Cognizant has partnered with Workday to deploy Adaptive Insights, a modern cloud-based business planning and analytics solution. The ideal candidate will have financial/multi-dimensional modelling experience and possess the ability to quickly understand and decompose financial, business, and technical concepts.
Key Responsibilities:
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Work with clients to understand their current planning process and take a consultative approach to move legacy models into Adaptive Insights.
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Leverage your expertise to recommend the best solution based on the client’s requirements, budget, and time frame; with the flexibility to adapt the scope as additional needs are identified.
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Guide the customer through facilitated design sessions and configuration decisions based on best practices and an understanding of the customer’s unique business requirements at all stages of the project.
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Regularly engage and support the client through all phases of the project, ensuring a smooth transfer from legacy systems to Adaptive Insights.
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Perform multiple tasks under limited direction, while regularly keeping the client, your project team and your Engagement Manager abreast of changes or progress related to the project.
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Act as a mentor to fellow consultants and analysts, including providing support for shadow assignments.
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Assist with sales activities by attending sales calls as an Adaptive Insights subject matter expert.
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Work with Solutions Architects to review Statements of Work (SOWs) to assure proper scoping, timelines, and resource allocations.
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Actively participate in update training and internal opportunities to share one’s skills and learnings with others within the organization.
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Maintain cutting-edge knowledge of product functionality with each new Workday release.
Skills and Requirements:
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BA or equivalent in Finance or Accounting.
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2+ years of experience working on medium to large scale Adaptive Insights implementations (preferred), or other EPM systems such as Anaplan, SAP, Sage Intacct, Host Analytics, or Vena.
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2-5+ years of Finance/Consulting work experience with a background in accounting, finance, consolidation, management reporting, planning and analysis, forecasting and budgeting.
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Proven ability of leading teams of consultants in delivering complex technology solutions.
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Proven track-record of client success with an ability to plan, monitor and report project plans with experience managing budget, scope and timelines.
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Ability to speak to both the financial and technical aspects of EPM. Experience managing technical upgrades and ETL/data movement is a plus.
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Ability to create and sustain a relationship with clients, inspiring confidence in themselves and the delivery team while driving to reference-ability.
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Deep knowledge of EPM software industry market and products.
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Minimal travel required, but must be willing to travel on-site if needed
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Why choose Cognizant:
- Entrepreneurial environment that welcomes your ideas
- Opportunity to do great work
- Outreach programs that support communities and tap into your volunteer spirit
- Learning opportunities to help current needs and advancement
- Global operations, with opportunities in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific
- An abundance of Affinity groups to meet your needs
Cognizant Core Values:
- Start with a point of view: I apply my expertise to gain trust and to lead our clients forward.
- Seek data, build knowledge: I use facts to guide my actions and decisions.
- Always strive, never settle: I act with agility and creativity, determined to stay one step ahead.
- Work as one: I deliver solutions that draw upon the full power and scale of Cognizant.
- Create conditions for everyone to thrive: I include, enable, and invest in everyone around me.
- Do the right thing, the right way: I always make the ethical choice.
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What We Do
Collaborative Solutions, a Cognizant Company, is a leading global finance and HR transformation consultancy that leverages world-class cloud solutions to help deliver successful client outcomes for Fortune Global 500 companies, large and medium-sized organizations across industries. As the longest-tenured Workday Services Partner and client, its full lifecycle services—complete with an in-house Advisory Services practice and proven proprietary tools—have helped more than 1,000 clients transform their businesses.
