Workday Financials Manager - US or Canada
Huron Consulting · Chicago +1 · 6mo ago
Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future.
Join our team as the expert you are now and create your future.
Our environment inspires and rewards growth… As a Manager, you have the unique ability to specialize in certain areas of enterprise software products that showcase and employ your areas of expertise while pursuing your “career vision”. Huron is big enough to offer the opportunity and exposure you need for your career growth—but small enough to give you individual attention for your professional development. Every Manager adds to who we are as an organization—and the more you evolve, the more we do. An exciting career experience awaits you where you’ll be challenged to discover your true potential: It’s analytically rigorous… it’s practical… it’s entrepreneurial… it’s intellectually stimulating—and most definitely—it’s career-defining. It’s the Huron way.
We see what’s possible in you and help you achieve it.
Requirements:
3-5 years proven prior success in roles directly implementing Workday
2+ years proven prior leading Workday, Financials implementations
Huron requires a Bachelor’s Degree in a related field or equivalent work experience
Travel up to 50%
Preferred Skills & Experience:
Workday Certification or equivalent practical experience in one or more of the following; Financial Accounting, Core Financials Banking and Settlements, Expenses, Customer Account or Grants Management,
Experience leading Workday Financials design and customer confirmation sessions
Experience configuring all aspects of Workday Financials and the related Customer Accounts functionality
Experience configuring or a deep understanding of Workday Payroll Accounting is a plus
Experience with project or workstream planning and management
Excellent communication skills - oral and written - and the interpersonal skills needed quickly to establish relationships of trust and collaboration
Ability to establish credibility in the eyes of senior-level, financially literate university and hospital executives, including those that lead the sponsored research functions, on the basis of expertise, maturity, and professionalism
Ability to train and participate in the professional development of Huron staff in both project or workstream management and technical dimensions
Excellent time-management and prioritization skills
Ability to manage multiple projects of differing scale and duration
Strong analytical skills used to translate information from meetings into documentation that can be shared with meeting participants and project teams
Desire and willingness to learn new tools, techniques, concepts, and methodologies
Proven thought leadership as indicated by speaking engagements and/or publications a plus