Workday Finance Analyst

Ready to elevate your career? GFL is expanding! We are officially hunting for our next Workday Finance Analyst in Vaughan, ON
-someone ready to bring fresh ideas and grow alongside a dynamic team. GFL is one of the largest diversified environmental services companies in North America, providing comprehensive solid waste management services from its platform of facilities throughout Canada and 18 U.S. states. Recognized by our signature fleet of bright green trucks and equipment, we offer a wide range of environmental and industrial services to businesses, communities and households, providing a consolidated and sophisticated approach to meeting our customers’ needs.

One of the keys to our success lies in the diversity of our services and our ability to deliver robust integrated solutions, all from a single efficient company. We believe that, by providing safe, accessible and cost-effective solutions, we encourage greater environmental responsibility and allow our customers and the communities we serve to be Green For Life.

The Workday Finance Analyst supports the Finance function through developing financial reports, accounting process support, financial systems governance, and continuous improvement of the Workday Financial Management platform. This role acts as a bridge between Finance, Accounting, and IT, ensuring the integrity of financial data, strengthening internal controls, and enhancing reporting and analytics capabilities. The position contributes to finance transformation initiatives and supports the organization’s evolving financial reporting and governance needs.

• Develop, maintain, and enhance financial reporting within Workday.
• Translate accounting and business requirements into scalable financial reports, dashboards, and data models.
• Support Finance leadership with ad-hoc reporting, data analysis, and performance insights.
• Ensure consistency and reliability of financial data used for internal decision-making.

• Lead and support finance initiatives that leverage Workday to improve financial processes and reporting capabilities.
• Participate in the design, configuration, and enhancement of Workday Financials in collaboration with Finance stakeholders.
• Evaluate business requirements and recommend system and process improvements aligned with finance strategy.
• Support ERP-related activities for acquisitions, integrations, or organizational changes.

• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities within Workday Financials.
• Assist accounting teams in ensuring completeness and accuracy of financial data and reporting outputs.
• Identify opportunities to streamline close processes and reduce manual work through system automation.
• Support the maintenance of financial reporting hierarchies and attributes aligned to accounting requirements.

• Maintain governance over financial data, system configuration, and business process controls within Workday.
• Execute validation reporting and monitoring activities to ensure data accuracy, integrity, and compliance.
• Assist with internal and external audit requests related to financial systems, reporting, and controls.

• Coordinate and execute testing of bi-annual Workday releases for Finance.
• Assess the impact of new functionality on financial processes, reporting, and controls.
• Partner with stakeholders to implement enhancements that improve financial operations.

• Provide functional support to Finance users, troubleshooting system and reporting issues.
• Develop user documentation and deliver training to new Finance users and…