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.

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Deep proficiency in Core Financials: GL, AP, AR, Treasury, Fixed Assets, Banking and Settlement.
• Strong Procurement module experience: requisitioning, PO management, 3-way match, supplier portal, and spend authority configuration.
• Prior Adaptive Planning experience or a demonstrated, active commitment to mastering the platform.
• Experience supporting Workday business process configuration, security domain management, and data loads.
• Experience supporting post-go-live Workday environments through at least one bi-annual release cycle, including regression testing coordination and feature adoption decisions.
• Highly self-motivated and results-driven, comfortable working independently on complex projects but thrive in a collaborative, Agile environment.
• Proven experience working with external implementation partners: ability to manage the SI relationship, challenge recommendations and protect HE&R’s interests in design decisions.
• Expert-level skills in process mapping and project management tools.
• Experience supporting post go-live Workday environments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to articulate complex technical concepts to finance teams.
• Skilled in the use of Google Suite and Microsoft Office applications, including Excel and Word.
• Proficient in working with details on a daily basis for prolonged periods of time.
• Must have the ability to safeguard confidential information.

Job Demands

• Sitting: constant (>67%)
• Hand-Eye Coordination: constant (>67%)
• Finger Dexterity: constant (>67%)
• Reaching Forward: occasional
• Substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers (Repetitive motion).

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage beginning the first day of the next month after you begin working.
• 401K Contribution.
• Paid time off.

Pay

Commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Full-time.