Application Lead – Workday Financials

Application Lead – Workday Financials

Requirements

• Proven capabilities and experience in three or more of the following areas: Enterprise Systems Strategy, Architecture, Planning, Development, Program/Project Management, Implementation and Operational Support.
• Background in Financial Services and/or financial applications; including experience with transactional systems.
• Experience with Agile software development, traditional project management, and Six Sigma methodologies and techniques.
• Successful results with large or sophisticated programs, projects and processes from initiation through implementation.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, including experience translating business and technical concepts or decisions with diverse audiences.
• Strengths with analytical, data, problem solving and collaboration skills.
• Attention to detail and quality to fulfill responsibilities.
• Experience leading highly engaged teams that produce consistently strong results that meet and exceed business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the application design, development and implementation capabilities required to support the transition from current Microsoft Great Plains corporate accounting system to Workday Financials.
• Engage business, technology and external partners to develop the application design and implementation of the technology solution that enables our corporate accounting and related financial system processes and workflows.
• Leads the application development of solutions alternatives and prioritization to support delivering the highest business value.
• Collaborate with business and technology teammates to define, develop, test and implement the end-to-end application needs that will enable corporate accounting financial management.
• Contribute to redefining the Chart of Accounts and designing the system with related security and controls to meet GAAP practices and standards.
• Define and manage data level access controls for existing functionality as well as providing analysis and plans for implementing new functionality.
• Configure business process within the Workday Financials and dependent systems to achieve business results and the firm’s growth objectives.
• Analyze and manage semi-annual Workday feature releases.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science (B.S) or Arts (B.A) or equivalent experience, MBA beneficial
• 5 years or more of progressive technology experience, in Financial Services preferred
• At least 3 years or more of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform leadership required, Workday Financials preferred
• Understanding of Workday Financials domain and business process security model
• Workday experience required and certifications preferred