Workday Financials consultant.

Technical Skill Sets

Responsibilities

• Functions as the ERP financials administrator for modules like Banking and Settlement, Business Assets, Supplier accounts and Contracts, Expenses, Procurement, Projects and Tax, Adaptive Planning

• Lead the functional analysis, design, and configuration of Workday ERP modules to meet evolving business requirements.

• Work with the accounting teams to support requirements for monthly and quarterly close functions as well as audit requirements.

• Configure and manage security definitions and assignments, ensuring compliance with company requirements and policies.

• Collaborate with accounting, finance and other business teams to support and develop effective solutions.

• Maintain documentation for system processes and configuration

• Assess new functionality releases and coordinate testing and deployment with stakeholders

• Monitor, respond to, and resolve request and incident tickets

• Serve as a liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams to facilitate end-to-end solution delivery.

• Support data validation, test case creation, system testing, UAT, and production deployment.

• Monitor Workday releases and proactively assess impact on existing configurations, making recommendations and executing updates accordingly.

• Work hours expected are primarily to align with business hours for the US Eastern time zone (ET), but will require coordination with employees in India and other time zones.  Some work is required during off-hours or weekends to limit system downtime for users or for issue resolution.

Skills and Experience

• 8+ years of experience as a Workday Functional Consultant, including at least 2 full lifecycle Workday implementations. 

• Proficient in Workday reporting, calculated fields, and condition rules.

• Workday certifications in ERP, Financials functional areas are highly preferred.

• Ability to lead cross-functional teams, mentor junior consultants, and manage functional workstreams independently.

• This role requires the candidate to work in  2:30 to 11:30 PM IST shift or a late evening US shift ( 5 PM IST to 2 AM IST ). 

• Basic knowledge of Salesforce/Zuora/ Kantata applications to aid in understanding the financial flow is preferable.

• Ability to grasp new business areas quickly and willingly, adaptability to new challenges

• Exposure to any incident management tool viz CA Service Desk, Service NOW, JIRA, Freshworks etc. will be an added advantage