Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ConsultNet Technology Services and Solutions is a provider of technology talent and solutions. The company is seeking a Client-Side Workday Financials Project Manager to lead and oversee a Workday Financial Management implementation, coordinating Finance, technology teams, Workday, and the implementation partner. The role manages scope, timeline, budget, governance, risks, testing, data conversion, cutover, change readiness, and executive stakeholder communication.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary client-side project management lead for the Workday Financials implementation
- Partner closely with Finance, Accounting, and FP&A leadership to understand business requirements, priorities, and desired outcomes
- Facilitate alignment between business requirements and Workday Financials design decisions, helping stakeholders understand dependencies, options, and tradeoffs
- Coordinate activities across key financial areas including Financial Accounting, Foundation Data Model (FDM), general ledger, financial close, financial reporting, budgeting and planning, procurement, and expenses
- Establish and maintain client-side project governance, including status reporting, RAID management, decision tracking, escalation processes, and stakeholder communication
- Manage project scope, timeline, budget, milestones, and internal resource commitments
- Coordinate activities across internal teams, Workday, the implementation partner, and other stakeholders to ensure responsibilities and dependencies remain aligned
- Provide oversight of testing activities, including end-to-end testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), defect management, and readiness for deployment
- Coordinate data conversion, validation, reconciliation, and cutover activities in partnership with Finance, IT, and implementation teams
- Support change readiness, training, communications, and adoption activities for Finance and other impacted user groups
- Identify and escalate risks, resource constraints, competing priorities, and decisions that may impact project delivery
- Provide leadership with clear visibility into project health, upcoming milestones, key decisions, and areas requiring attention
- Partner with the implementation provider to ensure delivery remains aligned with agreed-upon milestones, quality expectations, and business objectives
Skills
- Demonstrated experience leading or managing enterprise **Workday Financials implementations**
- Strong understanding of finance and accounting processes and their relationship to Workday Financial Management
- Experience working with areas such as general ledger, chart of accounts/FDM, financial close, financial reporting, budgeting and planning, procurement, and expenses
- Ability to effectively engage both Finance leadership and Workday functional and technical teams
- Experience translating business requirements into implementation priorities and facilitating functional design decisions
- Strong project management experience across scope, schedule, budget, governance, risk and issue management, and stakeholder communication
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate complex initiatives involving multiple business functions, technical teams, and third-party implementation partners
- Strong executive communication, facilitation, and decision-management skills
- Workday Financials certification and/or hands-on Workday Financials configuration experience
- Experience with Workday Adaptive Planning or broader FP&A processes
- Experience supporting data conversion, testing, cutover, and go-live activities within a Workday Financials implementation
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement
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