Workday Solution Architect Manager

Job Description

We Are

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services-creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent and innovation led company with 738,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world's leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships.

We combine our strength in technology with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability.

There is never a typical day at Accenture, but that's why we love it here! This is an extraordinary chance to create a rewarding career at Accenture Technology. Working in a digitally driven, innovation-led environment where you can help clients shift to the New using leading-edge technologies on some of the coolest projects you can imagine.

You are

A growth focused sales/delivery professional who has successfully created positive impact through year-on-year business expansion. You develop relationships with key buyers and decision-makers at new and existing clients by utilizing a differentiated roadmap and framework leveraging the latest cloud-based technologies.

Individuals in this role will collaborate with other Sales professionals, Industry Client Account Leads and Account Executives to identify, pursue and close new business opportunities in existing and new accounts.

The Work

The primary responsibility of this role is to be a value architect in large enterprise (medium-sized to large opportunities) involving Workday HCM, Payroll, Finance and Inventory platform implementations and ongoing maintenance, with the ability to individually create Solutions leveraging deep solutioning and delivery experience in one or more areas, while being able to develop these in a collaborative basis with the client including advising/co-creating the solutions.

Key Responsibilities

* Architect technology solutions for Workday HCM and/or Payroll and/or

* Represent the solution in conversation with Operating Group leadership and sales team, senior client buyers and functional owners

* Drive the necessary Technology Delivery sign off on solutions with proper input from the Operating Groups on client business objectives, industry, risk assessment, budget and preferences

* Work with the Operating Group sales team and Subject Matter Experts as required during the sales process; communicate/collaborate with delivery

* Promote the use of standards in solutions by coordinating with Legal and Commercial and directing Corporate Development Transaction Services

* Collaborate with the Operating Groups to provide input to Terms and Conditions, and in some cases, be accountable for specific contractual terms and conditions

* Work with Technology leadership to identify Point of Contact for delivery.

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

Qualification

Here's What You Need

* Minimum of 5 years of experience in a Technology Environment with a strong focus on systems integration solutions.

* Minimum of 3 Experience in delivering HCM and/or Payroll and/or Finance (ERP) systems preferably Workday.

* Minimum 5 years of experience in software engineering with an expertise in at least 1 current technology.

* Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate's Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)

Professional Skills Requirement

* Expert in formulating the solution storyline, ability to collaborate in creating client value propositions,

* Good hustling ability/resourcefulness,

* Product/concept selling, Pre-sales/Solution Architecting,

Bonus points if you have:

* Experience in Solution Planning and Deal Shaping.

* Workday HCM and/or Finance certification

* Expertise/Experience in Workday systems integration and ability to give an Industry view of application portfolio/application transformation.

* Very good interpersonal and communication skills, the ability to influence and build relationships with key stakeholders.

* Good understanding of the application and infrastructure ecosystem in terms of Products and Technologies.

* Ability to understand client business and technology drivers- business and IT alignment.

* Strong capability to estimate, size, and come up with dependencies/assumptions in solutioning.

* Strong aptitude to be an individual contributor.

* Experience and exposure in collaborative technology solutioning including client workshops, joint solutioning sessions, and co-creation sessions.

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