Workday Data Lead

About the Position

Workday Data Lead

Accenture is a leading solutions and services company that helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed across the enterprise. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. Through our Reinvention Services we bring together our capabilities across strategy, consulting, technology, operations, Song and Industry X with our deep industry expertise to create and deliver solutions and services for our clients.

Through Transformation Powered by Workday, we help HR and Finance define their strategy, technology and approach to become agile, strategic advisors that drive critical business outcomes and revenue. By automating day-to-day tasks, then uniting and orchestrating the data and planning abilities of Finance and HR in one seamless system, organizations can better align to business strategy and ensure that the right skills and resources are available when they are needed.

About the role

As a Workday Data Manager, you will lead data strategy, migration, and governance for large-scale Workday implementations and transformations. You will act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, ensuring high-quality, compliant, and business-aligned data solutions across HR and Finance platforms.

You will own end-to-end data delivery, oversee complex data landscapes, and lead teams to deliver data-driven insights and transformation outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end Workday data workstreams, including data strategy, migration, validation, and governance.
• Define enterprise data architecture and frameworks to ensure consistency, quality, and scalability across systems.
• Engage senior stakeholders to align data strategy with business objectives and transformation goals.
• Oversee data conversion, cleansing, and validation activities, ensuring accuracy and compliance across complex datasets.
• Establish and manage data governance frameworks, including standards, controls, and risk management.
• Lead and mentor delivery teams, providing guidance across analysts and consultants.
• Drive delivery governance, including financials, resourcing, risk mitigation, and reporting.
• Collaborate with functional and technical leads to ensure integrated, end-to-end solution delivery.
• Support business development activities, including proposals, solution shaping, and client presentations.

Requirements

• Extensive experience delivering Workday data migration and data management solutions in enterprise environments.
• 4 years+ of specific Workday Data Conversion experience.
• To reach a Manager level you will be required to have successfully delivered 6+ Workday Projects.
• Strong expertise in data migration tools, ETL processes, and Workday data structures.
• Proven ability to lead teams and manage complex delivery programs.
• Experience defining and implementing data governance and quality frameworks.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including engagement with senior leadership.
• Ability to solve complex data challenges and define scalable solutions.

Nice to Have

• Workday certification (Data/Migration-related plus HCM, Financials, or).
• Consulting experience within large-scale transformation programs.
• Experience across HRIS or Finance systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft).

We Offer

• Comprehensive training covering business acumen, technical and professional skills development.
• Opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialization.
• A variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialized skills faster.
• Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducted online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with teammates.

About the Company

At Accenture, we recognize that our people are multi-dimensional, and we create a work environment where all people feel like they can bring their authentic selves to work, every day. Our unwavering commitment to inclusion and diversity unleashes innovation and creates a culture where everyone feels they have equal opportunity. Our range of progressive policies support flexibility in ‘where’, ‘when’ and ‘how’ our people work to ensure that Accenture is an organisation where you can strive for more, achieve great things and maintain the balance and wellbeing you need.

We encourage applications from all people, and we are committed to removing barriers to the recruitment process and employee lifecycle. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, religion or sexual orientation and we do not tolerate discrimination. If you require adjustments to the recruitment process or have a preferred communication method, please email [email protected] and cite the relevant Job Number or contact us on +61 2 9005 5000.

To ensure our workplace is inclusive and diverse we are setting bold goals and taking comprehensive action. To achieve these goals, we collect information that allows us to track the effectiveness of our Inclusion and Diversity programs. Learn how Accenture protects your personal data and know your rights in relation to your personal data. Read more about our Privacy Statement.

Locations: Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney

Employment Type: Full-time

Experience Level: Senior

Language: English (native)

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement for Australia and New Zealand

At Accenture, we recognize that our people are multi-dimensional, and we create a work environment where all people feel like they can bring their authentic selves to work, every day.

Our unwavering commitment to inclusion and diversity unleashes innovation and creates a culture where everyone feels they have equal opportunity. Our range of progressive policies support flexibility in ‘where’, ‘when’ and ‘how’ our people work to ensure that Accenture is an organisation where you can strive for more, achieve great things and maintain the balance and wellbeing you need.

We encourage applications from all people, and we are committed to removing barriers to the recruitment process and employee lifecycle. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, religion or sexual orientation and we do not tolerate discrimination. If you require any accommodations or adjustments for interviews and/or at work, please reach out to [email protected] or contact us at +61 2 9005 5000 (Australia) or +64 44666056 (New Zealand).

To ensure our workplace is inclusive and diverse we are setting bold goals and taking comprehensive action. To achieve these goals, we collect information that allows us to track the effectiveness of our Inclusion and Diversity programs. Learn how Accenture protects your personal data and know your rights in relation to your personal data. Read more about our Privacy Statement.