Workday Financials Developer
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Job description
The ideal candidate is a deep Workday Financials technologist who can design, build, troubleshoot, and optimize complex solutions while partnering with functional teams to translate business requirements into scalable, high-quality Workday configurations., Serve as the primary Workday Financials developer, owning hands-on configuration and technical delivery across: General Ledger (GL) Accounts Payable (AP) Accounts Receivable (AR) Procurement Revenue Management Cash Management Banking & Settlement Customer Accounts, Billing, Invoicing Design, develop, and maintain Workday integrations, including: Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB) Inbound and Outbound integrations File-based and third-party vendor integrations Integration scheduling and monitoring using JAMS Job Scheduler Build and support Workday reporting solutions, including: Simple, Advanced, and Matrix reports Custom and Advanced Reports Complex Calculated Fields across multiple Business Objects Performance-optimized, reusable reporting assets Configure and enhance Customer Contracts, Billing Schedules, Invoices, Revenue Recognition Schedules, and related financial processing Own Workday Security configuration, including: Role-Based and User-Based Security Groups User access assignments and troubleshooting Debugging and resolving complex access and permission issues Lead production support and issue resolution, including: Troubleshooting configuration, integration, reporting, and security defects Performing deep-dive analysis to identify root causes Documenting and presenting Root Cause Analysis (RCA) findings Coordinating with Workday consultants and vendors to resolve platform-level issues Manage and execute Workday bi-annual release activities, including: Reviewing release notes and previews Assessing impact to existing configurations and integrations Regression testing and validation Leveraging new features where beneficial while ensuring SLA stability Participate in and support test automation efforts, including exposure to Kainos test automation
Secondary Responsibilities (20% - Functional & Analyst Focus)
Partner with finance and business stakeholders to: Gather and clarify requirements Translate business needs into technical and configuration solutions Provide design recommendations aligned with Workday best practices Support Business Process Framework (BPF) design, including: End-to-end business process configuration Approval workflows and exception handling Review Workday roadmap items and upcoming functionality to: Identify enhancement opportunities Provide guidance on platform direction and best practices Prepare and present status updates, technical summaries, and release impact assessments to stakeholders and leadership Utilize JIRA and JQL to manage development work, defects, enhancements, and reporting Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior developers and analysts
Requirements
We are seeking a Senior Workday Financials Developer with 8-10+ years of experience to lead hands-on development, configuration, integrations, reporting, and security across Workday Financials. This role is predominantly technical and development-focused (approximately 80%), with a smaller but important emphasis on functional analysis, stakeholder collaboration, and business process alignment (approximately 20%)., 8-10+ years of hands-on Workday Financials development experience Strong technical expertise in: GL, AP, AR, Procurement, Revenue Management, Cash Management, Banking Advanced experience with: Workday Reporting (Simple, Advanced, Matrix) Calculated Fields and Business Objects EIB and Workday integrations (Inbound/Outbound) Solid understanding of: Customer Contracts, Billing, Invoicing, Revenue Recognition Strong experience managing Workday security (RBAC and UBAC) Experience supporting Workday bi-annual releases end to end Working knowledge of JIRA and JQL Experience with JAMS Job Scheduler Proven ability to analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues independently Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Preferred Skills
Experience with Vertex tax integrations Familiarity with Kainos test automation Prior experience in large-scale or enterprise Workday Financials environments