Senior Workday Functional Analyst (Finance)

Job Duties

• Serve as the internal functional lead across Core Financials, Procurement, and Adaptive Planning workstreams - partnering with implementation partner (SI) to ensure configurations are built for long-term stability, not just initial go-live.
• Act as a dedicated daily partner to Finance, IT, and other business stakeholders. Guide them through the transition, translating "Finance-speak" into technical specifications and ensuring system health aligns with business velocity.
• Manage intake and prioritization of enhancement requests and partner with Finance stakeholders to maintain a roadmap for system improvements.
• Lead functional coordination for biannual Workday releases, including impact analysis, regression testing, and feature adoption planning.
• Lead functional configuration activities and continuous improvement initiatives within the Workday platform.
• Partner with Finance, IT, and the Data Integration teams to ensure seamless data flow, integration alignment, and robust system performance across all modules.
• Lead the end-to-end testing lifecycle, including User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and regression testing, ensuring system changes meet financial and operational requirements.
• Provide post go-live support and training to Finance users to ensure strong adoption and effective use of the platform.

Qualifications

• 18 years of age or older
• 5+ years of hands-on Workday Financials experience with direct configuration ownership. Must have participated in at least one full-lifecycle Workday implementation.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Workday Pro certification in Financial Management, Procurement, or Adaptive Planning preferred but not required.