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# Transformation - Workday Senior Associate

- **Company:** Grant Thornton
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Unit Testing, System Configuration, Software Engineering, Workday
- **Published:** August 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.chicagocareersite.com/job.asp?id=3358955212&tx=UT5652THT&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Accounting, SCM, Workday Technology, MIS or related field required
 * Minimum 2 years of related work experience in a similar consulting practice or function servicing cross-industry clients at a national level
 * Experience with a full life cycle implementation of Workday or similar applications
 * Excellent verbal and written communication skills
 * Knowledge of software development lifecycles, key metrics, and reports
 * Experience installing/configuring/implementing Workday Applications
 * Proven ability delivering complex and time sensitive projects
 * Able to work with clients to understand current state processes and define future state processes based on business objectives
 * Ability to travel to various client sites as needed on short notice
 * Can travel as needed. Expected travel is up to 40%

## Description

From day one, you'll be empowered by the greater Transformation team to help clients make the moves that will help them achieve their vision and help you achieve more confidently.

Your day-to-day may include:

 * Assist in full life cycle implementations including planning, design, & build phases
 * Responsible for documenting business requirements, system design and transformational goals
 * Configure applications and conduct iterative unit testing
 * Help to create training materials and quick reference guides to support user adoption
 * Conduct training classes to prepare end users for deployment
 * Provide post-production support
 * Assist with full life cycle implementations
 * Assist teams in the identification of business requirements, functional design, process design (including scenario design, flow mapping), prototyping, testing, training, defining support procedures
 * Meet or exceed targeted billing hours (utilization)
 * Other duties as assigned


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