Business Systems Analyst - Workday Financials
About The Team
Workday on Workday (or “WoW”) is part of our Workday Business Technology organization – providing technology services to our financial, payroll, and human resource functions. We partner with our business partners to provide an outstanding experience within Workday's application. In addition to these services, we're fortunate to have a strong partnership with our Workday product development team around improvements and future design considerations for our own product. Our partnership allows us to align and influence the core value proposition for Workday while directly supporting our workmates.
About The Role
We are looking for a Business System Analyst (BSA) to join our WoW Finance team. In this role, you will be working closely with our Finance teams in the Source-to-Pay (S2P) functional area to drive process and system improvements that will help enable the finance organization and drive scale. This role will provide technical mentorship, be hands on, respond to reporting /analytics requests, provide project management, build and manage various integrations, and work independently but closely with the functional financial business partners. This hands-on technical role demands excellent knowledge of business processes and methodologies along with the skills for reporting and analytics. The candidate will have direct hands on experience in Financial Applications design, configuration and implementation.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with business partners to understand business processes, goals and gaps
- Drive the planning, prioritization, design, development and deployment of new projects & system improvements
- Responsible for understanding business requirements, configuring the Workday Financials product and documenting, as needed
- Leverage business knowledge and expertise to find opportunities for process improvements
- Participate in the change management and launch support processes of any new and modification of existing configuration
- Facilitate review sessions with functional owners, domain experts and end-user representatives
- Coordinate and perform system testing to ensure requirements are met
- Assist project team during user acceptance testing (UAT); including tracking issues through to resolution and securing end user acceptance signoff
Basic Qualifications
- 5+ years of directly related experience working with financial operation in IT or financials operations
- 5+ years of experience implementing and administering the Workday Financial application
- Deep understanding of the Source to Pay (S2P) process flows and their inter-dependencies
Other Qualifications
- Experience with Accounts Payable processes preferred
- Self-motivated, flexible, teammate with validated multi-tasking, time management & organization
- Interpersonal, teamwork, analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
- Customer service oriented with a proven desire to go above and beyond and the ability to serve multiple customers while delivering a solid experience
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting (or related field) or equivalent experience required
Pay
Primary location (USA.CA.Pleasanton) base pay range: $125,200 USD - $187,800 USD. Additional US location(s) base pay range: $105,700 USD - $187,800 USD. This role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants.
Schedule
With Flex Work, we combine in-person and remote work. We spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). Those in remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments.