Senior Consultant/Manager, Enterprise Performance Management-Workday Adaptive

Overview

At KPMG, you'll join a team of diverse and dedicated problem solvers, connected by a common cause : turning insight into opportunity for clients and communities around the world.

We are looking for a Senior Consultant / Manager to act as functional and implementation leader of Workday Adaptive Planning solutions.

This role will be responsible for planning and leading system implementations, working with the broader Finance Transformation advisory team and with our clients to continue to grow KPMG's Workday Adaptive practice.

What you will do

• Participate and lead scoping, implementation, and deployment projects of Workday Adaptive Planning projects.
• Conduct client workshops, understand, and analyze business requirements, propose recommendations, and prepare solution blueprint.
• Plan, architect, design, configure and test models and integrations.
• Design and develop custom reports and dashboards.
• Assist with testing configuration, provide knowledge transfer to clients and develop documentation as applicable.
• Provide leadership, direction, and guidance to senior level client stakeholders and be seen as a subject matter expert.
• Support the development of proposals, product demos, contribute to business development activities and support internal and external marketing events.
• Proactively engage in learning and development activities to keep up with latest Workday Adaptive product features and capabilities, including broad integrated business planning industry leading practices.
• Manage, mentor, and train Consultants and Senior Consultants within the EPM Practice.
• Develop and foster network within KPMG advisory practice and with Workday partners.

What you bring to the role

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology. Post graduate degrees and professional designation is an asset.
• Minimum 3 years of super-user experience or 2+ years implementation experience with Workday Adaptive Planning is a must.
• Workday Financials, Workday Adaptive Planning and or Workday Adaptive Platform Certification is preferred.
• Experience with Workday Adaptive Planning integrations and SQL language is a plus.
• Experience working in a client facing role across a variety of industries and businesses.
• Strong mix of business and functional knowledge related to budgeting and planning processes with a proven ability to communicate business requirements and understand the implications on the functional design.
• Superior communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to communicate with client stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Work closely in a collaborative team environment, lead teams and project deliverables.
• Ability to present and demo product and solutions using MS Visio and or MS PowerPoint.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to clearly articulate, identify and define problems and develop creative solutions to address client requirements.
• Experience in process reengineering, designing and implementing business performance management applications including budgeting, forecasting, planning, consolidation, and reporting.
• Ability to travel within Canada and the US.

Providing you with the support you need to be at your best

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A diverse workforce is key to our success and we believe in bringing your whole self to work. We welcome all qualified candidates to apply and hope you will choose KPMG in Canada as your employer of choice.

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Adjustments and accommodations throughout the recruitment process

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We aim to provide a positive experience and are ready to offer adjustments or accommodations to help you perform at your best.

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