Workday Accounting Center Consultant Job in San Ramon, CA

Workday Accounting Center Consultant

Robert Half Management Resources is looking for an experienced Workday Accounting Center Consultant to join one of our clients on an interim basis. This position is ideal for someone who is detail oriented and can connect accounting requirements with system design, translating complex transaction activity into accurate accounting logic and reporting outcomes. The consultant will work closely with finance, data, and technology stakeholders to help ensure clean data flows, dependable financial controls, and precise general ledger results.

Responsibilities:

• Translate detailed accounting scenarios into Workday Accounting Center configurations, including event definitions, posting logic, and journal output.
• Direct data mapping efforts for transaction feeds coming from multiple external and legacy platforms, ensuring source data supports accounting and reporting needs.
• Build and maintain reconciliation approaches that validate balances between feeder systems, subledger activity, and the Workday General Ledger.
• Collaborate with accounting teams to align chart of accounts structures, worktags, and supporting attributes for consistent financial reporting.
• Lead accounting-focused validation during system testing, end-to-end test cycles, and parallel reviews, resolving defects related to mappings and posting behavior.
• Act as a key point of coordination across corporate accounting, IT, data engineering, and implementation partners to preserve accounting accuracy throughout the process.
• Assess incoming transaction detail for completeness and quality, supporting effective data loading strategies into Workday-related pipelines.
• Investigate posting exceptions and data issues, recommending corrective actions that improve control, traceability, and financial integrity.