Workday Financials Trainer – Remote

CONTRACT ROLE OPPORTUNITY FOR WORKDAY TRAINERS (Remote, anywhere in U.S.)

Seeking Two Experienced Professional Trainers for Workday Financials Implementation in various U.S. offices

Contract timeline:

Approx. October 2022 – March 2023 (6 months), with possible extension

Program/Team Overview:
o Client is a dynamic, fast-paced global communications company
o Program is enterprise-wide Workday implementation of Financials, HCM, and the (newer) PSA module

Why we’re hiring:

Our Client is on a multi-year transformation journey to modernize finance, operations and people processes and systems across their network of companies. Our Trainers are responsible for supporting the successful execution of the Workday training strategy and delivering end-user training to the next wave of operating companies. Our Workday Financials Trainers will develop training content, deliver end user training, and create job aids and support materials in conjunction with the Workday implementation partner. In advance of training delivery, Trainers will support the change management team with training planning and logistics management.

What you’ll need:

• In-depth Workday Financials training development and delivery experience, specifically in Procure to Pay, Business Assets, Capital Projects, and/or Financial Accounting modules
• Ability to design and develop training materials in multiple formats, such as eLearning, video, simulations, and print documentation
• Ability to organize work into actionable plans, projects and committed time frames within a large, complex Transformation with multiple stakeholder groups
• Proven ability to effectively communicate functional, operational, and technical concepts to a diverse, global audience; bi-lingual candidates are a plus
• Working knowledge of organizational Change management methods and tools, especially related to technology system end user proficiency, utilization, and adoption techniques and measures
• Business knowledge in Finance/Accounting

Plusses:

o Strong instructional design technology skills/technologies a plus (Camtasia, Articulate, etc.)

o Data staging in Workday

o Training strategy and planning skills

o Experience with multiple Workday applications

o Experience training users on other large-scale ERP implementations with similar modules as Workday

o Organizational Change Management theory and application skills

o Certified Workday Trainer

Additional Job Logistics/Requirements:
o Full-time opportunity

o Start date is ASAP after 2-3 weeks of contracting and onboarding

o Working remotely on U.S. time zone(s)

o Possibility for some intermittent travel as client requests it

o End user training will be virtual, live instructor led training sessions using MS Teams

o Trainers will also support post-training office hours for users

– Criminal history background check required by client, as allowed by local law/regulation

What we’ll give you:

· Competitive hourly rate

· Flexibility of remote work

· A great team to work with

What you’ll be doing:

Training Plan and Development

· Develop course deliverables such as classroom slides, instructors’ facilitation guides, training guides, procedural documentation, e-learning courses, classroom exercises, in-system help text, etc.

· Develop learning activities within the courses such as exercises, knowledge-checks, system demos, etc. that employ innovative approaches to learning

• Ensure the training needs of all stakeholders are addressed and make recommendations for additional learning opportunities to increase Workday Financials end users’ proficiency, utilization, and adoption

Training Delivery

• Prepare training materials in advance of sessions; develop proficiency in the Client’s unique implementation and business attributes
• Work with training coordinator to plan/execute training logistics as necessary
• Develop data staging approach and stage data as required
• Use multiple classroom technologies while delivering training, including electronic training material, remote conferencing tools, interactive display screens, and audio/visual equipment
• Lead training sessions in Procure to Pay, Business Assets, Capital Projects, and Financial Accounting modules and provide end users with necessary support throughout training delivery
• Manage and track attendance and follow up with the change management team to communicate details of session attendance and engagement
• Monitor/gauge training effectiveness and work with Change/Training team to refine training as necessary
• Train new trainers

Who you are:

o True team player/team first attitude – must be able to collaborate well with other trainers, back each other up, roll up sleeves to do whatever needs to be done to get the training ready, regardless of who is delivering the training

o Poised and professional on a high stakes program – they will be part of a large training and change management team comprised of diverse individuals from different organizations and backgrounds working together on a very large implementation in a global, corporate environment

o Consultative and communicative – our consulting partners will be representing DarrahDhillon and what we stand for:

• High quality standards and integrity – will naturally go above and beyond because they have pride in their own work/it’s the right thing to do

• Emotional intelligence, possessing a learning and growth mindset, self- awareness around strengths and weaknesses, the ability to ask for help, positive outlook, adaptability, and patience with client and project’s changing circumstances

• Skilled consultants who possess an acute awareness of the organizational environment and culture they are working in, empathy for clients’ struggles to adapt to job changes that you will be introducing, and a deep desire to be helpful and supportive of others. Skilled consultants who will meet the client where they are and also challenge them to go further without creating resistance, has ability to influence client direction and others on the team, who is open and transparent communicator, and who truly believes in building the client’s capability to carry forward our work on their own when we complete the project.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract, Temporary

Pay: $80.00 – $95.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Self-determined schedule

Application Question(s):

• Are you willing to participate in a criminal background check required by the Client, as permitting by local law?

Experience:

• Workday Financials End-User Training Design and/or Delivery: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: Remote