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Workday Certified Student Project Manager - Higher Education

Accenture

Accenture

Operations
Multiple locations · Phoenix, AZ, USA · Los Angeles, CA, USA · Sacramento, CA, USA · San Diego, CA, USA · San Francisco, CA, USA · Broomfield, CO, USA · Hartford, CT, USA · Miami, FL, USA · Park, TX, USA · St. Louis, MO, USA · Boston, MA, USA · Chicago, IL, USA · Detroit, MI, USA · Atlanta, GA, USA · Petersburg, VA, USA · Charlotte, NC, USA · Oklahoma City, OK, USA · Philadelphia, PA, USA · Pittsburgh, PA, USA · Austin, TX, USA · Houston, TX, USA · Seattle, WA, USA · Milwaukee, WI, USA · Florham Park, NJ, USA · New York, NY, USA · Cleveland, OH, USA
Posted on Thursday, February 15, 2024

Job Description

Who We Are

We are Accenture, a global professional services company, searching for a Workday Student Project Manager. This individual will be part of a team of advisory professionals focused on cloud-based data-reporting operations that integrate and optimize the essential corporate functions of finance, analytics, planning and HR.


For many of our clients, successfully getting their data operations into cloud environments is a major focus. The enterprise data-reporting software of Workday is a critical component of many of the cloud solutions we design, which is why Accenture has assembled a team of more than 2,000 Workday-certified professionals.

What’s in it for You
Help HR and Finance leaders define and execute their strategy and give them the adaptability they need in a fast-changing world.


To help you take your skillset beyond Workday technology, our Transformation Powered by Workday Training will help you take your consulting to a whole new level.


Take your Workday skills and career to the next level, mastering complex projects while expanding your leadership and advisory skills with a market-leading team.

As a Workday Student Project Manager, your primary responsibilities may include:

  • Lead or support the Student Project Management workstream on a Workday implementation project.

  • Support the creation of workplans for large complex global engagements, owning risk, budget, resources, client relationship, etc.

  • Researching and resolving day to day Workday Student Project Management issues

  • Work with client to support the new requirements for Student Project Management in Workday

  • Creating and Updating Workday configurations based on requirement changes

  • Provide support for regular and special Student Project Management processes in Workday

  • Provide support Student Project Management activities like posting, bank transfers and paychecks in Workday

  • Provide support for Legal and regulatory reports in Workday

  • Provide support for year-end reporting and other year-end activities in Workday

  • Manage small on and off-shore functional teams

  • Identify strategies, risks, and options, recommend approaches and mitigations to meet client/functional requirements

  • Architect Workday Student solutions to ensure that all work streams are cohesive and cross functional impacts are considered and mitigated

  • Advise clients on industry standards and leading practices.

  • Demonstrate design options through the use of prototyping.

  • Understand and apply Workday and Accenture methodologies.

  • Provide the Student Project Manager with status updates and keep them apprised of overall project status.

  • Demonstrate strong client and stakeholder management to achieve project objectives

  • Support innovation through the creation of new industry leading methods and assets

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