Workday Payroll Consultant

Who We Are
We are Accenture, a global professional services company, searching for a Workday Canadian Payroll Consultant/Team Lead.

This individual will be part of a team of advisory professionals focused on cloud-based data-reporting operations that integrate and optimize the essential corporate functions of finance, analytics, planning and HR.

For many of our clients, successfully getting their data operations into cloud environments is a major focus. The enterprise data-reporting software of Workday is a critical component of many of the cloud solutions we design, which is why Accenture has assembled a team of more than 2,000 Workday-certified professionals.

What’s in it for You
Help HR and Finance leaders define and execute their strategy and give them the adaptability they need in a fast-changing world.

To help you take your skillset beyond Workday technology, our Transformation Powered by Workday Training will help you take your consulting to a whole new level.

Take your Workday skills and career to the next level, mastering complex projects while expanding your leadership and advisory skills with a market-leading team.

As a Workday Canadian Payroll Consultant, your primary responsibilities may include:

• Lead or support the Payroll workstream on a Workday implementation project. 

• Support the creation of work plans for large complex global engagements, owning risk, budget, resources, client relationships, etc.  

• Researching and resolving day-to-day Workday Payroll issues 

• Work with client to support the new requirements for Payroll in Workday 

• Creating and Updating Workday configurations based on requirement changes 

• Provide support for regular and special Payroll processes in Workday 

• Provide support for Payroll activities like posting, bank transfer and pay checks in Workday 

• Provide support for Legal and regulatory reports in Workday 

• Provide support for year-end reporting and other year-end activities in Workday 

• Manage small on and off-shore functional teams 

• Identify strategies, risks, and options, recommend approaches and mitigations to meet client/functional requirements 

• Architect Workday Payroll solutions to ensure that all work streams are cohesive and cross functional impacts are considered and mitigated 

• Advise clients on industry standards and leading practices. 

• Demonstrate design options through the use of prototyping. 

• Understand and apply Workday and Accenture  methodologies. 

• Provide the Project Manager with status updates and keep them apprised of overall project status. 

• Demonstrate strong client and stakeholder management to achieve project objectives 

• Support innovation through the creation of new industry leading methods and assets  

Why should I join the Accenture Workday team?

Innovate every day. Be at the forefront of designing and delivering Workday solutions that push boundaries and create new opportunities for our clients.

Lead with the industry’s best. Join an industry-recognized global cloud leader with more than 2000 Workday certified professionals collaborating to drive enterprise-wide transformational projects on a global scale. Accenture has worked with more than 600 clients to deliver Workday deployments to unlock the potential of their organizations.

Learn and grow continuously. Harness unmatched training and professional development to help you build and advance your Workday, consultative and delivery skills. With learning resources, interactive classroom courses, real-life client simulations and ongoing mentoring available when you need it, you’ll expand your thinking beyond the core Workday implementation.

Who will be successful at Accenture?

It’s not just what you know or where you’ve been that propels success at Accenture: It’s who you are, fundamentally, as a person. We prize diversity in backgrounds and perspectives. Whatever your unique qualities, a few key traits should apply: You’re passionate about technology and motivated to apply the latest technology trends. You’re proactive and collaborative; a leader with effective communication skills. You’re driven by new challenges and are motivated to improve. You’re a creative problem solver with the flexibility to navigate uncertainty. You’re focused on the future with a desire to develop inclusive, responsible and sustainable solutions to complex challenges.

Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.