Finance Executive Director – Enterprise Systems Transformation

Guidehouse

. Serve as the lead finance architect for the transition to Workday Financial Management, defining target-state, transition-state, and post-deployment architecture.

Posted 11/12/2026full-timeUnited StatesLead💰 $179,000 - $298,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ERP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the lead finance architect for the transition to Workday Financial Management, defining target-state, transition-state, and post-deployment architecture.
Lead end-to-end solution design across the Workday Financials platform.
Translate finance strategy, business requirements, accounting policies, internal controls, and reporting needs into scalable Workday configurations and architecture decisions.
Assess the current environment and determine the appropriate disposition for each capability.
Own finance data conversion strategy, including profiling, cleansing, mapping, transformation, reconciliation, historical data retention, cutover, and post-migration validation.
Provide architectural oversight for integrations, banking, payroll, tax, procurement, expense, billing, planning, data warehouse, reporting, and other enterprise platforms.
Establish finance design principles, documentation standards, governance forums, decision rights, and controls.
Lead design reviews and resolve complex ERP issues involving standardization, localization, security, segregation of duties, data quality, performance, scalability, auditability, and regulatory compliance.
Guide system integration testing, user acceptance testing, finance reconciliation, conversion validation, cutover planning, deployment readiness, hypercare, and stabilization.
Partner with implementation vendors and internal teams to manage scope, dependencies, risks, issues, milestones, and architecture deliverables.
Develop the post-implementation operating model, enhancement roadmap, release governance, support processes, and continuous improvement agenda for Workday Financials.
Build relationships with finance executives, accounting leaders, technology teams, business owners, and external implementation partners.
Communicate architecture decisions, risks, trade-offs, and recommendations to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Business, or a related field.
12+ years of progressive finance, ERP, finance transformation, or enterprise systems experience, including leadership of complex implementations.
Deep expertise in Workday architecture, configuration, business processes, security, reporting, integrations, and deployment methodology.
Demonstrated experience serving as a Workday Financials architect or lead solution designer for a large-scale implementation or transformation.
Required Workday ERP background with strong understanding of Workday finance processes, data structures, configuration, integrations, reporting, controls, and legacy-system dependencies.
Workday Financial Management certifications or equivalent advanced implementation credentials.
Proven experience transitioning from Peoplesoft or another complex legacy ERP to Workday, including architecture, data conversion, integration, testing, cutover, and stabilization activities.
Broad understanding of ERP issues across accounting, financial reporting, planning, revenue, billing, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, projects, expenses, assets, banking, tax, payroll, master data, security, and controls.
Strong knowledge of finance operating models, U.S. GAAP, internal controls, segregation of duties, audit requirements, and data governance.
Experience leading cross-functional design workshops, architecture reviews, issue resolution, and executive decision-making.
Exceptional analytical, program leadership, stakeholder management, written communication, and presentation skills.
Experience with Workday Accounting Center, Adaptive Planning, Prism Analytics, Extend, Studio, Enterprise Interface Builder, web services, or related integration capabilities.
Finance or accounting credential such as CPA, CMA, or MBA.
Experience in a large, global, publicly traded, professional services, or other complex multi-entity organization.
Experience leading ERP operating-model redesign, finance process transformation, change management, adoption, and benefits realization.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
401(k) Retirement Plan
Basic Life & Supplemental Life
Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
Student Loan PayDown
Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
Skills Development & Certifications
Employee Referral Program
Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
Mobility Stipend
Up to 25% travel