Cognizant

Workday Financials Senior Principal Consultant, Accounting Center - Global AMS

Cognizant$128K — $192K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent experience
  • Certification in Workday Financials is required
  • 5-7 years of experience in Workday report writing & analytics
  • Ability to multitask and perform various duties
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Willingness to go the extra mile to solve customer problems
  • Analytical skills to solve complex incidents with best practices.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the Financials workstream, specifically Record to Report for assigned accounts
  • Execute AMS & Implementation methodologies in Workday Financials engagements
  • Collaborate with the GDC team on daily activities and incidents
  • Provide on-call support and holiday coverage as needed
  • Ensure adherence to SLA constructs
  • Coordinate with stakeholders for high business impact
  • Develop reporting dashboards to enhance Workday utilization
  • Identify and resolve client issues affecting project scope or timeline
  • Maintain the Workday platform focused on reporting and security administration
  • Lead a team of Workday consultants across multiple engagements

Benefits

  • Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
  • Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
  • 401(k) plan and contributions
  • Long-term/Short-term Disability
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Full Job Description
The Workday Financials Senior Principal Consultant, Accounting Center - 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, Accounting Center, 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.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Onshore functional lead who leads Financials workstream, specifically Accounting Center for the assigned set of accounts
  • Apply and execute various AMS & Implementation methodologies/activities in these Workday Financials 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.


Skills & Requirements:
  • A Bachelor's degree (preferably in Computer Science or Engineering) or equivalent experience
  • Certification in Workday Financials is required
  • Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in Workday report writing & analytics
  • 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.

Salary and Other Compensation
Applications will be accepted until 10/8/2026The annual salary for this position is between $128,093 - $192,140 depending on the experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program , based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans.
Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
  • Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
  • Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
  • 401(k) plan and contributions
  • Long-term/Short-term Disability
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan


Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

About Cognizant

TriZetto is Powering Integrated Healthcare Management. With technology solutions touching more than half the U.S. population today, TriZetto is uniquely positioned to drive the convergence of core benefit administration, care management and constituent engagement. TriZetto provides premier information technology solutions that enable payers and other constituents in the healthcare supply chain to improve the coordination of benefits and care for healthcare consumers.

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340,400 employees
Market Cap
$28.7 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.3 billion
Founded
1994
5 Year Trend
+6.5%
Revenue
$16.6 billion
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