Who We Are

At Newrez, we bring big thinkers and caring doers together to make home happen. We’re a team built on heart and hustle, united by a commitment to show up for our customers, our communities, and each other. We believe that when our people thrive, homeowners thrive - and that’s why we invest in your growth, wellbeing, and ability to make an impact.

Every day, we work to exceed the expectations of our residential mortgage borrowers and business partners through superior service, simple processes, and clear communication. We do this by empowering our employees, encouraging innovative solutions and recognizing great performance.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Lead Financial Systems Developer is responsible for supporting and enhancing Workday Financials across integrations, reporting, configuration, and core financial processes. This role serves as a key partner to Accounting and Finance, ensuring the integrity, scalability, and efficiency of financial data and systems. Role is responsible for supporting Workday Financials configuration, including General Ledger (GL), Financial Data Model (FDM), Accounting Center, and business process frameworks. The role ensures that system design aligns with accounting requirements, internal controls, and reporting needs.

The role also includes hands-on building and supporting integrations in and out of Workday with internal and external systems that are related to accounting and financial operations. The job Includes helping to identify opportunities for automation, gathering business requirements, documenting the technical requirements, developing the integration solutions, unit testing the solution, working with end users on UAT, and monitoring and taking action to enhance or fix issues over time. This role involves collaborating with end users in Accounting, internal IT teams, and third-party technical teams. The position resides within Accounting as part of a small financial systems administration team.

The position plays a key role in delivering scalable, high-quality integration solutions using Workday tools (Studio, EIB, Orchestrate, and Accounting Center) and APIs (REST/SOAP). Responsibilities include capturing business requirements into technical designs, developing and unit testing solutions, partnering with Accounting and Finance teams during UAT, and proactively monitoring and optimizing integrations in production.

DESCRIPTION:

Essential Functions, Duties, and Responsibilities

Integrations design and development for Workday integrations.
Requirement gathering and solution architecture.
Testing, both unit testing and collaborating with Accounting on User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
Provide technical guidance on integration solutions and best practices.
Develop and maintain data mappings, transformation logic, and integration documentation.
Stay current with Workday releases, integration/development technologies, and best practices.
Production support and monitoring integration jobs to proactively identify and resolve issues.
Drive continuous improvement in integrations and process automation.
Support governance, compliance & documentation related to custom built solutions (e.g., SOX).
Communicate status, risks, and technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
Create custom calculations and advance reports as a service to support integrations.
Ability to effectively and accurately convey information to others.

Qualifications And Education Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Accounting, Finance or related fields.
7+ years of Workday experience with a strong focus on developing and enhancing integrations.
Proven experience building Workday Studio integrations, EIB integrations, and Accounting Center Integrations.
The ideal candidate will have worked in or supported corporate accounting operations.

Skills, Abilities, And Knowledge:

Experience building integrations with Workday Studio, Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), Orchestrate, and Accounting Center are a must.
Experience with scripting languages such as XSLT, XML, and JavaScript used in integrations.
Experience with Web integration tools using REST, RASS, and SOAP web services.
Experience with Workday Report Writer to build Matrix, Advance and Composite Reports.
Experience with Workday Discovery Boards, Worksheets, and Report Designer.
Self-sufficient to research, technical documentation, and solicit additional support in the Workday Community and Developer Forum.
Strong understanding of Workday’s security configuration and access controls.
Experience in configuring and managing Workday’s Business Process framework.
Experience with Workday Customer Central to migrate configuration between tenants
Experience with various AI tools (CoPilot, Claude, SONOS, etc.). scripting and coding
Strong verbal communication skills; strong writing and composition abilities.
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop and maintain effective and professional relationships across the organization and with customers.
Strong influencing and negotiation skills; consultative and collaborative work style.
High learning agility with the ability to learn and integrate business variables and learn new systems and platforms.
Strong analytical skills & problem-solving abilities; solid decision-making abilities coupled with sound judgment.
Effective at managing multiple priorities under tight deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Strong project management and time management capability.
Self-directed and comfortable working with ambiguity and uncertainty.
High degree of professional maturity, integrity, ability to maintain confidential data and information.
High degree of business acumen; strong technical aptitude.
Strong Microsoft Office skills

Work Environment And Physical Requirements:

Working on-site at assigned office location.
Regular and punctual attendance adhering to schedule established by leadership.
Flexibility to work occasional adjusted work schedules, overtime, and evening and/or weekend hours to meet deadlines or as business needs demand.
Working in a cubicle hub, maintaining focus on phone calls in a noisy environment within earshot of multiple other conversations.
Sedentary work in a stationary position at a cubicle for prolonged periods of time.
Constant repetitive motions required for operating a computer, such as typing and managing phone calls.
Constantly communicating effectively verbally in English, including accurately exchanging information with others following identification of correct procedures.

Additional Information

While this description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the position’s requirements, it in no way implies/states that these are the only job responsibilities. Management reserves the right to modify, add or remove duties and request other duties, as necessary.

All employees are required to have smart phones that meet Company security standards with the ability to install apps such as Okta Verify and Microsoft Authenticator. Employment will be contingent on this requirement.

Employees and applicants acknowledge that this is not a remote role. Individuals in this role are required to be on-site to complete essential job duties, absent extenuating circumstances.

Additional Information:

While this description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the position’s requirements, it in no way implies/states that these are the only job responsibilities. Management reserves the right to modify, add or remove duties and request other duties, as necessary.

All employees are required to have smart phones that meet Company security standards with the ability to install apps such as Microsoft Authenticator. Employment will be contingent on this requirement.

Why Newrez

We’re a great place to work because we invest in what matters: your career, your community, your wellbeing, and your future. Our total rewards package is designed to support your whole self.

Company Benefits:

We offer benefits, programs, and perks that support you in every aspect of your life.

Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Health Savings Account with employer contribution
401(k) Retirement plan with employer match
Paid Maternity Leave/Parental Bonding Leave/Caregiver Leave
Adoption Assistance
Tuition & Certification reimbursement
Employee Mortgage Loan Program
The Newrez Employee Emergency and Disaster Fund is a program to support our team members experiencing hardships

Newrez NOW:

Through Newrez NOW, our Corporate Social Responsibility program, you’ll have opportunities to give back, lead, and make a difference.

1 company-paid Volunteer Time Off day (with over 40,000 volunteer hours contributed since our inception)
Matching Gifts Program - dollar-for-dollar up to $1,000
Access to grants, nonprofit resources, and volunteer opportunities
More than $6,000,000 donated since 2020
1 in 5 employees participates in at least one Employee Resource Group (ERG)

Equal Employment Opportunity

We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer- and celebrate our employees' differences, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and Veteran status. Different makes us better.

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