Overview
This role is based in the United States (remote) and supports finance digital transformation. The Senior Analyst - Finance Functional Systems serves as a functional subject matter expert (SME) for key Finance domains and leads the design, configuration, and optimization of Workday Financials. The position drives complex enhancements, leads testing cycles, resolves high-impact issues, and partners with business stakeholders to improve end-to-end financial processes.
Responsibilities
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Functional Expertise and Advisory
- Serve as SME for core Workday finance domains.
- Provide expert guidance on end-to-end processes, financial controls, and ERP capabilities.
- Ensure alignment with the ERP data model, including FDM and Account Posting Rules.
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System Governance and Intake Management
- Translate business needs into detailed configuration specifications, functional designs, and testable requirements.
- Maintain high-quality documentation, including functional specs, configuration notes, test scripts, SOPs, and process flows.
- Support governance processes, including change control, release readiness, and audit documentation.
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Configuration Quality and Controls Oversight
- Lead configuration of complex business processes, validations, posting rules, condition logic, and reporting structures.
- Validate posting rules, business process flows, accounting results, and reporting logic before deployment.
- Perform deep root-cause analysis and implement durable fixes to prevent recurrence.
- Resolve high-complexity issues involving accounting data, integrations, or workflow behavior.
- Support configuration, testing, and functional ownership of other Finance Controller’s Office systems assigned to the Business Systems team, alongside Workday Financials.
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Functional Delivery and Roadmap Execution
- Own functional delivery for enhancements, releases, and change requests.
- Lead full testing cycles, including test planning, script creation, execution oversight, and defect resolution.
- Identify process inefficiencies across general ledger, procure to pay, order to cash, record to report, Payroll, grants, gifts, Business assets and project Management workflows.
- Recommend and implement automation, redesigns, or configuration improvements to increase accuracy and efficiency.
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Cross-Functional Alignment and Stakeholder Management
- Partner with IT on integration, security, and technical escalations.
- Partner with Accounting, AP, Payroll, Procurement, HR, Finance, Grants, Fixed Assets, Projects, Treasury, and IT teams to ensure system changes support business objectives.
- Influence stakeholders by presenting options, impact analysis, and recommendations in clear business terms.
- Act as a liaison between business teams and technical partners to ensure alignment on requirements and outcomes.
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Release Management and Business Readiness
- Support release readiness activities, including testing, documentation, and communication.
- Validate configuration and testing outcomes prior to deployment.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or related field.
Experience
- Minimum of Five (5) years of hands-on Workday Financials configuration experience.
- Demonstrated experience configuring Workday business processes, accounting center, allocation and financial frameworks, security groups.
- Demonstrated experience developing Workday advanced and composite Workday reports, calculated fields, and analytics datasets.
- Experience leading Workday enhancements, requirement gathering, functional design, and UAT cycles.
- Experience supporting general ledger, procure to pay, order to cash, record to report, period close, grants, gifts, business assets and project management.
- Experience with Workday release management, regression testing, and impact analysis.
- Experience collaborating with Accounting, Procurement, Payroll, and IT on cross-functional initiatives.
- Experience supporting or implementing multiple finance systems in addition to Workday, including participation in system upgrades or new deployments.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Deep knowledge of Workday Financial.
- Ability to design and configure complex Workday solutions with minimal guidance.
- Ability to build Workday advanced reports and analytics datasets.
- Ability to diagnose complex functional issues and lead root-cause analysis.
- Ability to lead cross-functional discussions and influence stakeholders.
- Strong documentation skills (functional designs, test scripts, configuration notes).
- Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder influencing skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines, and release cycles.
- Ability to operate in a multi-system environment and understand how additional tools integrate with Workday and Finance processes.
- Familiarity of AI-driven tools that enhance financial processes and data accuracy.
Compensation & Benefits
- Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $62.75 - $83.16 per hour.
- The salary for the selected finalist will be set based on factors including internal equity, experience, education, specialty, and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.
Location
- Remote, United States (Day - 08 Hour).
- 1.0 FTE Full time Day - 08 Hour.
Equal Opportunity
Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity and equal opportunity are valued, with commitment to non-discrimination in employment. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.