Workday Financials Accounting Center Lead

Job Description

Role: Workday Financials Accounting Center Lead
Location: London
Career Level: Manager

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge

We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too.

“Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us.” – Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO

Do you get excited when guiding organizations on the transformation of their HR processes based on the next generation of technology? Put your expertise to work as part of the world’s largest independent technology services provider and own the way as a trendsetter in Workday. We’re ready if you are.

Our Team

The Accenture Workday Business Group is a leading partner to Workday worldwide and has a track record of implementing many of the most significant Workday projects. In addition, we take pride in advising and collaborating closely with our clients from early strategy discussions, through technology implementations and transformation programs, to support and operations. Learn more about our practice at www.accenture.com/workday.

Do you want to work with global talent at the forefront of technological services and seek meaningful projects for top international businesses? At Accenture you have access to specifics trainings for your functional lead role. You will start with training -together with colleagues - and you will join seminars at various international locations. You will be primed, equipped and well-networked to tackle exciting projects.

As a Workday Financials Accounting Center Lead:

As a member of one of the world’s largest Workday-certified teams, you’ll be part of a team of advisory professionals who deliver more than just technology. You'll provide integrated, cloud-based financial management solutions that put organizations on the fast track to a better way to work from rapid deployments to complete transformations.

We are looking for a Workday Accounting Center to join our fast-growing team.

In this role, you will help our clients get the most out of their Workday investment by:

• Lead and participate in all Workday Accounting Center implementation lifecycle phases, including requirements gathering, design, configuration, testing, and deployment.

• Support at least one implementation project as functional Accounting Center Lead.

• Collaborate with clients to understand their business requirements, translate them into Workday configurations, and provide expert advice on best practices.

• Configure Workday modules to meet business requirements related to financial accounting processes.

• Identify strategies, risks, and options and recommend approaches and mitigations to meet client/functional requirements.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, such as finance, IT, and project management, to ensure seamless integration of financial accounting processes with other modules and systems.

• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior team members, sharing knowledge and best practices to enhance their skills and capabilities.

• Advise clients on industry standards and leading practices

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

• Workday Certification in Accounting Center. Additional Workday Certifications are considered an advantage

• Strong finance transformation track record

• Experience from several full-cycle Workday implementations

• Strong understanding of Financial Accounting processes and best practices.

• Bachelor's degree in a related field (Finance, Business Administration, or Information Systems

• Fluency in English

• Ability to meet client travel requirements as needed and efficiently manage a virtual team and client interactions

• Thrive in a diverse, dynamic environment

• Think analytically and effectively apply logic to solve problems

• Ability to handle multiple tasks concurrently and meet deadlines despite conflicting demands

• Effective interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate across teams

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, and can clearly articulate complex messages and requirements

• Strong desire to work with clients and provide exceptional client experiences

What’s in it for you:

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services, we are known for.

Closing Date for Applications: 31/03/2026

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About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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