Workday Finance and reporting consultant

Job Description

As a Senior Associate in managed services, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from assessment, development through to deployment. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this role include but are not limited to:

• Requirements gathering: Understand clients Workday Financials and reporting requirements, including financial management processes, reporting needs, data definitions, security considerations, and how they align to Workday functionality
• Workday Financials support: Configure, maintain, test, and support Workday Financial Management functionality across areas such as general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, expenses, procurement, banking and settlement, and related finance processes
• Reporting and analytics: Design, build, enhance, and troubleshoot Workday reports, dashboards, calculated fields, and analytics that provide accurate and actionable insights for finance, operations, and leadership stakeholders
• Testing and validation: Support unit testing, system testing, regression testing, and user acceptance testing for Workday Financials enhancements, reporting changes, releases, and production support activities
• Data integrity and reconciliation: Help clients validate financial data, investigate discrepancies, support reconciliations, and maintain confidence in Workday financial reporting outputs
• Facilitate knowledge transfer and educate customers on Workday Financials and reporting capabilities, providing functional and reporting expertise during client design workshops, support discussions, and training sessions
• Invite and give in-the-moment feedback in a constructive manner
• Share and collaborate effectively with others across finance, technology, managed services, and client teams
• Identify and make suggestions for process, reporting, and system improvements when problems and/or opportunities arise
• Handle, manipulate, and analyze data and information responsibly, with appropriate attention to confidentiality, access, and data governance
• Follow risk management and compliance procedures
• Keep up to date with developments in Workday Financials, reporting, analytics, and managed services practices
• Communicate confidently in a clear, concise, and articulate manner—verbally and in the materials produced
• Build and maintain an internal and external network
• Seek opportunities to learn about how PwC works as a global network of firms
• Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct

Additional Job Description

What you’ll bring to this role

• Exceptional written and verbal communication capabilities
• Ability to communicate effectively with diverse people and individuals at various levels within the organization, including finance, technology, client, and managed services stakeholders
• Experience or demonstrated interest in Workday Financial Management, Workday Reporting, Workday Prism Analytics, Adaptive Planning, or comparable ERP, EPM, reporting, and analytics tools
• Understanding of core finance and accounting concepts such as general ledger, journals, chart of accounts, financial statements, budgeting, forecasting, reconciliations, close processes, accounts payable, accounts receivable, procurement, and expenses
• Ability to gather business requirements, translate them into functional reporting or system solutions, and support testing through to production deployment
• Superior detail orientation, organization, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Strong interest in data quality, reporting accuracy, financial insights, and continuous improvement
• Finance, accounting, business systems, ERP, analytics, or technology background is a plus
• You are passionate about everyone’s success
• Understanding of the functional components that are core to finance systems and enterprise resource planning platforms
• Understanding of system implementation, managed services, production support, release management, and technical support concepts
• Experience creating documentation, process guides, report inventories, training materials, and knowledge transfer resources
• Understanding of how to effectively conduct knowledge transfer and enable end users to adopt Workday Financials and reporting solutions
• Experience working with reporting tools, data models, calculated fields, dashboards, or business intelligence solutions is beneficial
• ERP experience is beneficial; Workday Financials, Workday Reporting, Workday Prism, or Adaptive Planning experience is preferred