Workday Financials Manager

Workday Financials Manager

The Workday Financials Manager supports five University System of Maryland Institutions belonging to the Maryland Connect Workday Consortium. These institutions have banded together to leverage Workday as their enterprise resource planning provider, and the Workday Financials Manager consults with and advises the Finance departments of the Maryland Connect institutions on Workday Finance products. The incumbent is responsible for leveraging the Workday Financials, Procurement, Expenses, and Grants products to streamline related processes.

The role requires a high level of expertise in Workday Financials and financial reporting.

Service Operations and Customer Support:

• Provides guidance and leadership to consortium finance teams to maximize the benefits of Workday in solving problems and enhancing financial operations.
• Interfaces with Workday to maintain knowledge of product enhancements and shares this information with appropriate central and campus team members.
• Offers insights and recommendations to streamline reporting processes, improve data accuracy, and enhance the user experience.
• Maintains documentation of finance-related system configurations, processes, and changes.
• Supports training efforts for the Finance, Adaptive, Procurement, Expenses, and Grants modules.
• Supports efforts to resolve Tier 3 & 4 issues (i.e., Service Desk tickets).
• Liaises with appropriate central and campus compliance and data privacy leads.

Technology Advancement:

• Analyzes existing business processes, conducts gap analyses, and contributes to the design and transformation of workflows. Recommends functionalities that align with the institutions' goals.
• Advises on best practices for optimizing the use of Workday features.
• Develops systems and structures as templates for institutions to use in the execution of internal and cross-cutting projects.
• Leads Finance, Adaptive, Procurement, and Grants system upgrades, enhancements, testing validation, and overall performance of the Workday financial modules.
• Collaborates across the Workday support teams and business functions to support system functions, ensuring up-to-date documentation of integration-related system functions, processes, and capabilities.

Strategic Planning & Project Management:

• Works with the Executive Director to develop strategy, roadmaps, prioritization, and implementation of future products supporting the consortium.
• Supports the Executive Director in facilitating the Finance modules governance groups and provides recommendations to help prioritize projects and requests.
• Works with campus stakeholders and the user community to identify and scope process and system improvements, supporting automation and other efficiencies.
• Leads and supervises approved projects and activities.

Salary: $130,000-$170,000