Workday Financials E2E Lead

When you join Met Life’s Global Technology team, you’ll be part of a forward-thinking group dedicated to shaping the future of digital solutions for customers worldwide. You’ll develop, maintain and support technology applications and delivery, leveraging AI, automation, and contemporary ways of working to enhance experiences and drive business outcomes. Your work will simplify complex processes, improve tech resiliency, and ensure high-performing, seamless solutions that power life’s most important moments.

In this dynamic environment, you’ll collaborate with talented peers across teams and functions, expanding your skills in impactful ways. Ready to push boundaries and set new industry standards? Join us and help drive the future of technology forward.

The Workday Financials E2E Lead is responsible for serving as Met Life’s internal Workday Financials subject matter expert, driving the design, configuration, optimization, and continuous evolution of the Workday Financials platform across the enterprise. Guided by our purpose – a lways with you building a more confident future – and our New Frontier strategy focused on stronger growth, attractive returns and all-weather performance, this is an exciting opportunity to play a critical leadership role in Met Life’s ERP Modernization journey as we transition from People Soft to Workday Financials.

As the Workday Financials expert in Met Life, this role will partner closely with business stakeholders, implementation partners, & other technology teams to architect scalable end-to-end solutions that will enable the business to transform. During the ERP Modernization program, this leader will provide deep expertise across Workday Financials, helping to drive configuration decisions, resolve complex issues, and support critical cross-functional Workday platform areas (ie: Reporting, Integrations, Security, Extend).

Following each market Go-Live, the role will then transition to lead ongoing solution design, functional optimization, & strategic enhancements to maximize the value of Met Life’s investment in Workday.

• Lead the end-to-end architecture, design, configuration, & deployment of solutions across all Workday Financials modules, ensuring alignment with business & IT objectives.
• Create scalable solutions by partnering with Finance, Accounting, Procurement, & other business stakeholders to translate business requirements into Workday capabilities.
• Oversee Workday Financials configuration activities during the ERP Modernization program, providing expert guidance on design decisions, issue resolution, testing support, risk mitigation, and deployment readiness activities.
• Manage complex cross-functional platform needs that span across Workday Financials, Reporting, Security, Integrations, Extend, & Prism.
• Develop & maintain Workday Financials solution standards, governance processes, and roadmaps that drive business value.
• Coordinate with implementation partners, technical & business teams, to deliver enhancements, prioritize initiatives, troubleshoot critical issues, and continuously improve the user experience for our customers.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for complex Workday Financials issues, providing functional and solution leadership.
• Identify opportunities for process simplification, automation, and optimization across the Workday ecosystem.
• Mentor & guide internal team members while promoting Workday best practices.

• Bachelor’s degree in information systems, Finance, Accounting, Business, or equivalent experience, with demonstrated experience delivering enterprise financial technology solutions with 8+ years of overall experience.
• Deep expertise in Workday Financials, including the ability to architect, configure, & support end-to-end solutions across multiple Workday Financials modules (Accounting/Accounting Center, Accounts Payable, Procurement, Expenses, Assets, Banking, Financial Reporting).
• Proficiency leveraging Workday AI-enabled tools & technologies to enhance productivity & operational efficiency.
• Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with business stakeholders,…