Workday Financials Functional Analyst
Core
Configure and govern Workday Financials operations for a school partner, ensuring data integrity, compliance, and scalable financial processes.
Role type
Workday Financials Functional Analyst
Builds
Financial ledgers, accounting structures, approval workflows, financial reports, and audit-ready documentation
Domain
Higher Education / Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure
Required skills
Workday Financials configuration, GAAP accounting, close processes, internal controls, Foundation Data Model, Procure-to-Pay, Expense management, Asset lifecycle, Project costing, Banking and Settlement, Workday reporting, calculated fields, release management, security administration
Preferred skills
Stakeholder collaboration, requirements gathering, continuous improvement backlog management
Technologies
Workday
Responsibilities
Own governance of ledgers, cost centers, worktags, and accounting structures; Configure journal sources, accounting rules, and support close and consolidation processes; Manage requisitions, purchase orders, supplier invoices, and supplier accounts; Configure spend authorization, approval workflows, and Delegation of Authority; Configure expense policies, workflows, and corporate card integrations; Manage asset lifecycle including acquisition, depreciation, transfers, and disposals; Support project costing, billing, and revenue processes; Manage customer invoicing and payments; Configure bank accounts, payment runs, and settlement processes; Coordinate with banking integrations; Build financial reports, dashboards, and calculated fields; Develop reconciliation and audit-ready reporting; Maintain role-based security and segregation of duties in partnership with IT; Ensure data integrity across EIB loads, integrations, and financial structures; Lead Workday Financials release readiness, including regression testing and impact analysis; Maintain documentation, training materials, and user guides; Manage and prioritize a continuous improvement backlog aligned to Finance goals
Seniority
Mid-Senior, hands-on IC
