Workday - Senior Consultant, Financials - Grants (HYBRID)

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Job description

Workday Grants, Senior Consultant

Avaap is a leading management consulting firm serving the public and commercial markets. We guide our clients forward towards new futures that build trust in society and your professional skills along the journey. Join us at Avaap. As part of our Workday Practice, you'll be part of a new and energized team of advisory professionals who deliver more than just technology. From initial assessments to entire transformations, you'll deliver Workday Financial Management solutions equipping organizations with the information they need to make better business decisions.

As a Workday Financials, Grants Senior Consultant Your Career Growth And a Typical Day May Include

As part of our Workday Practice, you'll be part of a new and energized team of advisory professionals who deliver more than just technology. From initial assessments to entire transformations, you'll deliver Workday Financial Management solutions equipping organizations with the information they need to make better business decisions.

• Specializing and expanding your skill set within the Grants Management solution for Workday Financial Management
• Keeping up to date with the latest thought leadership on Finance thinking, tools and techniques in your area of expertise
• Understanding and applying the Workday and Avaap methodologies
• Participating and leading in all stages of the Avaap Way methodology for implementing Workday Financial Management solutions
• Advise clients on industry standards and leading practices
• Responsible for the analysis, design, scheduling, construction and delivery of multiple products within the Workday Financial Management solution
• Support the Financials Lead in architecting the Workday Financials solution to ensure cross functional impacts are considered and mitigated
• Recognize business process inefficiencies and provide recommendations for improvements
• Provide guidance, instruction, and coach more junior team members
• Participate in business development activities
  

Experience

• Recent financial consulting experience in a team-based professional services environment
• Recent experience deploying Workday or other Financial systems such as Oracle E-Business, PeopleSoft, SAP, or similar applications
• Experience working with post-award Grants Management with public sector or higher education clients
• Proficient in multiple financial domains such as procurement, budgets, accounts receivable, etc.
• Ability to translate business requirements into complex system configurations
• Advanced analytical and technical skills evidenced by role in previous projects
• Excellent communication, written and verbal
  

Preferred

• Workday specialty certification such as Grants Management
• 1+ implementation of the Workday Grants Management solution
  

Additional Considerations

• The successful candidate must not be subject to employment restrictions from a former employer (such as a non-compete) that would prevent the candidate from performing the job responsibilities as described.
• This position open virtually to candidates from pacific time zone.
• This position open virtually to candidates from central time zone.
• This position open virtually to candidates from eastern time zone.
  

Current permanent U.S. work authorization required.

Equal Employment Opportunity has been, and will continue to be, a fundamental principle at Avaap USA, LLC, where employment is based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without unlawful discrimination because of race, creed, color, national origin, nationality, age, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, military service, mental or physical disability, or any other protected characteristic as established by applicable law. This policy applies not only to hiring, but also to working conditions, benefits and privileges of employment, compensation, training, appointments for advancement, transfers, layoffs, recalls, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Vaccination records may be requested in compliance with current Avaap policy and/or client policy.