Transformation - Workday Senior Associate
Grant Thornton
Chicago, IL · Posted August 17, 2026
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About the job
As a Workday Senior Associate, you’ll perform advisory and implementation services to address business needs throughout client organizations for the Technology Transformation Practice – all with the resources, environment, and support to help you excel.
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
You have the following technical skills and qualifications:
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%
The base salary range for this position is between $110,400 and $140,760. Placement within the pay range is at Grant Thornton’s discretion, and it is based on multiple factors, including but not limited to, job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, progression within the role, geographic location, and internal equity. At Grant Thornton, compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate