Workday HCM Project Manager
- Employer
- PwC
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Salary
- Competitive
- Closing date
- 27 Oct 2023
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- Sector
- Accounting - practice
- Salary band
- Competitive
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Where will they be working?
- Hybrid - mostly office
Job Details
As an experienced Workday Project/Engagement manager in our team, you'll be:
- Leading and managing our client facing Workday projects, taking full responsibility for on time high quality delivery of Discovery, Initial Deployments and Phase X Workday projects for our global clients
- Soliciting and challenging client requirements with professional scepticism, presenting and facilitating workshops, analysing data, and configuring solutions in Workday
- Working as a Senior Manager in our 500-strong Workforce Transformation team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution, and collaborating with your colleagues in the wider PwC network to identify and create solutions that bring value to our clients
- Taking responsibility for development of more junior colleagues through career coaching and mentoring
- Leading and inspiring others, keeping our team a fun place to work
- Playing your part leading proposition and business development activities
- Working at all levels within our clients' organisations from C-suite to the back office operations teams
You'll have:
- Current Workday EM/PM Certification
- Strong, relevant client facing Workday experience leading and managing multi-workstream Workday deployment projects for complex clients
- Strong Workday knowledge in one of more of the following areas: Absence, Time Tracking, HCM, Compensation, Benefits, Talent,Recruitment
- A clear understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing HR functions of today
- Experience in leading HR Transformation and Technology enabled projects / workstreams
- The ability to quickly build relationships, through communication and collaboration, with our clients and across our networked organisation, being able to gain immediate credibility and adapting your style to suit your audience
- Strong digital and data analysis skills
- The ability to listen to and critique requirements and provide imaginative solutions to challenges
- Demonstrable record of managing people and teams, including client, onshore and offshore resources, and driving hybrid teams to deliver
- A passion to invest in others, to help them develop in their careers as part of our team
- A sense of pride in delivering high quality work as a trusted advisor to our clients
- Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.
- Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
- Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
- Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
- Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
- Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
- Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
- Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
- Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.
- Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.
Company
Our values define how we do things. And our purpose is why we exist - now more than ever - to build trust in society and solve important problems for our clients and our communities. In a world we no longer recognise, we need to rely on the strength and agility of our people to help us to navigate these uncertain times.
We're committed to ensuring that care and our people's wellbeing remains central to our culture. While we may not know what’s ahead, we can do all we can to help shape the future. As we continue to navigate this unprecedented time, it’s important that we support our people, to help them take care of themselves and to ensure the right support is available when it’s needed.
For now, we ask you to join our talent network and stay in touch with what’s happening in real time, including new possibilities as they arise. Visit our website for more information on how we’re responding to this pandemic and what changes we’re making to our recruitment process.
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PwC
Opportunities are at the heart of a career with us. Opportunities for you to sharpen your skills, collaborate with experts, build lasting relationships and make an impact in a place where people, quality and value mean everything.
Our offer to you...
· Be part of the world’s leading professional services network and enjoy the benefits that come with that.
· Meet and collaborate with highly talented people from diverse backgrounds, developing new ways of thinking, creating value for you, for PwC and for our clients.
· Work in a challenging and stimulating environment where you’ll be inspired to reach your full potential.
· Identify and develop your skills, build on your existing strengths and discover new ones you didn’t know you had. Watch your expertise and influence grow with us.
The PwC deal
No matter which area of the business you choose to join, all offer the same deal. The opportunity to grow as an individual, to meet new people, and build lasting relationships that will stay with you for life. All whilst making an impact in a place where people, quality, and value, mean everything. Your hard work will be rewarded with a competitive salary and a personally tailored benefits package.
What you need to bring to us
Your intellect, willingness to learn, ability to build relationships, put yourself in others’ shoes, while always making a positive impact with our clients and each other.
The skills, insights and connections you develop at PwC are career defining wherever your career may take you. It’s the opportunity of a lifetime. Take it.
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