Job Description

Overview: The new constant is change. Accelerating advances in technology and changes in business models are transforming the rules of the game. To respond to today\xe2\x80\x99s pressures and adapt swiftly to tomorrow\xe2\x80\x99s, businesses need to become more performance centric. Value lies in the ability to drive performance across the enterprise \xe2\x80\x94 from optimizing your operations and functions to getting the most from your data and technology.
What is changing and why should Finance care? Finance must respond to the speed of disruption and the increasing demands for leading insights and analytics. This requires Finance to equip itself with the right tools, skills and capabilities to address critical business questions with newfound speed, accuracy and effectiveness. It means less time recording and verifying the numbers, more time leveraging real-time data to provide predictive analytics and interpreting the implications to the business. An integrated Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) solution, can pull together a range of internal and external data and incorporate sophisticated analytics to gain better insight and improve performance all the way to the bottom line.
Our EPM Practice, as one of the key pillars of Finance and Digital Transformation is looking for Workday Adaptive Planning experienced professionals to join our talented team in Canada. Our team\xe2\x80\x99s experience have been helping Finance organizations transcend finance\xe2\x80\x99s role as a record-keeper and become performance and enterprise-focused, or true business partners. We are trusted advisors and leaders in budgeting, forecasting, consolidation, reporting and analytics with a particular focus on implementing technology solutions to enable these processes.


We are looking for a Senior Consultant / Manager to act as functional and implementation leader of Workday Adaptive Planning solutions. This role will be responsible for planning and leading system implementations, working with the broader Finance Transformation advisory team and with our clients to continue to grow KPMG\xe2\x80\x99s Workday Adaptive practice.

What you will do:

• Participate and lead scoping, implementation, and deployment projects of Workday Adaptive Planning projects.
• Conduct client workshops, understand, and analyze business requirements, propose recommendations, and prepare solution blueprint.
• Plan, architect, design, configure and test models and integrations.
• Design and develop custom reports and dashboards.
• Assist with testing configuration, provide knowledge transfer to clients and develop documentation as applicable.
• Provide leadership, direction, and guidance to senior level client stakeholders and be seen as a subject matter expert.
• Support the development of proposals, product demos, contribute to business development activities and support internal and external marketing events.
• Proactively engage in learning and development activities to keep up with latest Workday Adaptive product features and capabilities, including broad integrated business planning industry leading practices.
• Manage, mentor, and train Consultants and Senior Consultants within the EPM Practice.
• Develop and foster network within KPMG advisory practice and with Workday partners.

What you bring to this role:

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology. Post graduate degrees and professional designation is an asset
• Minimum 3 years of super-user experience or 2+ years implementation experience with Workday Adaptive Planning is a must.
• Workday Financials, Workday Adaptive Planning and or Workday Adaptive Platform Certification is preferred
• Experience with Workday Adaptive Planning integrations and SQL language is a plus
• Experience working in a client facing role across a variety of industries and businesses.
• Strong mix of business and functional knowledge related to budgeting and planning processes with a proven ability to communicate business requirements and understand the implications on the functional design.
• Superior communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to communicate with client stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Work closely in a collaborative team environment, lead teams and project deliverables.
• Ability to present and demo product and solutions using MS Visio and or MS PowerPoint.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to clearly articulate, identify and define problems and develop creative solutions to address client requirements.
• Experience in process reengineering, designing and implementing business performance management applications including budgeting, forecasting, planning, consolidation, and reporting.
• Ability to travel within Canada and the US.
• French language is an asset.

Keys to your success:
KPMG individuals Deliver Impact | Seek Growth | Inspire Trust and understand that a diverse workforce enables us to deepen relationships and strengthen our business.


Providing you with the support you need to be at your best


For more information about KPMG in Canada\xe2\x80\x99s Benefits and well-being, click here. Our Values, The KPMG Way:
Integrity, we do what is right | Excellence, we never stop learning and improving | Courage, we think and act boldly | Together, we respect each other and draw strength from our differences | For Better, we do what matters


KPMG in Canada is a proud equal opportunities employer and we are committed to creating a respectful, inclusive and barrier-free workplace that allows all of our people to reach their full potential. A diverse workforce is key to our success and we believe in bringing your whole self to work. We welcome all qualified candidates to apply and hope you will choose KPMG in Canada as your employer of choice. For more information about Inclusion, Diversity & Equity in Recruitment, please click here.


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