Workday Financial Manager

$110,000 - $150,000/Yr

University System of Maryland Office - Hyattsville, MD

Full-time - Mid Level

Hyattsville, MD

About the position

The Workday Financial Manager plays a crucial role in supporting five University System of Maryland Institutions as part of the Maryland Connect Workday Consortium. This position focuses on consulting with and advising finance departments on Workday Finance products, aiming to streamline financial processes and enhance reporting accuracy. The role requires a high level of expertise in Workday Financials and financial reporting, along with strong leadership and analytical skills to drive improvements in financial operations.

Responsibilities

• Provides guidance and leadership to consortium finance teams to maximize the benefits of Workday in solving problems and enhancing financial operations.
• Interfaces with Workday to maintain knowledge of product enhancements and shares this information with appropriate central and campus team members.
• Offers insights and recommendations to streamline reporting processes, improve data accuracy, and enhance the user experience.
• Maintains documentation of finance-related system configurations, processes, and changes.
• Supports training efforts for the Finance, Adaptive, Procurement, Expenses, and Grants modules.
• Supports efforts to resolve Tier 3 & 4 issues (i.e., Service Desk tickets).
• Liaises with appropriate central and campus compliance and data privacy leads.
• Analyzes existing business processes, conducts gap analyses, and contributes to the design and transformation of workflows.
• Advises on best practices for optimizing the use of Workday features.
• Develops systems and structures as templates for institutions to use in the execution of internal and cross-cutting projects.
• Leads Finance, Adaptive, Procurement, and Grants system upgrades, enhancements, testing validation, and overall performance of the Workday financial modules.
• Collaborates across the Workday support teams and business functions to support system functions, ensuring up-to-date documentation of integration-related system functions, processes, and capabilities.
• Works with the Executive Director to develop strategy, roadmaps, prioritization, and implementation of future products supporting the consortium.
• Supports the Executive Director in facilitating the Finance modules governance groups and provides recommendations to help prioritize projects and requests.
• Works with campus stakeholders and the user community to identify and scope process and system improvements, supporting automation and other efficiencies.
• Leads and supervises approved projects and activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or an applicable related field.
• Two years of hands-on experience with Workday Finance plus two other Workday Finance products in a post-production environment.
• Supervisory experience.
• Experience working in a team environment.
• Thorough knowledge of finance operations.
• Skill in configuring Workday financial modules.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to communicate clearly and concisely across technology and business teams.
• Analytical skills to clearly define business challenges and identify and communicate technical and business changes required to address them.
• Ability to drive decision-making through a consensus-building approach.

Nice-to-haves

• Workday Pro Certification Financial Management, Procure-to-Pay, Adaptive Planning
• Workday experience in a higher education environment.
• Adaptive planning experience.
• Grants management experience.
• Accounting knowledge.

Benefits

• 22 days of annual leave
• 15 days of sick & safe leave
• 15 holidays
• 3 personal leave days
• 12 weeks paid parental leave
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with flexible spending accounts
• Mandatory and supplemental retirement plans with major providers like Fidelity and TIAA
• Optional term life and AD&D benefits through MetLife
• Tuition remission for employees and their families
• Free professional development conferences and unlimited LinkedIn Learning access
• Membership eligibility for SECU, Maryland's largest credit union
• Free counseling, legal, financial, and work-life support services through Employee Assistance Program (EAP)