Workday Financials Solution Architect

Job Summary:
Seeking a Senior Workday Financials Solution Architect to lead the design, implementation, and optimization of Workday Financials solutions. This role focuses on architecting scalable, compliant ERP solutions and partnering with stakeholders to deliver efficient financial systems across complex organizations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and implement end-to-end Workday Financials solutions aligned with business requirements

• Lead requirements validation, gap analysis, and solution design activities

• Design and configure Workday Financials modules including Core Financials, Accounting Center, Revenue Management, Contracts-to-Cash, Procure-to-Pay, Grants, and Projects

• Optimize grants and award management processes (pre/post award, subawards, effort certification, budgeting)

• Lead ERP migrations from legacy financial systems to Workday

• Design integrations using Workday Studio, EIB, BIRT, REST/SOAP APIs, and Prism Analytics

• Develop Extend solutions to address functional gaps and improve efficiency

• Ensure compliance with US GAAP, federal grant regulations, and financial reporting standards

• Design security, data governance, and Foundation Data Model (FDM) structures

• Guide development of advanced reports, dashboards, and analytics

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and implementation partners

Required Skills:

• Workday Financials solution architecture and implementation

• Core Financials and Accounting Center

• Grants and Projects financial management

• ERP migration and legacy system modernization

• Workday integrations (Studio, EIB, APIs, BIRT)

• Financial reporting, compliance, and data governance

• Workday Prism Analytics and Extend

• Stakeholder collaboration and solution leadership

• Public sector or regulated-environment Workday implementations

• Cash-basis accounting and advanced financial allocations

• Multi-tenant Workday Financials deployments