Workday Certified HCM Functional Lead

🏢 Accenture · all Accenture jobs
📍 United States
💰 USD 62,800 - 218,800 / annual
📅 Posted 2026-08-13 · via Himalayas
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Who We Are

We are Accenture , a global professional services company, searching for a Workday Functional Lead.

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 Functional Lead, your primary responsibilities may include:

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Manage teams in the identification of business requirements, functional design, process design (including scenario design, flow mapping), prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures 

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Architect Workday the entire HCM solution to ensure that all work streams are cohesive and cross functional impacts are considered and mitigated 

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Formulate planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting strategies

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Architect statements of work and/or client proposals 

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Architect and manage vendor relationships 

- Lead workshops for client education 

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Manage resources and budget on client projects 

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Serve as the escalation point for critical functional issue resolution 

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Provide subject matter expertise to aid in decision making related to the functional solution 

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Lead, mentor, counsel and manage performance metrics of project staff 

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Conduct working sessions with clients to gather, understand, and analyze business requirements. 

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Advise clients on industry standards and leading practices. 

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Understand and apply Workday and Accenture  methodologies. 

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Provide the Delivery Lead with status updates and keep them apprised of overall project status. 

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Demonstrate strong client and stakeholder management to achieve project objectives 

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Ensure the client takes advantage of Workday best practices. 

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

Why should I join the Accenture Workday team?

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Innovate every day. Be at the forefront of designing and delivering Workday solutions that push boundaries and create new opportunities for our clients.

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Lead with the industry’s best . Join an industry-recognized global cloud leaderwith more than 2000 Workday certified professionals collaborating to drive enterprise-wide transformational projects on a global scale. Accenture has worked with more than 600 clients to deliver Workday deployments to unlock the potential of their organizations.

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Learn and grow continuously. Harness unmatched training and professional development to help you build and advance your Workday, consultative and delivery skills. With learning resources, interactive classroom courses, real-life client simulations and ongoing mentoring available when you need it, you’ll expand your thinking beyond the core Workday implementation.

Who will be successful at Accenture ?

It’s not just what you know or where you’ve been that propels success at Accenture : It’s who you are , fundamentally, as a person. We prize diversity in backgrounds and perspectives. Whatever your unique qualities, a few key traits should apply: You’re passionate about technology and motivated to apply the latest technology trends. You’re proactive and collaborative

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