Workday PM / Engagement Manager Mercer
Dallas, TX

Job Description

Company:Mercer

Description:

The Workday Financials Engagement Manager will be responsible for Financial deployments, platform deployments, phase X deployments, cut over planning, open transaction conversion strategies.

Must be a Workday certified PM for this position.

Responsibilities:

* Become an expert in Workday's Implementation Methodology and leverage it on all engagements.
* Manage the implementation of 1 - 2 simultaneous projects.
* Demonstrate competency in Workday Financials.
* Participate in the sales cycle when requested to gather requirements, formulate delivery approach and develop a proposal/SOW.
* Provide guidance and mentoring to those Professional Service resources working on their implementations.
* Ensure projects are properly planned and staffed.
* Work with the client project manager to identify/resolve all issues that could impact project scope and/or timeframes.
* Work with Delivery Assurance to ensure compliance with agreed to checkpoints.
* Present at Executive Steering Committee meetings.
* Ensure the client takes advantage of Workday best practices.
* Be a liaison for professional services when interacting with sales and/or development.
* Identify opportunities to position other service offerings.
* Ensure the client can serve as a reference upon completing their implementation.
* Assist in the transition of the customer from professional services to product support.
* Ensure the project is delivered within the budget outlined in the SOW.
* Present client with change orders in the event they're asking Workday to perform tasks that are outside the scope of the SOW.

Requirements:

* Workday PM / EM Certification required
* 3 to 5+ years Project Management experience of HCM, payroll or financial implementations within large Enterprise or Fortune 500 Clients.
* Experience implementing Workday is preferred but not required.
* Consulting experience either as an internal consultant or with a consulting/software company.
* Working knowledge with at least one of the following business areas: General Ledger, Accounts Payable/Receivable, Revenue, Reporting, Services procurement.
* Excellent organization, time management, and communication skills.
* Passion for customer service.
* Business development skills.
* Previous experience with a major systems integrator and/or an enterprise software company a plus.
* Ability to travel up to 50%

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