Workday Lead

Are you interested in helping clients navigate their digital transformation from where they are now, to where they want to be? Can you uncover their strategic intent that will help shape the use of new technologies to drive new innovative ways of working?

Using Workday, we help clients unlock trapped value across their organisation and drive transformation in service design and workforce experiences.

As a member of one of the world’s largest Workday-certified teams, you’ll be part of a team of professionals who deliver more than just technology. You’ll deliver HR and financial management solutions that help organisations realise the Workday promise of integrated, cloud-based capabilities that put them on the fast track to a better way to work.

Grow your career with leading-edge technologies, continuous learning opportunities and a global community with deep industry expertise that help to solve clients’ biggest challenges.

Now is the perfect time for you to join the Accenture Workday team, where you’ll :

Assess, strategize and manage Workday deployments for organisations across the globe. Accenture has worked with more than 600 clients to deliver Workday deployments to unlock the potential of their organisations.

Design and deliver future-ready Workday solutions to help organisations optimise their HR and Finance functions and enhance their employees’ experiences.

Join more than 3,200 professionals certified in Workday , collaborating to drive enterprise-wide transformational projects on a global scale.

Expand your Workday skills and advance your career with unparalleled training and professional development opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

As a Workday Delivery Lead, you should expect to lead large, complex Workday implementations and have the following responsibilities :

Responsible for delivery teams across a portfolio of clients and ensure our contractual and client expectations are met.

Lead teams of consultants and clients to reach their implementation and transformation goals on time and within budget

Work from start to finish on transformation programs with experience along all stages of program lifecycle.

Lead and develop Workday consultants and guide them through career growth.

Understand client requirements and support development of implementation plans to deliver successful outcomes.

Use expertise to develop and support cost effective blueprints, estimates, and conceptual designs.

Be recognized internally and externally for their deep Workday delivery expertise, domain knowledge, or offering expertise.

Align technology with business strategy and goals, work directly with the client gathering requirements to analyse, design and / or implement technology best practice business changes.

Advise clients in their Workday technology decisions and strategies

Create, implement and manage a program office function in support of the execution of delivery or product work.

Develop and execute end-to-end project management activities.

Manage financial, contractual, and operational commitments.

Monitor delivery performance and quality using metrics and status reporting.

Mitigate program / project risks and drive resolution of issues.

Your skills and Qualifications :

Current knowledge of the Workday Platform (HCM and or Financials)

Proven Workday Delivery experience with at least 1-2 major Workday Implementations

Previous consulting experience or congruent professional experience either as an internal consultant or with a consulting / software company

Ability and willingness to travel

Superior communication skills, both written and verbal

Experience with pre-sale and sales activities

This is an exceptional opportunity to join the leading Workday partner in New Zealand.

All of our consulting professionals receive comprehensive training covering delivery excellence, business acumen, technical and professional skills development. You’ll also have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialization. We offer a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialized skills faster. Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducted online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with teammates. The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provide an unbeatable platform from which to build a career.

To view Employee Benefits covering Health, Wellbeing, Progressive Leave Options, Sustainability click on the link below.

Progressive Employee Benefits – New Zealand

NZ Working Rights

Preference will go to candidates based in New Zealand with current Working Rights.

Visa Sponsorship Transfer may be considered for candidates already based in New Zealand.

Consideration for overseas candidates needing Visa Sponsorship will occur on a case-by-case basis however the expectation you will have considerable Workday experience, Certification and have previously worked in a Consulting based organisation.

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