Overview

Job Locations:
United States – Remote
Remote – Ontario
Remote – British Columbia
Remote – Alberta

The Workday Financials Senior Principal Consultant – Global Application Managed Services (AMS) is a well experienced post-production professional who is dynamic, fast-paced, and familiar with the managed services construct. As a Workday Financials AMS Senior Principal Consultant, you will bring your functional skills, ability to keep the business context in sight, and roll-up-your-sleeves work ethic to a team with a positive, can-do attitude, a collaborative culture, and a passion for helping our clients to be successful.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Onshore functional lead who leads Financial workstream for the assigned set of accounts pertaining to Record to Report (Workday Certification is mandatory).
  • Apply and execute various AMS & Implementation methodologiesactivities in these Workday FINS engagements.
  • Should collaboratively work with the GDC team on day -day activities, incidents, root cause analysis and other work requests.
  • Provides on-call support and holiday coverage as required.
  • Deep knowledge in SLA constructs and adherence
  • Coordinate with external and internal stakeholders to create high business impact.
  • Contribute to the operational efficiency of the Workday practice.
  • Proactively identify and develop reporting dashboards to improve Workday utilization, creating solutions that support metrics for FINS and the business at large.
  • Work with clients to identify/resolve all issues that could impact project scope and/or timeframe.
  • Maintain the Workday platform with a focus on reporting (including scheduled reports), business process maintenance, security administration, data loads and data audits.
  • Ensures system design fits the needs of the user. 
  • Comfortable with leading multiple tasks and projects simultaneously, prioritize tasks effectively, and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. 
  • Ability to ensure team delivers the project deliverables on time and do consistent timely reminders with vendors and project team.
  • Drive continual business processes improvements throughout the organization.
  • Lead a team of Workday consultants across multiple engagements.

Skills & Requirements:

  • A Bachelor’s degree (preferably in Computer Science or Engineering) or equivalent experience
  • Minimum of 5-7 years of Corporate Applications portfolio experience and at least 3-5 years’ experience in client facing roles handling managed services in a global delivery model
  • Should have an expert level understanding of Workday Financials domain.
  • Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in Workday Integrations
  • Workday certification is mandatory.
  • Able to multitask and perform a variety of duties.
  • Good communication and interpersonal skills
  • Willingness to go the extra mile to solve customer problems.
  • Good Analytical skills with ability to solve complex incidents, provide suggestionsbest practices.

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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.