Workday Adaptive Planning Senior Principal Consultant - Collaborative Solutions
Chicago, IL 60290
About the Job
Key Responsibilities:
Work with clients to understand their current planning process and take a consultative approach to move legacy models into Adaptive Insights.
Leverage your expertise to recommend the best solution based on the client's requirements, budget, and time frame; with the flexibility to adapt the scope as additional needs are identified.
Guide the customer through facilitated design sessions and configuration decisions based on best practices and an understanding of the customer's unique business requirements at all stages of the project.
Regularly engage and support the client through all phases of the project, ensuring a smooth transfer from legacy systems to Adaptive Insights.
Perform multiple tasks under limited direction, while regularly keeping the client, your project team and your Engagement Manager abreast of changes or progress related to the project.
Act as a mentor to fellow consultants and analysts, including providing support for shadow assignments.
Assist with sales activities by attending sales calls as an Adaptive Insights subject matter expert.
Work with Solutions Architects to review Statements of Work (SOWs) to assure proper scoping, timelines, and resource allocations.
Actively participate in update training and internal opportunities to share one's skills and learnings with others within the organization.
Maintain cutting-edge knowledge of product functionality with each new Workday release.
Skills and Requirements:
BA or equivalent in Finance or Accounting.
4+ years of experience working on medium to large scale Adaptive Insights implementations (preferred), or other EPM systems such as Anaplan, SAP, Sage Intacct, Host Analytics, or Vena.
5+ years of Finance/Consulting work experience with a background in accounting, finance, consolidation, management reporting, planning and analysis, forecasting and budgeting.
Proven ability of leading teams of consultants in delivering complex technology solutions.
Proven track-record of client success with an ability to plan, monitor and report project plans with experience managing budget, scope and timelines.
Ability to speak to both the financial and technical aspects of EPM. Experience managing technical upgrades and ETL/data movement is a plus.
Ability to create and sustain a relationship with clients, inspiring confidence in themselves and the delivery team while driving to reference-ability.
Deep knowledge of EPM software industry market and products.
Minimal travel required, but must be willing to travel on-site if needed
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Why choose Cognizant:
- Entrepreneurial environment that welcomes your ideas
- Opportunity to do great work
- Outreach programs that support communities and tap into your volunteer spirit
- Learning opportunities to help current needs and advancement
- Global operations, with opportunities in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific
- An abundance of Affinity groups to meet your needs
Cognizant Core Values:
- Start with a point of view: I apply my expertise to gain trust and to lead our clients forward.
- Seek data, build knowledge: I use facts to guide my actions and decisions.
- Always strive, never settle: I act with agility and creativity, determined to stay one step ahead.
- Work as one: I deliver solutions that draw upon the full power and scale of Cognizant.
- Create conditions for everyone to thrive: I include, enable, and invest in everyone around me.
- Do the right thing, the right way: I always make the ethical choice.