Workday Expense Professional

Job Title: Workday Expense Specialist

Type: Long-term Contract, Onsite 2 days per week

Note: Immediate joiners only

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

1. To provide comprehensive support for the daily operation of the Workday expense module, including configuration, integration, data transmission (EIB), testing and other troubleshooting tasks.
2. Work with our team to ensure accuracy and consistency in our data management practices, as well as ongoing enhancements of new Workday features and functionality.
3. Provide expert guidance on best practices in Workday implementation and partner with cross-functional teams to identify areas for improvement and opportunities to leverage Workday capabilities.
4. Lead finance workstreams focused on designing, configuring, testing and deploying leading practice-based business processes and solutions in Workday.
5. Serve as primary point of contact for data gathering, testing and communication with key stakeholders and internal Business Systems teams.
6. Demonstrate expertise in understanding business requirements, configuring Workday solutions, developing testing systems and assisting businesses in testing Workday implementations.
7. Be comfortable and confident in gathering configuration requirements and problem-solving with business stakeholders.
8. Contribute to broadening internal knowledge of Workday configuration through hands-on training sessions for cross-functional teams.
9. Maintain a proactive interface between business partner groups and the Workday team to ensure effective coordination and delivery of Workday implementations.
10. Develop reports to support both domestic and international areas of the Workday product.
11. Pose solutions to complex problems within Workday based on analysis of business requirements.
12. Manage Workday upgrades and implement new and revised functionality within Workday.
13. Partner with HR teams to analyze business needs and translate them into technical requirements and solutions within the Workday ecosystem.
14. Enhance business processes by optimizing workflows, automating manual tasks and providing actionable insights through data reporting and analytics.
15. Define 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.

Required Skills:

• 6+ years of experience in Workday Expenses with proficiency in the use of Workday HCM.
• Excellent knowledge of Workday Expense Configuration, Security Administration, Business Process Configuration, and EIB (Enterprise Integration Builder).
• Proven Workday functional expertise in the Expense module; 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 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.