Job Description:
Local to New Jersey or Cary, NC or Tampa Florida Only
Must Have TechnicalFunctional Skills:
Minimum 8+ years of experience as a Work day consultant, Finance analyst role.
Should be experience in Workday Accounting Center, including accounting rules, journal entries, event processing, and reconciliation.
Deep knowledge of Workday Financial Management modules:
General Ledger (GL)
Financial Reporting & Analytics
Hands-on configuration experience with Business Processes, Security, and Workday Setup.
Strong understanding of Workday Reporting (Advanced Reports, Composite, Matrix, Workday Prism).
Strong Financials data reconciliation experience
Solid grounding in accounting principles (GAAP, STAT)
Understanding of multi-entity, multi-currency consolidations.
Experience with audit, compliance, and controls (SOX, internal controls, statutory reporting).
Managed multiple workday releases and have enabled uptake of new features
Strong expertise in Workday Studio, RAAS, WQL, (SOAPREST API).
Prefer candidates with finance data hub integration exposure (not just pure Workday config)
Skills: Workday Benefits Administration & Cloud Connect for Benefits
Experience Required: 6-8
Roles & Responsibilities:
Support Chart of Accounts extraction, accounting rules, allocations, and financial reporting structures.
* Drive data conversion and validation activities, including open balances etc.
* Collaborate with integration teams to ensure seamless connectivity between Workday and external systems (Azure Databricks).
* Develop and test Workday reports, dashboards, and analytics for Finance leadership.
* Manage business process configuration (approvals, workflows, controls) to align with compliance and audit needs.
* Perform system testing (unit, end-to-end, UAT support), defect resolution, and cutover planning.
* Work closely with Workday Solution Architects to ensure design consistency and scalability.
* Provide knowledge transfer, training, and documentation for finance super-users and business teams.
* Ensure regulatory and compliance alignment (SOX, GAAP, IFRS) in Workday configurations.
* Support post go-live stabilization and hyper care, ensuring smooth adoption of Workday Finance
Manage Workday periodic releases and providing customers insight into new features and deprecated features and work with teams to solution the same problem.
Generic Managerial Skills:
Stakeholder management engaging CFOs, Controllers, Finance leadership.
* Excellent communication & presentation skills for business and technical audiences.
* Strong project management and AgileScrum methodology experience.
* Change management skills guiding adoption of new Workday processes.
* Mentoringleading functional consultants and developers.