Workday Finance Consultant

Job: Workday Finance Consultant

Remote

Location (if onsite/hybrid): Candidates must reside within the US and be able to perform EST hours remotely.

Expected duration: 6 months from candidate's start date

Interview process: 2 interviews with Client - 2 virtual technical interview

Required skills, experience, etc.:

5 7+ years of hands-on Workday Financials configuration experience, including deep expertise across Procure-to-Pay, Quote-to-Cash, and Record-to-Report processes.

The ideal candidate has a strong background in optimizing finance operations through automation, including invoice generation, AP intake using OCR/ML, and cash application via bank integrations and Workday auto-application rules.

This individual should have a solid understanding of the full Workday Financials suite (GL, FDM, AP/AR, Banking, Projects, Expenses), strong accounting knowledge, and the ability to translate business requirements into scalable system solutions. Experience supporting end-to-end Workday transformations, configuring business processes, building reports/dashboards, and working cross-functionally with Finance and IT teams is key.

Familiarity with tools such as Workday Document Delivery, Doc Layouts, BAI2 integrations, and Databricks is a plus.

Job Description

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Workday Finance Consultant to support our Workday ERP transformation efforts spanning Finance HR and Reporting While the broader program encompasses cross functional workstreams this role is scoped specifically to Finance This is a contract, remote position through December 2026 with the possibility of extension.

What You ll Do

Design build and test Workday configurations to optimize in scope Finance process areas across the Procure to Pay and Quote to Cash cycles

Automate end to end invoice generation and delivery by enabling Workday Document Delivery migrating invoice layouts from BIRT to Doc Layouts and consolidating contract based invoicing

Centralize AP invoice intake and deploy Workday OCR for automated ML based invoice field population shifting AP operations from manual data entry to exception management

Replace an RPA based cash application process with a direct BAI2 bank statement integration and configure Workday Auto Application Rules and ML assisted payment matching to automate cash posting

Build and customize Finance reports and dashboards to support operational decision making compliance and financial reporting

Partner with functional leads to gather requirements document design decisions and validate solutions through unit system and parallel testing

Troubleshoot production issues and provide hyper care support following deployment of re designed configurations

Document configuration decisions design specifications and configuration workbooks to enable knowledge transfer to internal teams

Identify and recommend opportunities to leverage delivered Workday functionality in place of manual workarounds or legacy customizations

What You ll Need

Required:

Minimum of 5 to 7 years of Workday configuration experience with a strong focus on Workday Financials across multiple functional areas

Demonstrated expertise across the core Workday Financials footprint General Ledger Financial Accounting FDM Projects AP AR Banking and Settlement and Expenses

Strong understanding of core accounting principles and how Workday data model including worktag structures spend category hierarchies cost center frameworks and business process definitions governs the behavior of Finance transactions ability to anticipate how upstream data model changes impact AP AR and Cash Management operations reporting and period close

Working knowledge of how AP and AR transactions flow through to the General Ledger and how transaction level activity affects period close and financial reporting

Experience configuring Workday cash application including auto application rules and payment matching logic

Experience with BAI2 bank statement integration and configuring bank transaction matching within Workday

Familiarity with Workday Document Delivery and Doc Layouts for invoice generation and distribution

Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate Finance business requirements into Workday configuration solutions

Experience configuring and tuning business processes including approval routing condition rules and validations

Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across Finance IT and program stakeholders at all levels

Proven ability to operate independently as a remote contractor

Preferred:

Workday Pro certification in one or more of the following Contracts to Cash Procure to Pay Record to Report

Familiarity with Workday Integration tools EIB Core Connectors for context even if integrations are not the primary scope

Working knowledge of SOC 2 control requirements as they relate to financial system configuration

Familiarity with Databricks as a data lake platform this program leverages Databricks as the foundation for downstream financial reporting and analytics and the ability to understand how Workday Finance data surfaces in that environment is a plus

Bachelor s degree in Accounting Finance Information Systems or a related field