Workday Financial System Administrator

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Arizona, +15 more states.

📋 Description

• Provide ongoing support for Workday Procurement and Suppliers, Expense Management, Banking and Settlement, Financial Accounting, Business Assets, Projects, Budgeting, and Financial Planning.

• Collaborate with HR counterparts to ensure data integrity across various functional areas.

• Take direct responsibility for managing and maintaining the Workday system.

• Carry out security maintenance, business process configuration, tenant configuration, data loads, integrations, and system upgrades.

• Engage and oversee short-term consultants as required for specific projects.

• Monitor support tickets, address daily support requests, resolve issues, and communicate proactively with internal stakeholders.

• Offer technical and functional expertise, conduct solution reviews, provide resolution options, and make recommendations.

• Develop business process workflows, custom fields, custom validations, custom reports, dashboards, integrations, and access permissions.

• Generate standard, advanced, matrix, and composite reports; create intricate calculated fields, custom objects, and worksheets.

• Validate and diagnose technical and functional issues, propose solutions, and facilitate timely decision-making.

• Lead change management initiatives for new system rollouts and upgrades.

• Implement enhancements and solutions, including reporting and integrations.

• Monitor system performance, efficiency, and usage.

• Establish ticket triage criteria.

• Organize cross-functional team meetings.

• Act as a liaison with the Workday user community to access best practices.

• Perform additional duties as assigned.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

• 5 or more years of relevant experience.

• A minimum of 3 years of Workday ERP experience, with expertise in FDM and exposure to HRIS.

• Experience in managing contractors and vendors.

• Expertise in the design, implementation, and deployment of user-centric systems, prioritizing usability.

• Proven ability to communicate clearly, both orally and in writing, with diverse audiences.

• Track record of producing clear and concise documentation.

• Preferred: Workday ERP certifications in Financials and/or Report Writing.

• Preferred: Experience with Adaptive Planning and Workday Grants and Awards.

• Preferred: Strong skills and experience with Microsoft solutions, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.

• Preferred: Experience with global systems deployment.

• Preferred: Familiarity with Six Sigma, Agile, and/or other methodologies.

• Preferred: Expertise in collaborative technologies, including Microsoft solutions (SharePoint, OneDrive, Planner, etc.) and/or other project management tools.

• Preferred: Solid understanding of the SDLC and ITIL framework and principles.

• Preferred: Experience in the international non-profit/NGO sector.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote-based work arrangement.

• Opportunity to work remotely from specified US states or eligible countries outside the US.