Requirements: English
Company: Cognizant
Region: Amsterdam , North Holland
Your role:What makes Cognizant a unique place to work? The combination of rapid growth and an international and innovative environment! This is creating a lot of opportunities for people like YOU people with an entrepreneurial spirit who want to make a difference in this world. At Cognizant, together with your colleagues from all around the world, you will collaborate on creating solutions for the world''s leading companies and help them become more flexible, more innovative and successful. And this is your chance to be part of the success story.
As a Principal Consultant, you will bridge the gap between the business and technical teams by solving complex Workday intersystem problems. They will guide clients through the transformation, implementation, and operation phases of a Workday implementation.
Responsibilities: Guide the client through facilitated design sessions and configuration decisions based on best practices and an understanding of the clients unique business requirements at all stages of the project
Regularly engage and support the client through all phases of the project, ensuring a smooth transfer from legacy systems to the Workday Finance solutions
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
Willingness to take a leadership position on a project, or as a Cognizant or Workday Product Partner Lead and/or Delivery Assurance Reviewer
Display your hands-on expertise of the software, including iLoading client data, moving configuration from tenant to tenant, and configuring business processes and security
Utilize your technical aptitude to convert and map data sources into data conversion templates via iLoads
Act as a mentor to fellow consultants and analysts, including providing support for shadow assignments
Actively participate in update training and internal opportunities to share ones skills and learnings with others within the organizations
Drives and makes decisions regarding tactical direction of project workstreams
What you will bring to the team: 5+ years of Workday functional implementation experience
5 years of finance software experience
5 years implementing functional solutions with ERP or SaaS software
Experience in gathering business requirements, designing and prototyping, testing and implementing practical business solutions under multiple deadlines
Demonstrated functional experience in Financial Management
What we offer: A competitive salary based on your qualities and experience
Access to Udemy, Cognizant Academy digital libraries for your continuous learning
NS business card to cover your commute expenses
25 days of paid holiday per year
A laptop and a smartphone
A pension scheme
Organization driven by technology we have a tremendous technology backbone
Open, can do team spirit and international environment that encourages making your ideas reality!
Diversity and Inclusion at Cognizant: At Cognizant, we believe diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our ability to execute successfully and consistently over the long term. We recognize that our people are our most important asset. We strive to create an environment where all associates feel comfortable to be themselves, feel accepted and can therefore thrive both personally and professionally. We continue to drive DI throughout our organization to unlock the insights, imagination and innovation of our associates, as well as reflect the diversity of our clients and communities. We are a Dutch and European Top Employer and continually drive employment recognition and engagement through employee friendly policies and affinity groups such as Women Empowered, Embrace LGBTQ+ and Race Equality Network. For more information, see