Transformation - Workday Manager
At a glance
Manager-level People Operations & HRIS role at Grant Thornton Advisors. Chicago · full-time · $147,200–$196,880 base.
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What you'll do
- Guide Workday projects from planning and design through configuration, build, testing, and deployment
- Document client needs and translate them into system designs, process maps, prototypes, and transformation goals
- Prepare training guides and lead end-user sessions to support deployment and adoption
- Provide post-launch support, contribute to sales work when needed, and meet utilization targets
What you bring
- A bachelor's degree in accounting, HR, information technology, MIS, or a related area
- At least four years in a similar consulting role, plus four completed Workday implementations
- A recognized industry certification and working knowledge of Workday applications and modules
- Experience with software delivery lifecycles, application integrations, and back-end data connections
Who this fits
This manager role suits someone who can lead client discussions, document technical work, and help define future processes from current-state needs. The position is hybrid in Chicago and may require travel of up to forty percent.
From the employer
As a Workday Manager, you’ll perform advisory and implementation services to address business needs throughout client organizations for the Technology Transformation Practice – all with the resources, environment, and support to help you excel.
From day one, you’ll be empowered by the greater Technology Transformation team to help clients make the moves that will help them achieve their vision and help you achieve more, confidently.
Your day-to-day may include:
- Assist in full life cycle implementations including planning, design, & build phases
- Responsible for documenting business requirements, system design and transformational goals
- Configure applications and conduct iterative unit testing
- Help to create training materials and quick reference guides to support user adoption
- Conduct training classes to prepare end users for deployment
- Provide post-production support
- Participate in full life cycle implementations
- Assist in the identification of business requirements, functional design, process design (including scenario design, flow mapping), prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures
- Participate in pre-sales activities as needed
- Meet or exceed targeted billing hours (utilization)
- Other duties as assigned
You have the following technical skills and qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, HR, Information Technology, MIS, or related field required, Master’s degree is a plus
- Minimum 4 years of related work experience in a similar consulting practice or function servicing cross-industry clients at a national level
- Minimum of 4 full life cycle implementations of Workday
- Knowledge of Workday modules
- Industry recognized professional certification required
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Knowledge of software development lifecycles, key metrics, and reports
- Experience with application integration & back-end data connectivity applications
- Experience installing/configuring/implementing Workday Applications
- Exposure or training on Workday Applications
- Knowledge of Workday Applications
- Proven ability delivering complex and time sensitive projects
- Strong leadership skills, able to conduct meetings and write technically oriented documents
- Able to work with clients to understand current state processes and define future state processes based on business objectives
- Can travel as needed. Expected travel is up to 40%
The base salary range for this position is between $147,200 and $196,880. Placement within the pay range is at Grant Thornton’s discretion, and it is based on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, progression within the role, geographic location, and internal equity. At Grant Thornton, compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate