Workday Financials Principal Consultant (Continuous Value Services)

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Employment Type: Full Time
• Salary: Not specified

As a Financials Consultant within the Cognizant Workday Practice's Continuous Value Services team, you will provide post-production support & optimization to clients already utilizing Workday Financials. This role involves ticket-based support, staff augmentation, ad-hoc support, tenant analysis, and optimization activities. You’ll be expected to leverage your financial management systems expertise, particularly in Record to Report, Source to Pay, and/or Contracts to Cash, to address client needs. A technical aptitude and ability to configure the Workday product are essential.

Requirements

• Experience: 2+ years of Workday Financials Functional implementation or post-production support experience.
• Financial Management Expertise: Proficiency with business processes including:
  • General Ledger
  • Budgeting
  • Cash Management
  • Grant Management
  • Chart of Accounts Re-design
  • Procure-to-Pay
  • Purchase Order Conversions
  • Expense Management
  • Fixed Asset Management
  • Order-to-Cash
• Certifications:
  • At least 1 Workday Financials Core Certification (Record to Report, Procure to Pay, or Contracts to Cash) - preferred
  • Advanced/Composite Reporting certifications - preferred
  • Workday Strategic Sourcing certification - preferred
• Technical Skills: Ability to configure the Workday product to meet business requirements and design specifications. Experience with data conversion, security configuration, process documentation, and leading architecting sessions.
• Experience with other systems: Experience supporting enterprise class financial management solutions (i.e. Workday, PeopleSoft, SAP, Oracle etc).

Responsibilities

• Execute day-to-day activities of Workday Financials post-production client support.
• Provide subject matter expertise on Workday best practices.
• Conduct sessions with customers to analyze business requirements and provide solutions to complex business problems.
• Identify strategies, risks, and options for recommending approaches towards meeting requirements for post-production customers.
• Become a Workday Financials expert with deep knowledge of core functionality and understand touch points with FDM, HCM, Integrations, Payroll and future product direction.
• Mentor other consultants by actively sharing product knowledge.
• Support business development activities such as identification, proposal development, and pursuit activities.
• Support a team-oriented, challenging, and innovative work environment designed to promote and maintain the Cognizant Workday Practice core values.
• Work closely with engagement managers and team members to identify project needs and develop solutions and strategies.
• Drive the practice to achieve high customer satisfaction level.

Application Instructions

• Not specified in the provided text.

Company Information

• Company: Cognizant
• Practice: Cognizant Workday Practice
• Team: Continuous Value Services