Workday Expense Analyst

Title: Workday Expense Analyst

Type: Long-term Contract

Location: Bengaluru, IN( Onsite 2 days per week)

Note: Immediate joiners only

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide Workday subject matter functional expertise for day-to-day support and development including business process configuration, integrations, data transmission (EIB), testing and other troubleshooting support primarily in Expense Module.
• Help our team ensure data accuracy and seamless ongoing enhancements of new Workday features/functionality.
• Provide subject matter expertise on Workday best practices and partner with COE(s) to understand pain points, prioritize requirements and identify opportunities to improve processes and gain efficiency by leveraging Workday functionality
• Lead Workday enabled finance Expenses workstream(s) to design, configure, test, and deploy leading practice-based business processes and solutions
• Be the primary point of contact for data gathering, testing, and communication with key stakeholders and internal Business Systems teams
• Perform the following on an engagement: understand business requirements, configure the Workday solution, demonstrate the configurations through the development of testing systems, assist the business in testing the Workday solution
• Be comfortable and confident in gathering configuration requirements and problem-solving with business stakeholders
• Assist with broadening internal knowledge of Workday configuration through hands-on training to cross-functional teams
• Provide a proactive interface between business partner groups and the Workday team to ensure effective coordination and delivery of Workday implementations
• Build reports to support both domestically and internationally for various areas of the Workday product
• Ability to problem-solve and propose multiple solutions for business requirements within Workday
• Manage Workday upgrades and implement new and revised functionality within Workday.
• Partner with HR teams to analyze business needs and translate them into technical requirements and solutions within the Workday ecosystem.
• Optimize business processes by enhancing workflows, automating manual tasks, and providing actionable insights through data reporting and analytics.
• Creates and maintains clear, comprehensive, documented business requirements for requested changes, enhancements, or projects; accountable for articulating functional processes from beginning to end and providing thought leadership on functionality and design

Required Skills:

• 6+ years of Workday Expenses experience with proficiency in the use of Workday HCM
• Have an excellent knowledge of Workday Expense Configuration, Security Administration, Business Process Configuration, and EIB (Enterprise Integration Builder).
• Proven Workday functional expertise Expense module; an awareness of what Workday can and cannot do, familiarity with delivered functionality and reports, and experience performing straightforward administrative tasks in Workday (Undoing tasks, manually advancing tasks, waiving requirements)
• Participate in Workday releases, assessing new features and recommending adoption strategies for Talent Management modules.
• Ensure day-to-day systems support is balanced with strategic enhancements and projects related to Workday Expenses and Integrations.
• Responsible for the thorough testing and analysis of new Workday features and functionality and participates in release planning; accountable for regression testing, unit testing, User Acceptance testing and pre-launch testing / sign-off for new features or enhancements
• Experience with Workday Studio, Workday Extend, and integration development.
• Ability to Customize the Workday Expense and desire to learn about and expand your expertise to encompass new areas of Expense Management ( Oracle Fusion Cloud or SAP
• Hands-on experience developing and enhancing custom reports and dashboards in SaaS or enterprise systems.
• Ability to work in a diverse, fast-paced environment and effectively collaborate across teams
• Project management experience supporting the deployment of features and functionality
• Strong analytical, multitasking, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both a technical audience and business users
• Experience in Agile development environments: ServiceNow, Jira