Julie Peña

About Julie Peña

Enthusiastic, driven and business minded individual, fluent in number of European Languages. Fully Qualified CPA in Ireland (Chartered Accountant) with Financial experience in US multinational companies.

Experience

1. Senior Solution Consultant

   Workday

   Oct 2023 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   Financial Solution Consultant leveraging in-depth product knowledge of Workday’s Financial Management enterprise software and industry knowledge providing deep functional expertise and advice.Partner with Account Executives to engage in discovery around an organization\'s current environment and deliver relevant, impactful presentations and product demonstrations that illustrate how Workday’s Enterprise applications can address requirements, solve business concerns, and create value.Collaborating with Sales Team to develop winning and differentiating value propositions and themes/messaging to customers from C-suite to project teamsLeading RFP/RFI responses and develop solution overviews that map customer’s business initiatives to the Workday solution; Researching and highlighting the advantages of the our product and capability over legacy ERP and other SaaS systemsEngaging in opportunity support activities to prospective customers; including discovery workshops with users to formulate and detail business requirements; business processes, procedures and work practicesChampioning Workday-based solutions to address customer problems; Conducting solutions presentation together with implementation partners to customers and their internal teams. This may involve various formats/viewpoints, such as process flows, context diagrams, functional/technical descriptions and recordings and functional demonstrationsPreparing and conducting product demonstrations to build impact in customer evaluation processes; demonstrating to the value proposition and customer expectationsBuilding expertise in specific industries and presenting the value of Workday solutions to customers in those industries

Education

• Griffith College Cork

  Chartered Accountant, CPA Ireland

  2008 — 2011

• University of Galway

  Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Accounting, Finance, Economics, Management, and Marketing

• Munster Technological University

  Accounting Technicians In Ireland, Accounting Technician

  2006 — 2008

• Griffith College Cork

  Chartered Accountant

Skills

• Advanced in Microsoft Excel
• Fluency in Lithuanian & Intermediate Russian
• Competent Knowledge of Windows & Mac Operating Systems
• Accounting
• Accounts Payable
• Account Reconciliation
• Auditing
• Forecasting
• Analysis
• Finance
• General Ledger
• Financial Reporting
• Financial Statements
• Financial Analysis
• Forensic Accounting
• Advanced Negotiation