Senior Financial Analyst

Role Overview

• Act as the primary subject matter expert for Workday Financials configuration and ongoing support
• Administer and optimize modules including: Financial Accounting, Budgets, Banking, Business Assets, Customer & Supplier Accounts, Procurement, Revenue Management, Projects, Adaptive Planning, Foundational Data Model (FDM), Accounting Center
• Proactively identify opportunities to leverage underutilized Workday functionality
• Lead design and configuration of complex financial workflows
• Maintain functional alignment between Workday HCM and Finance modules
• Ensure seamless data flow and cross‑system consistency
• Partner with Security and Audit teams to manage Workday security roles and permissions
• Support internal and external audits, including SOX and Segregation of Duties (SoD) reviews
• Enforce IT change control standards, ensuring testing, documentation, and approvals are completed prior to deployment
• Translate business needs into advanced Workday reports and dashboards
• Build and maintain calculated fields and complex reports (Matrix, Composite)
• Recommend the most effective reporting approach to reduce manual effort and improve insights
• Lead UAT planning and execution, including issue tracking and resolution
• Evaluate and coordinate bi‑annual Workday releases and new feature adoption
• Prioritize incoming system enhancement requests and manage backlog effectively
• Provide escalated support for complex Workday Financial issues
• Serve as a key point of contact for vendor and internal escalations
• Develop training materials and mentor super‑users to increase system self‑sufficiency.

Requirements

• 6–7 years of functional and/or technical experience with Workday Financials
• Experience supporting multiple Workday Financial modules
• Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems, Finance, Accounting, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• Deep expertise configuring Workday Financial business processes (e.g., Procure‑to‑Pay, Order‑to‑Cash, General Ledger)
• Experience participating in at least one Workday implementation or major functional rollout
• Strong understanding of Workday Security Groups and role‑based access control
• Advanced reporting skills, including calculated fields and complex report types
• Advanced Excel skills (Pivot Tables, Power Query)
• Experience using Workday EIB for bulk data uploads
• Ability to translate technical concepts for non‑technical stakeholders
• Strong analytical and root‑cause problem‑solving skills
• Comfortable managing competing priorities and working independently
• Experience mentoring junior analysts or business super‑users
• Excellent communication and stakeholder partnership skill.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Ground Floor opportunity with a start-up mentality