Workday Student Financials Senior Principal Consultant

4 weeks ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Cognizant Full time

At Cognizant, we are passionate about delivering exceptional results to our clients. Our dedicated team of experienced Workday implementation professionals is seeking a thought leader in the Workday Student Financials space to drive superior outcomes. As a Senior Principal Consultant, you will be expected to:

Key Responsibilities:

  • Be a Workday product expert with knowledge of design, configuration, testing, and implementation.
  • Reinforce company policies and procedures to others.
  • Drive and make decisions regarding tactical direction of project workstreams.
  • Identify dependencies and support interplay between different workstreams within a project.
  • Lead, mentor, and oversee the work of other Consultants within their projects.
  • Guide the client through facilitated design sessions and configuration decisions based on best practices and an understanding of the client's unique business requirements at all stages of the project.
  • Regularly engage and support the client through all phases of the project, ensuring a smooth transfer from legacy systems to the Workday Student solution.
  • Perform multiple tasks under limited direction, while regularly keeping the client, your project team, and your Engagement Manager abreast of changes or progress related to the project.
  • Willingsness to take a leadership position on a project, or as a Cognizant or Workday product Partner Lead and/or Delivery Assurance Reviewer.
  • Display your hands-on expertise of the software, including iLoading client data, moving configuration from tenant to tenant, and configuring business processes and security.
  • Utilize your technical aptitude to convert and map data sources into data conversion templates via iLoads.
  • Act as a mentor to fellow consultants and analysts, including providing support for shadow assignments.
  • Actively participate in update training and internal opportunities to share one's skills and learnings with others within the organization.
  • Additional duties as assigned by manager.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
  • Subject Matter Expertise in Student Financials, ideally in a lead role on a Workday Student project.
  • Experience gathering requirements, designing, prototyping, testing, and deploying solutions to meet customer requirements.
  • Report writing experience highly desired.
  • Workday Student certification is required unless the individual has experience with the Workday Student financials module.
  • Project leadership in support of overall direction and delivery of functional solutions.
  • Passion for exceptional customer service.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively manage customer expectations.
  • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, particularly Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
  • Minimal travel required, but must be willing to travel on-site if needed.

Why Choose Cognizant:

  • Entrepreneurial environment that welcomes your ideas.
  • Opportunity to do great work.
  • Outreach programs that support communities and tap into your volunteer spirit.
  • Learning opportunities to help current needs and advancement.
  • Global operations, with opportunities in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific.
  • An abundance of Affinity groups to meet your needs.

Cognizant Core Values:

  • Start with a point of view: I apply my expertise to gain trust and to lead our clients forward.
  • Seek data, build knowledge: I use facts to guide my actions and decisions.
  • Always strive, never settle: I act with agility and creativity, determined to stay one step ahead.
  • Work as one: I deliver solutions that draw upon the full power and scale of Cognizant.
  • Create conditions for everyone to thrive: I include, enable, and invest in everyone around me.
  • Do the right thing, the right way: I always make the ethical choice.

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