The Loop Factor is seeking a Senior Workday Financials Consultant to provide configuration support for Workday Financials, focusing on payroll accounting and financial reconciliation of payroll transactions. The RAPID Workday Financials team is comprised of cross-functional configurators, integration/reporting technologists, and business-line representatives from DFM, and PSO (People, Strategy, & Operations) and TS (Technology Services) within the Division of Management. This position sits within DFM. The RAPID teams follow a four-week sprint cycle and follow a Scrum Agile methodology. Candidate may be required to come to the office periodically.
Responsibilities
- Follow Board DFM, HR, and IT confidentiality and standards as directed.
- Serve as a subject matter expert on Workday Financial functional areas including Core
Financials, Payroll Accounting, Procurement, Customers, Projects, Assets, Planning
Design, build, test, deploy, and support systems and processes while adhering to
compliance requirements and best practices in change management
- Collaborate with technical and business subject matter experts to analyze process
improvement opportunities, reduce process cycle times, and recommend changes to bring
- the client in line with industry best practices.
- Document process changes, develop training materials, and conduct user training. Ensure
all documentation is complete, current, and stored appropriately.
- Support review, prioritization, and testing of Workday feature releases before the changes
are deployed in production.
- Troubleshoot, research, and address system issues and process challenges
- Applies an enterprise-wide set of disciplines for the planning, analysis, design and configuration of Workday Financial systems on an enterprise-wide basis.
- Collects, analyzes information requirements, and analytically and systematically evaluates problems of workflows, organization, and planning, and develops appropriate corrective action for configuration.
- Other duties as assigned
Required Qualifications
- 4-7 Years’ experience in leading implementations of Workday or similar financial systems, supporting Workday postproduction support services, or as a functional leader at a Workday client.
- At least 4 Years experience in the following: Implementing and configuring Workday solutions, designing, configuring, testing, and deploying business requirements across multiple Workday Financials module(s)
Clearance
N/A
Citizenship
Education
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in Accounting, Computer Science, Information
Technology, Computer Engineering, or related IT discipline; or equivalent experience.
Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities
- Detailed understanding of ERP system concepts.
- Knowledge and execution of Workday project management methodologies. Business
Analysis And Requirements-gathering Abilities.
- Experience working on Agile teams and with Scrum methodologies.
- Strong knowledge of DevOps tools and processes, preference of experience with
ServiceNow Agile module.
- Strong analytical, research, and conceptual-thinking skills to visualize solutions to a wide
variety of Financials needs.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
- Ability to navigate organizational culture and flexibility on the application of best practices.
- Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
Preferred Qualifications
- At least 4 years of enterprise resource planning (ERP), Workday Financials
implementation, and/or support experience as a configurator. Experience leading
implementations specific to Workday Financials a plus.
- Workday certified in Financials and/or Payroll a plus.
