Workday Accounting Center Lead

Location: New York, New York

Country: United States

Category: Workday

Workplace Location: Onsite

Employment Type: Contract

Posted Date: August 7, 2026

Job ID: 650493

Job Description

Job Title: Workday Accounting Center Lead

Location: Remote - United States

Onsite Requirements: Remote with approximately 3-4 project-related trips to Nevada

Compensation Range: $100-$120 per hour

Employment Type: W2 Contract

Contract Duration: Approximately 8 months

Hours: Approximately 20 hours per week; full-time hours may be available during travel periods

Introduction

We are seeking a senior Workday Accounting Center Lead to support a net-new Workday Financials implementation for a complex, high-volume organization. The consultant will lead Accounting Center design and configuration while partnering with functional, technical, and business stakeholders throughout the implementation.

The initial phase will focus heavily on solution design and configuration. This role requires active certifications in both Workday Accounting Center and Prism Analytics.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

  • Lead Workday Accounting Center design, configuration, and implementation activities using scalable architecture and recommended practices.
  • Design accounting rules, data transformations, mappings, enrichment logic, and journal outputs for complex, high-volume transaction data.
  • Partner with Prism, Financials, integration, and business teams to develop datasets and data pipelines supporting Accounting Center.
  • Facilitate design sessions, document decisions, identify risks and dependencies, and provide functional leadership throughout testing and deployment.

Required Skills & Qualifications

  • Active Workday Accounting Center Certification and Workday Prism Analytics Certification.
  • Significant experience leading Workday Accounting Center implementations, including solution design and hands-on configuration.
  • Deep understanding of Accounting Center rules, transformations, mappings, enrichment, journal creation, and financial data processing.
  • Strong client-facing communication skills with the ability to lead workshops and translate complex accounting requirements into scalable Workday solutions.
  • Must be based in the United States, work on a W2 basis, and not require employment sponsorship.

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

  • Experience integrating point-of-sale data or other high-volume transactional data into Workday.
  • Experience building Prism datasets and pipelines that support Accounting Center processing and reporting.
  • Previous experience supporting complex Workday Financials implementations within a large consulting environment.

Why This Opportunity

  • Work with one of the world's largest professional consulting organizations on a complex Workday Financials transformation.
  • Gain exposure to technically challenging Accounting Center, Prism, and high-volume financial data requirements.
  • Successful consultants may be considered for future engagements based on performance and project demand.

Additional Details

  • Approximately 20 hours per week.
  • Potential travel to Nevada approximately 3-4 times during the engagement.
  • The consultant cannot support other outside projects while assigned to this engagement.
  • Candidates with current engagements involving competing consulting firms cannot be considered.

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