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About the role

As a member of one of the world’s largest Workday-certified teams, you’ll be part of a team of advisory professionals who deliver more than just technology. From rapid deployments to entire transformations, you’ll deliver integrated source to pay solutions that put organizations on the fast track to a better way to work.

Why 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.

As a Workday Workday Procure to Pay (P2P) Lead your primary responsibilities may include:

• Lead the implementation Procurement modules, including sourcing, contract lifecycle management (CLM), procurement, supplier accounts, procurement contracts and expenses.

• Lead design workshops to gather requirements, configure the Workday solution and support testing and deployment.

• Provide expertise in business process design for finance and procurement transformation programs.

• Advise clients on industry standards and leading practices

• Demonstrate design options through the use of prototyping

• Understand and apply Workday and Accenture methodologies

• Support and drive data migration, reporting, integrations, and change management activities during Workday projects.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including technical architects, developers, and change leads.

• Act as a subject matter expert to troubleshoot issues, provide system support, and optimize business performance post-implementation.

  • Contribute to business development and new sales opportunities, including proposals, demos, and client presentations.

Job Qualifications

Here’s what you need:

• 3+ years of experience working with Workday Financials and/or Procurement modules.

• Strong understanding of procurement processes

• Hands-on experience with Workday configuration, security, and reporting.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

• Ability to engage stakeholders at various levels and translate business needs into technical solutions.

• Workday Procure to Pay certification

Preferred Qualifications and experience

• Workday certification in Financials or Strategic Sourcing.

• Experience in full-cycle Workday implementations, preferably in a consulting environment.

• Experience integrating Workday with third-party systems (ERP, banking, CRM, etc.).

• Familiarity with Agile delivery and project management frameworks.

• Background in industries such as Government, Health, Financial Services, or Higher Education.

Bonus points if:

• Proficiency in multiple business processes such as PTP, OTC, GL, FA, Budgeting, Cash Management, etc…

• Experience leading global and/or LE Workday engagements.

• Thrive in a diverse, fast paced environment.

• Other leading Cloud based SaaS financial application implementation experience: (Coupa, Oracle Cloud, PeopleSoft, Ariba)

• An advanced degree in a specialization relevant to this role.

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.

All our consulting professionals receive comprehensive training covering business acumen, technical and professional skills development. You’ll also have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialisation. We offer a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialised skills faster. Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducted online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with teammates. The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provide an unbeatable platform from which to build a career.

Working Rights

Preference will go to candidates that have current working rights for Australia or New Zealand. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer Visa Sponsorship for this role.

Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

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At Accenture, our intention is to foster a culture and a workplace in which all of our people feel a sense of belonging and are respected and empowered to do their best work.

As part of our talent strategy, we hire and develop people who have different backgrounds, different perspectives and different lived experiences. These differences ensure that we have and attract the cognitive diversity to deliver a variety of perspectives, observations and insights which are essential to drive the innovation needed to reinvent, and we hold our leaders accountable for ensuring we have the most innovative and talented people in our industry.

We encourage applications from all people, and we are committed to removing barriers to the recruitment process and employee lifecycle. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, religion or sexual orientation and we do not tolerate discrimination. If you require adjustments to the recruitment process or have a preferred communication method, please email exectalent@accenture.com and cite the relevant Job Number, or contact us on +61 2 9005 5000.

Learn how Accenture protects your personal data and know your rights in relation to your personal data. Read more about our Privacy Statement