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Workday Certified Compensation/Benefits Lead

Accenture Federal Services$74k-$219k / yr

Multiple Locations (United States)On-site
  • California
  • Colorado
  • Connecticut
  • District of Columbia
  • Illinois
  • Maine
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • Minnesota
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Ohio
  • Virginia
  • Washington

About the role

TL;DR

Lead Workday Benefits and/or Compensation implementations, managing teams, client workshops, solution design, budgets, vendors, and critical issue resolution. You need Workday Benefits or Compensation Partner Certification, at least 3 years of functional experience, 3 years of implementations, and recent lead-level consulting or client-side experience. Travel may range from 0% to 100% based on business and client needs.

As a Workday Certified Compensation/Benefits Lead, your primary responsibilities may include:

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

  • Architect Workday the entire Benefits/Comp solution to ensure that all work streams are cohesive and cross functional impacts are considered and mitigated

  • Formulate planning, budgeting, forecasting and reporting strategies

  • Architect statements of work and/or client proposals

  • Architect and manage vendor relationships

  • Lead workshops for client education

  • Manage resources and budget on client projects

  • Serve as the escalation point for critical functional issue resolution

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

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

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

  • Advise clients on industry standards and leading practices.

  • Understand and apply Workday and Accenture methodologies.

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

  • Demonstrate strong client and stakeholder management to achieve project objectives

  • Ensure the client takes advantage of Workday best practices.

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

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; a leader with effective communication skills. You’re driven by new challenges and are motivated to improve. You’re a creative problem solver with the flexibility to navigate uncertainty. You’re focused on the future with a desire to develop inclusive, responsible and sustainable solutions to complex challenges.

Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements

Here's what you need:

  • Workday Benefits or Compensation Partner Certification

  • Minimum of 3 years of consulting or client-side experience, most recently in a Lead or similar level role

  • Minimum of 3 years of working of Benefits and/or Compensation Functional experience

  • Minimum of 3 years of Workday Implementations

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years work experience). If Associate’s Degree must have equivalent minimum 6 year work experience.

Bonus points if you have:

  • 6 years of Workday-related implementations

  • Demonstrate knowledge of the HR function & processes

  • Experience in Education or Government Workday implementations

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.

Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here: U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture

Annual Salary Range

  • California: $73,800 to $218,800

  • Colorado: $73,800 to $189,000

  • Connecticut: $73,800 to $189,000

  • District of Columbia: $78,500 to $201,300

  • Illinois: $68,300 to $189,000

  • Maine: $62,800 to $161,000

  • Maryland: $73,800 to $189,000

  • Massachusetts: $73,800 to $201,300

  • Minnesota: $73,800 to $189,000

  • New York: $68,300 to $218,800

  • New Jersey: $78,500 to $218,800

  • Ohio: $68,300 to $175,000

  • Virginia: $68,300 to $201,300

  • Washington: $80,200 to $201,300

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