Workday Finance System Manager – remote within the EU

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

📋 Description

• Take ownership and stabilize the recently implemented Workday Financials Core for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Sweden.

• Manage and address post-go-live defects, data discrepancies, reporting gaps, and necessary design modifications.

• Develop and maintain Workday Custom Reports, Matrix Reports, Dashboards, and RAAS outputs to assist Finance and Accounting operations.

• Provide end-user support through guidance, training, and issue resolution.

• Collaborate closely with Workday support partners (implementation & AMS) to monitor, escalate, and resolve complex issues.

• Oversee integrations such as banking, payment files, RAAS APIs, SFTP flows, and Kyriba-related data exchanges.

• Uphold strong governance, documentation, and version control for all system modifications.

• Lead the rollout of Workday Financials Core to additional countries in collaboration with our implementation partner.

• Ensure adherence to local accounting, tax, payment, and regulatory standards.

• Enhance and optimize existing configurations, validations, accounting rules, and controls.

• Improve the end-to-end financial process landscape by leveraging Workday best practices.

• Independently drive the rollout of Workday Financials to the remaining countries.

• Offer continuous support for the system and its users on a global scale.

• Continuously enhance reporting, data quality, accounting automation, and system performance.

• Serve as the internal Workday Financials subject matter expert and primary point of contact.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, IT, or a related discipline; advanced qualifications (e.g., MBA, Workday certification) are a plus.

• Practical experience in implementing, administering, or supporting Workday Financials across multiple countries.

• Extensive experience in Workday Reporting (Advanced, Matrix, Composite, RAAS).

• Strong understanding of Workday integrations (EIB, Core Connectors, Custom XSLT, API/RAAS).

• Comprehensive knowledge of Financial Accounting, Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash, Banking, Assets, and Period Close processes.

• Proven project management abilities and comfort in leading cross-functional implementations.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and documentation skills.

• Ability to work independently in a dynamic, global environment.

• Experience in travel, tourism, or multi-entity/multi-currency businesses is an advantage.

🏝️ Benefits

• A competitive salary along with travel industry benefits, including access to PEP offers.

• Extensive interaction with colleagues from around the globe.

• An opportunity to be part of the exciting journey to transform our finance operations worldwide.

• A supportive and open-minded global team with direct lines of communication.