Workday Financial Consultant

Job Role: Workday Financial Consultant

Location: Tampa, FL - Remote

Job Description:

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• Deep knowledge of Workday Financial Management modules:
• General Ledger (GL)
• Accounts Payable (AP) / Accounts Receivable (AR)
• Asset Management
• Expenses
• Procurement / Supplier Accounts
• Banking & Settlement
• 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).
• Solid grounding in accounting principles (GAAP, IFRS).
• Understanding of multi-entity, multi-currency consolidations.
• Exposure to financial planning, budgeting & forecasting.
• Experience with audit, compliance, and controls (SOX, internal controls, statutory reporting).

Roles & Responsibilities

• Lead functional design workshops with Finance stakeholders to capture requirements for one of the Record-to-Report (R2R), Procure-to-Pay (P2P), and Order-to-Cash (O2C).
• Configure two or more of the Workday Financials modules (GL, AP, AR, Assets, Banking & Settlement, Expenses, Procurement) according to business requirements.
• Support Chart of Accounts design, accounting rules, allocations, and financial reporting structures.
• Drive data conversion and validation activities, including open balances, suppliers, customers, and historical data migration.
• Collaborate with integration teams to ensure seamless connectivity between Workday and external systems (ERP, Payroll, Banking, Tax engines).
• 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

Generic Managerial Skills:

• Stakeholder management engaging CFOs, Controllers, Finance leadership.
• Excellent communication & presentation skills for business and technical audiences.
• Strong project management and Agile/Scrum methodology experience.
• Change management skills guiding adoption of new Workday processes.
• Mentoring/leading functional consultants and developers.