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Focus on WD · 6 hours ago

Workday Financial Lead

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$150K/yr - $180K/yr

Focus on WD is seeking a Workday Financial Lead to take ownership of the Workday Financials suite and shape the financial function from the ground up. The role involves day-to-day administration, configuration, and deployment of Workday Financials, while acting as a subject matter expert for Finance stakeholders.

Staffing & Recruiting

No H1B

Hiring Manager

Paddy Daniel Malaj

Responsibilities

Owning Workday Financials end to end

Full ownership of the Workday Financials ecosystem, including Financials Core and related areas such as Expenses, Procurement, Projects, and Inventory (depending on your background)

Day-to-day administration, configuration, optimisation, and continuous improvement

Acting as the subject matter expert for Finance stakeholders and internal teams

Ensuring configuration and process design aligns with Workday best practice, while still fitting real business needs

Creating clear plans, timelines, and updates to keep stakeholders aligned

Leading deployments from discovery through to go-live and post go-live stabilisation

Building dashboards and reporting that gives leadership real visibility (spend, project performance, audit readiness)

Partnering with IT and wider teams on integrations and data flows (EIB and other approaches depending on the environment)

Supporting financial security and business process design across the suite

Managing Workday release cycles, impact assessment, testing, and rollout of relevant Financials features

A key part of this role is supporting the early commercial journey

You will work with internal stakeholders at the front end to help shape solutions, approach, and expectations

You will have real influence on how Workday Financials is positioned and delivered

You will be the sole Workday Finance contributor initially, with the chance to put your stamp on the function

You will help shape the delivery approach, standards, governance, and how the platform evolves

This is the type of role where your decisions actually change the direction of the company, not just keep the lights on

Qualification

Workday Pro certificationWorkday Financials experienceConfiguration skillsTroubleshooting skillsStakeholder managementIndependent operationImplementation exposure

Required

Must have Workday Pro certification (Financials / ERP)

Strong hands-on Workday Financials experience, we are open on background as long as you can own the suite confidently

Confidence across configuration, troubleshooting, business processes, and stakeholder management

Ability to operate independently and take full ownership

Preferred

Mid to large scale implementation exposure

Company

Focus on WD

Focus on WD: Your Trusted Partner in Workday Recruitment We are 100% dedicated to recruitment within the Workday ecosystem and proud to be an official Workday Staffing Partner.

Founded in 2015