Manager, Workday Financial Systems – Innovation

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois.

📋 Description

• Create and cultivate a high-performing Workday support team by prioritizing tasks, delegating responsibilities, establishing accountability, coaching performance, and fostering continuous learning.

• Direct the governance of finance systems, encompassing enhancement intake, prioritization, roadmap planning, release readiness, resource alignment, and cross-functional decision-making.

• Manage day-to-day application support, incident resolution, root-cause analysis, and service performance metrics.

• Oversee the planning, testing, deployment, and adoption of Workday updates, enhancements, and scheduled maintenance activities.

• Assess proposed system modifications and enhancements for their business value, feasibility, risk factors, control impacts, and alignment with the roadmap.

• Provide guidance to Finance and business leaders regarding Workday capabilities, available solution options, and system-enabled process improvements.

• Deliver decision-oriented updates concerning priorities, risks, dependencies, trade-offs, and recommendations to stakeholders and leadership.

• Collaborate with Finance, Technology, Internal Audit, and external auditors to uphold effective system controls, support audit inquiries, identify gaps, and ensure prompt remediation.

• Promote and take responsibility for CDW’s vision of becoming an AI-fluent organization by advocating for responsible AI adoption and continuous learning.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree is required.

• A minimum of five years of experience in supporting financial systems, finance operations, or related business transformation initiatives.

• At least one year of experience in people leadership, project leadership, or workstream leadership roles.

• Experience or training in Workday Financials.

• Proven experience in implementing, supporting, and managing enterprise finance applications.

• Capability to translate business priorities into actionable system roadmaps, enhancement decisions, and delivery plans.

• Proficiency in planning and managing projects, monitoring risks and dependencies, and executing effective mitigation strategies.

• Ability to clearly communicate complex financial and technical concepts to diverse audiences.

• Skilled in framing risks and trade-offs and influencing decisions across Finance, Technology, and business leadership.

• Competence in managing competing priorities, promptly resolving issues, and ensuring clear follow-through with stakeholders.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual bonus target of 10%, subject to the terms and conditions of the plan.

• Comprehensive benefits program (overview available at https://cdw.benefit-info.com/).

• Opportunities for professional growth and supported development.

• A collaborative and supportive work environment.