Overview

Job Locations:
Remote – India
Bangalore, India

Collaborative Solutions, a Cognizant Company, is a leading global finance and HR transformation consultancy that leverages world-class cloud solutions to help deliver successful client outcomes for Fortune Global 500 companies, large- and medium-sized organisations across industries.
As the longest-tenured Workday Services Partner and client, our full life cycle services—complete with an in-house Advisory Services practice and proven proprietary tools—have helped more than 1,000 clients transform their businesses. Collaborative Solutions has deployed in over 125 countries and has experience with organisations ranging from 200 to 200,000 employees.

The Global Delivery Center (GDC) consultant provides support for Implementation projects and Application Managed Services (AMS) enhancements across different regions. They provide workday solutions as per customer’s needs and make sure that it’s delivered on time and follows the company’s methodology.

About the Role: 

As a Consultant, you will “bridge the gap” between the business and technical teams by solving complex Workday inter-system problems. You will guide clients through the transformation, implementation, and operation phases of a Workday implementation. You must have a technical aptitude and be capable of configuring the system to meet the business requirements and design specifications.

Responsibilities:

  • Execute the day-to-day activities of Workday Financials project support for a variety of client contracts

  • Become a Workday Financials expert with deep knowledge of core functionality and future product direction

  • Lead an account which works directly with Client teams to deliver and manage the project with high quality deliverable, on time and within the budgeted hours.  

  • Provide subject matter expertise on Workday best practices

  • Conduct sessions with clients to analyze business requirements and provide solutions to complex business problems

  • Manage account communication with key client users

  • Coordinate operations meeting/requests and priorities and SLAs

  • Become a Workday expert with deep knowledge of core functionality and future product direction

  • Mentor other consultants and actively share product knowledge with others to grow our practice

Skills & Requirements:

  • Bachelor's/College Degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent, preferably CPA

  • With Workday Financial Supplemental Certification is an advantage (Budget, Expense, Record to Report, Procure to Pay, Order to cash, etc.) 

  • 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, and/or order-to-cash, required.

  • Previous experience with other ERP Financials and/or Procurement technology (Oracle, SAP, Peoplesoft) is an advantage

  • Strong consulting and presentation skills with the ability to effectively manage client expectations

  • Strong analytical mindset and usage of analytics and reporting tools

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Why choose Cognizant:

  • Entrepreneurial environment that welcomes your ideas
  • Opportunity to do great work
  • Outreach programs that support communities and tap into your volunteer spirit
  • Learning opportunities to help current needs and advancement
  • Global operations, with opportunities in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific
  • An abundance of Affinity groups to meet your needs

Cognizant Core Values:

  • Start with a point of view: I apply my expertise to gain trust and to lead our clients forward.
  • Seek data, build knowledge: I use facts to guide my actions and decisions.
  • Always strive, never settle: I act with agility and creativity, determined to stay one step ahead.
  • Work as one: I deliver solutions that draw upon the full power and scale of Cognizant.
  • Create conditions for everyone to thrive: I include, enable, and invest in everyone around me.
  • Do the right thing, the right way: I always make the ethical choice.