Workday Financials Architect

at Alight Solutions LLC in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Our story
At Alight, we believe a company's success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to "Be Alight."

Our Values:
Champion People - be empathetic and help create a place where everyone belongs.
Grow with purpose - Be inspired by our higher calling of improving lives.
Be Alight - act with integrity, be real and empower others.

It's why we're so driven to connect passion with purpose. Our team's expertise in human insights and cloud technology gives companies and employees around the world the ability to power confident decisions, for life.

With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.

Join our team if you Champion People, want to Grow with Purpose through acting with integrity and if you embody the meaning of Be Alight.

Learn more at careers.alight.com.

Job Summary

The Workday Director collaborates across their aligned Workday domains with Resource Management, Human Resources, and Practice leadership to drive consistent delivery practices, maximize practice profitability, and drive innovation.

Additionally, the Workday directors will be responsible for managing and motivating their team members, supporting their career and professional development, and ensuring that they complete tasks in their functional areas that meet business needs. Responsible for monitoring resource forecasting and utilization, team staffing assignments, and delivering against the business financial goals.

Continues to work in their area of focus on implementation projects as a Functional Lead, Architect, or other project leadership role.

Key Responsibilities

Delivery Responsibilities
Innovate within and cross practices to maximize delivery efficiencies, identify new delivery offerings, automation, deliver per methodology, adoption and advancement of tools
Assist with developing and maintaining practice methodology and provide input into overall Professional Services methodology across LE/ME/Launch
Educate on information relevant to all aspects of delivery and operations: WD knowledge, methodology, POV, best practices, tools/automation
Coordinate with Services counterparts to maintain and improve POV and Professional Services/Services delivery
Provide input into project staffing and resource skills classification
Manage job requisition, facilitate interview and selection process
Profitability Responsibilities
Support global delivery model: DCA development; ways of working offshore; global standardization and best practices; global methodology
Provide sales support: Support sales meetings; provide input to sale materials; develop sales support resources
Maximize practice profitability: Maximize and balance team and delivery center utilization; identify cross-domain training opportunities to improve staffing efficiency
People Management Responsibilities
Motivate and inspire the team to do their best work
Support new initiates; build foundation of continuous improvement; focus on colleague empowerment; colleague retention
Support Colleague training and professional development
Lead support and development
Consultant support and development
People Manager support and development
New hire onboarding/training
Support Practice escalations-People Manager, technology, office, delivery
1:1 with direct reports and skip level (as needed)
Identify high performers and support career progression
Participate in succession planning for practice leadership, line level managers and leads
Facilitate team meetings and cross-functional knowledge sharing
Project Delivery-Based Responsibilities
Responsible for leading one or more areas of the largest and most complex projects and/or multiple concurrent projects potentially over longer periods of duration.
Leads portions of client sales meetings.Participates in client proposal development across multiple proposals.
Utilization requirements of up to 50%
Work Experience
10 years relevant work experience required
Workday Financials experience required
Previous client and/or people leadership experience required
Previous consulting experience required either as an internal consultant or with a consulting / software... For full info follow application link.

Alight Solutions provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, veteran, marital, parental, citizenship, or domestic partner status, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state or local law. Alight Solutions is committed to a diverse workforce and is an