Workday Financials Technical Lead

Guidehouse

. Serve as the day-to-day IT owner for Workday Financial Management, accountable for execution, stability, operational health, and end-to-end financial platform integrity .

Posted 10/9/2026full-timeUnited StatesSenior💰 $130,000 - $216,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates deep expertise in Workday Financial Management, including configuration, integrations, and operational considerations, while ensuring compliance with financial controls and enterprise architecture. Proven ability to lead technical delivery, manage complex financial systems, and communicate effectively with stakeholders across Finance and IT.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Workday Financial Management ExpertiseERP Integration Design and SupportFinancial Operations and Accounting PrinciplesAdvanced Workday CertificationsLeadership and Stakeholder Management

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Hard Skills

Workday ConfigurationData MappingFinancial ReportingData CleansingIntegration FrameworksTesting and Production SupportChange ManagementAuditabilityProblem-SolvingTechnical Delivery

Soft Skills

Analytical SkillsDocumentation SkillsWritten CommunicationVerbal CommunicationStakeholder Management

Tools & Technologies

Workday StudioCore ConnectorsEnterprise Interface BuilderAPIsWorkday ExtendPower BITableauDatabricksWorkday Adaptive PlanningFCCS

Certifications & Qualifications

Advanced Workday Financial Management CertificationsWorkday Pro Credentials

Industry Keywords

Financial ControlsSOX ComplianceRecord-to-ReportProcure-to-PayExpense AccountingProject AccountingEnterprise Financial ControlsOperational HealthData IntegrityChange Management

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

ERPTableau

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the day-to-day IT owner for Workday Financial Management, accountable for execution, stability, operational health, and end-to-end financial platform integrity
Maintain expertise in Workday Financials capabilities, constraints, configuration patterns, integration frameworks, security concepts, and product roadmap
Translate Finance and Accounting priorities into executable technical work and lead delivery through technical resources and partners
Own technical delivery for Workday Financials changes and enhancements, including architecture, design, dependencies, estimation, risk mitigation, issue resolution, testing, deployment, and escalation
Ensure solutions comply with enterprise architecture, IT standards, security, data privacy, financial controls, segregation-of-duties, and change management requirements
Provide technical direction for configuration and lifecycle management across Workday Financial Management capabilities
Oversee Chart of Accounts, worktags, hierarchies, validation rules, organizations, companies, cost centers, business units, projects, and other financial dimensions
Guide business-process configuration, workflow routing, approvals, notifications, validations, and system controls
Own the technical health and design coherence of inbound and outbound Workday Financials integrations
Ensure data integrity, completeness, timeliness, lineage, and auditability across Workday, integrations, conversions, reporting, and downstream consumers
Lead governance for financial and master data conversion, including cleansing, validation, reconciliation, defect resolution, and production readiness
Oversee Workday Financials reports, dashboards, composite reports, and financial analytical outputs
Ensure operational readiness and platform stability through monitoring, incident follow-up, defect triage, root-cause analysis, problem management, and service-level performance
Coordinate releases, upgrades, environment management, regression testing, security reviews, integration changes, operational handoffs, and production deployment readiness
Establish risk-based testing covering unit, system integration, user acceptance, regression, control validation, and evidence retention
Support financial period-end, quarter-end, and year-end readiness
Maintain configuration documentation, architectural decisions, integration specifications, data definitions, test evidence, backlog artifacts, support procedures, and delivery records
Lead and provide technical direction to administrators, configuration specialists, integration developers, reporting resources, security specialists, and partner teams
Communicate capabilities, constraints, architectural choices, and technical tradeoffs to Finance, IT leadership, delivery teams, auditors, vendors, and partners
Lead technical discussions with Workday, implementation partners, managed service providers, banking and payment partners, and external stakeholders
Provide regular updates to IT and Finance leadership on platform health, delivery progress, risks, controls, dependencies, capacity, and technical opportunities
Act as escalation point for complex cross-functional issues spanning configuration, integrations, security, data, reporting, controls, and connected finance applications

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field, plus 10+ years of relevant experience; or 14+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree
Deep hands-on expertise in Workday Financial Management, including configuration, business processes, organizational structures, worktags, security concepts, reporting, integrations, and operational considerations
Proven experience operating as a platform owner, solution lead, architect, or senior technical lead accountable for delivery outcomes in a complex enterprise environment
Strong understanding of financial operations, accounting principles, enterprise financial controls, auditability, and technology implications of record-to-report, procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, asset, banking, revenue, expense, and project accounting processes
Experience designing, testing, deploying, and supporting ERP integrations and data interfaces, including data mapping, reconciliation, monitoring, exception handling, and downstream dependencies
Experience leading data conversion, cleansing, validation, and reconciliation activities for financial and master data
Strong understanding of ERP lifecycle management, release processes, environment management, testing, production support, security, segregation of duties, and change controls in a SOX-controlled or highly regulated environment
Demonstrated ability to assess complex technical and financial-system problems, formulate recommendations, and communicate risks, controls, dependencies, and tradeoffs clearly to technical and executive audiences
Experience coordinating work across Finance, Accounting, Procurement, IT delivery teams, Enterprise Data and AI, integration partners, Security, Architecture, Internal Audit, vendors, and external service providers
Strong leadership, analytical, problem-solving, documentation, stakeholder-management, and written and verbal communication skills
Advanced Workday Financial Management certifications or Workday Pro credentials relevant to Financial Accounting, Accounting Center, Record to Report, Procure to Pay, Expenses, Projects, Revenue, Banking, Reporting, Security, or Integrations
Experience with Workday Studio, Core Connectors, Enterprise Interface Builder, APIs, Workday Extend, or other Workday integration and extension frameworks
Experience with financial reporting, enterprise performance management, consolidation, planning, data warehousing, or visualization platforms such as Workday Adaptive Planning, FCCS, Power BI, Tableau, Fabric, or Databricks
Experience supporting a large-scale ERP implementation, financial transformation, or post-go-live Workday Financials operating model
Demonstrated progression toward senior technical authority roles such as Principal Platform Lead, Lead Architect, Enterprise Applications Lead, or Distinguished Technologist

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 10% travel