Associate Director, Finance Transformation (Workday Financials)

About the role

Protiviti is hiring a Technology Consulting Associate Director for its Workday team, based in Cincinnati (also listed for Indianapolis). The Associate Director leads client relationships and the completion of engagements, partners with strategic clients to identify and manage risk, develops solutions using analytics, automation and modern tools, builds new projects and business, mentors teams and oversees project work plans.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and manage future-state design and process improvement projects for Record to Report (R2R) and/or Order to Cash (O2C) functions
• Provide business integrator support for large-scale Workday Financials implementations, coordinating client teams, system integrators and vendors
• Serve as solution architect, project manager and/or workstream lead for R2R and/or O2C during Workday design and implementation
• Manage large, complex Workday Financials implementations, including requirements definition, design workshops, testing, data conversion, training, cutover and post-go-live support
• Develop implementation plans with estimates of effort, timing and costs
• Cultivate business relationships with senior executives and pursue business development and new work
• Communicate issues, risks and challenges to client personnel, including executives
• Lead and supervise teams, including performance appraisals, mentoring, coaching and cross-team coordination

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline such as MIS, Finance/Accounting or Engineering
• 9+ years of experience in professional services or industry
• Experience leading R2R and/or O2C process improvement and large Workday Financials implementations
• Interest in project management, team leadership and business development

Required skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Workday certification in Record to Report and/or Contracts to Cash strongly preferred; Accounting Center and/or Prism certifications a plus
• Experience with Microsoft Fabric, Python and Power BI is a strong asset
• Strong understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting

What we offer

• Salary range of $142,000-$242,000, with a 16% bonus target (total cash range $164,720-$280,720)
• Medical, dental and vision coverage, FSA/HSA, life and accident insurance, adoption and fertility assistance, paid parental leave up to 10 weeks, and 401(k) with 50% employer match on the first 6%
• Choice Time Off and up to 11 paid holidays
• Hybrid workplace with in-person and remote work, and travel to client sites