PwC

SATIC - Workday Finance - Fucntional Consultant (Associate)

Johannesburg Full time

Management Level

Associate

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in business application consulting specialise in consulting services for a variety of business applications, helping clients optimise operational efficiency. These individuals analyse client needs, implement software solutions, and provide training and support for seamless integration and utilisation of business applications, enabling clients to achieve their strategic objectives.

As a Workday consulting generalist at PwC, you will focus on providing a broad range of consulting services across various Workday applications. You will provide consulting services to clients, analysing their needs, implementing software solutions, and offering training and support for effective utilisation of Workday applications. Your versatile knowledge will allow you to assist clients in optimising operational efficiency and achieving their strategic objectives.

Growing as a strategic advisor, you leverage your influence, expertise, and network to deliver quality results. You motivate and coach others, coming together to solve complex problems. As you increase in autonomy, you apply sound judgment, recognising when to take action and when to escalate. You are expected to solve through complexity, ask thoughtful questions, and clearly communicate how things fit together. Your ability to develop and sustain high performing, diverse, and inclusive teams, and your commitment to excellence, contributes to the success of our Firm.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

  • Craft and convey clear, impactful and engaging messages that tell a holistic story.
  • Apply systems thinking to identify underlying problems and/or opportunities.
  • Validate outcomes with clients, share alternative perspectives, and act on client feedback.
  • Direct the team through complexity, demonstrating composure through ambiguous, challenging and uncertain situations.
  • Deepen and evolve your expertise with a focus on staying relevant.
  • Initiate open and honest coaching conversations at all levels.
  • Make difficult decisions and take action to resolve issues hindering team effectiveness.
  • Model and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

Role Summary: 

South African Technology & Innovation Centre (SATIC) is the latest part of PwC, a global brand delivering services for the biggest clients in the world.  PwC leads the way in human led, technology enabled professional services, working with clients to transform their business and make it fit for the future.  

 

We are looking for candidates who bring in-depth market experience, who see technology as a way to enable and drive human innovation and who want to be a part of a community of solvers, to tackle the biggest challenges in society.  

 

If you are looking for a career where every day is different, where challenges are complex and where you can make a real difference, then we want to hear from you.  By choosing to join SATIC, you are choosing to work with teams all over the world, harnessing the power of world leading tech and making a difference to real people’s lives. 


Qualifications / Certifications required: 

Workday FINS Core  

Workday Integrations 


Experience required: 

1 - 3 years 

Responsibilities of role: 

- A background in Finance and experience in Finance transformation projects 

- Competency with building integrations on Workday Studio for Financial projects 

-Competency with understanding and building of integrations with Financial Institutions, Treasury Management systems, as well as Billing or Trading Systems 

- Competency with relational databases and understanding of ERP systems. 

- Understanding of Financial information process flows to be competent to build transformation logic and model data for each business flow. 

- Some experience with unit and end to end testing 

Desirable skill sets  include: 

- Leading and contributing to our client facing Workday projects, taking full responsibility for one or more functional areas, from design through to deployment, as part a project team 

- Ability to understand E2E Finance business processes and gather data requirements to support the data migration process flows. 

- Good communication and presentation skills. 

- Open minded seeking for innovative solutions. 

- Self-Starter Attitude. 

- Collaborating with your colleagues across our HR and Financials transformation teams, and wider PwC network to identify and create solutions that bring value to our clients 

 

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Job Posting End Date

December 8, 2025