a variety of industries, including financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, energy, retail, and technology. Protiviti was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.
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