Senior Grants Management Implementation Consultant – Higher Education
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Grants Management Consultant partnering with Higher Education institutions to implement Workday Grants Management solutions. Requires strong expertise in Grants Management and customer engagement.
Responsibilities:
- Design and configure Workday Grants Management solutions
- Apply deep expertise in the Workday Grants Management product across customer engagements
- Partner with customers to elicit, clarify, and document business requirements
- Configure Workday Grants Management to align with customer needs and operational realities
- Document solution decisions clearly so customers can support and sustain their environment after go-live
- Support data conversion, integrations, and testing
- Drive project execution and stakeholder alignment
- Help customers prepare for and navigate key implementation milestones, from design through testing and deployment
- Mentor consultants who are newer to Grants Management
- Participate in updating training and knowledge-sharing opportunities that strengthen team capability
Requirements:
- 4+ years of Grants or Financial consulting experience OR 4+ years of Grants operational experience in Higher Education institutions
- Experience with Workday, Lawson, SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, or similar applications
- Experience with Grants Management solutions along with one or more of the following: Accounts Receivable, Projects, Endowments, Fund or Nonprofit Accounting
- 6+ years of Grants or Financial consulting experience OR 6+ years of Grants operational experience in Higher Education institutions.
- 6+ years of experience in a consulting, software, or internal Workday environment with hands-on responsibility for payroll configuration, testing, and partnering with stakeholders
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience - preferably in Finance or Accounting
- At least 2 full-cycle software implementations in the Higher Education industry
- Understand the reporting and compliance requirement for government funded grants
- Proven ability to build trusted, long-term relationships with payroll, HR, and/or finance stakeholders in Higher Education and/or Nonprofit environments, including navigating complex governance structures.
Benefits:
- Workday Bonus Plan eligibility
- role-specific commission/bonus
- annual refresh stock grants
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