Chief Workday Expense Architect

This position is responsible for providing subject matter expertise on Workday Expenses, including configuration, testing, and troubleshooting. The ideal candidate will have 6+ years of experience in Workday Expenses with proficiency in HCM, Expense Configuration, Security Administration, Business Process Configuration, and EIB.

Responsibilities:

• Provide Workday Expenses functional expertise for day-to-day support and development
• Help ensure data accuracy and seamless ongoing enhancements of new Workday features/functionality
• Partner with COEs to understand pain points, prioritize requirements, and identify opportunities to improve processes and gain efficiency by leveraging Workday functionality
• Lead Workday enabled finance Expenses workstreams 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: understand business requirements, configure the Workday solution, demonstrate configurations through 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
• Create and maintain 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

Requirements:

• 6+ years of Workday Expenses experience with proficiency in HCM
• Excellent knowledge of Workday Expense Configuration, Security Administration, Business Process Configuration, and EIB
• Proven Workday functional expertise Expense module; awareness of what Workday can and cannot do, familiarity with delivered functionality and reports, and experience performing straightforward administrative tasks in Workday
• 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 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
• 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