Workday Financial Applications Specialist

Job Type:Staff

Job Description:

The Workday Financial Applications Specialist serves as a strategic partner to the Finance and Accounting organization, leveraging strong accounting and business process expertise to drive the end-to-end resolution of operational and technology-related challenges, primarily through Workday. This role identifies, analyzes, prioritizes, and leads the delivery of solutions for business process and system issues, serving as the project lead by coordinating cross-functional stakeholders from problem identification through implementation, adoption, and ongoing improvement.

The position provides business process expertise, system strategy, governance, and project leadership to ensure solutions align with business objectives and evolving organizational needs. Workday experience is not required; a strong understanding of accounting processes and the ability to translate business requirements into effective system and process solutions are key to success in this role.
*** This is an onsite position. Remote work is not available for this role.
** Essential Duties and Responsibilities Cultivate partnerships with business units to research optimal solutions and address concerns relating to business processes, reporting, and data integrity

Develop and modify reports, metrics and dashboards for management and business partners, in addition to providing analytical insight to stakeholders

Participate and lead recurring meetings with project teams to discuss progress and issues to be resolved

Own the end-to-end resolution of complex problems by identifying root causes, resolving process deficiencies and unexpected results, and driving solution design and implementation to meet business and operational requirements

Provide subject matter expertise on key business process decisions, business requirements and functional specifications, developing testing strategies, conducting acceptance testing and implementing solutions

Evaluate functionalities of Workday that may not be activated today and recommend solutions that meet business needs while fitting into overall operating strategies

Research, recommend, and communicate system related releases, upgrades and enhancements

Monitor business processes, establish and maintain a record of departmental procedures, and analyze monthly reports to measure risk and maintain governance

Ensure that all systems and proposals meet, or exceed, regulatory compliance, University policies and standards

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in a Business Administration, Education, Accounting or Finance, Human Resources, Information Systems or Computer Science. Master’s degree a plus3-5 years of business experience, of which at least 2 years supporting or working with core operational support systems

Strong understanding of Financial business processes and disciplines including procurement, expenses, accounting, budgeting, and financial reporting2 years of Workday experience including Financial Accounting, Expenses, or Procurement strongly preferred

High level of professionalism and confidentiality in dealing with data, business information and initiatives

Demonstrated ability to successfully deploy significant projects, building rapport, and influencing decisions while working in a consultative role with the business and cross-functional teams.

Ability to work effectively independently as well as collaboratively in a team environment

Requires high attention to detail and excellent analytic skills with a demonstrated understanding of the concepts and issues unique to the management of data Strong understanding of core business processes, disciplines, and operations

Ability to prioritize and work on multiple projects at a time; and the ability to work on many…