Workday Project Manager
Atlanta, GA - USA
Job Summary
Responsibilities:
- Lead and coordinate a Workday Financial Management and Procurement project of moderate to high complexity including implementations enhancements integrations and optimization initiatives.
- Provide full lifecycle project leadership across Workday Financials modules including:
- General Ledger
- Accounts Payable & Accounts Receivable
- Asset Management
- Procurement (requisitions purchase orders supplier management inventory if applicable)
- Banking & Settlements
- Financial Reporting
- Partner closely with Finance Accounting and Procurement business owners to align Workday system design with accounting policies purchasing workflows approval hierarchies and compliance requirements.
- Collaborate with Workday functional leads integration developers (EIB Studio Core Connectors) third-party vendors and internal SMEs to deliver scalable compliant solutions.
- Track Workday configuration data conversion integrations security roles and end-to-end testing cycles activities.
- Assist in cutover planning production readiness activities and post-production stabilization for Workday Financials and Procurement deployments with project team.
- Provides continuing direction to the project team conducts status meetings assesses proposed changes in scope and recommends courses of action to project sponsors during the execution phase.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelors degree inrelated field or specialized training and three years of IT project managementexperience
PMP certification fromPMI or equivalent certification
5 years experienceleading projects of moderate to high complexity (must have occurred in the last7 years).
3 years hands onexperience leading server-based application development/enhancement projects(must have occurred in the last 5 years).
Hands-on experience withMS Project MS Visio SharePoint 2013 and MS O365
Strong understanding of:
o Accounting and procurement principles
o Financial reporting structures
o ERP integrations
Preferred Qualifications
Experience within the last 3 years leading/coordinating vendor managed projects
Executive level written and oral communication skills.
Experience working in state government
Experience in Hands-on familiarity with:
Workday Financial Management
Workday Procurement Management
Experience working in an outsourced environment
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| Communication skills both verbal and written | Required |
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| Microsoft Office | Required |
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| MS Project | Required |
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| PMP Certification | Required |
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| Presentation skills | Required |
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| Project management | Required |
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| SharePoint | Required |
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| ERP Project Management | Required |
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| Workday Financials | Required |
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| MS Teams | Required |
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| Finance Process Optimization | Required |
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| Strategic Sourcing | Required |
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| ERP Project Management | Required |
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