Workday Financials Lead / Senior Consultant Grants Management
Long term contract
Job Summary
Local to CA required
We are seeking an experienced Workday Financials Lead / Senior Consultant with strong hands-on expertise in Workday Grants Management. The ideal candidate will have experience implementing, configuring, and supporting grant management solutions, including sponsored awards, federal grants, grant accounting, billing, compliance, and financial reporting.
Candidates with experience in higher education, healthcare, research institutions, or non-profit organizations are preferred.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the implementation, configuration, and optimization of Workday Grants Management.
- Configure grant awards, grant hierarchies, sponsor profiles, and award lifecycle processes.
- Manage grant workflows, including proposals, award creation, amendments, and closeout.
- Configure grant costing, billing, Letter of Credit (LOC) billing, milestone billing, and expense-to-billing rules.
- Configure indirect cost rates (F&A), cost-sharing models, and grant budget controls.
- Develop custom reports and dashboards using Workday Report Writer, Matrix Reports, and Calculated Fields.
- Monitor grant budgets, expenditures, burn rates, and budget-to-actual variances.
- Ensure compliance with federal grant regulations, including Uniform Guidance and 2 CFR Part 200.
- Integrate Grants Management with Workday Financials, General Ledger, Procurement, and Payroll.
- Support legacy grant data migration, data validation, and EIB-based data loads.
- Lead UAT, regression testing, user training, and post-production support.
- Collaborate with Finance, IT, business analysts, and grant administration teams to deliver effective solutions.
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of hands-on Workday Financials experience, with a dedicated focus on Workday Grants Management.
- Experience participating in at least one full-cycle Workday Grants Management implementation or major optimization project.
- Strong understanding of grant accounting, sponsored awards, grant budgets, and financial reporting.
- Experience configuring grant awards, sponsor profiles, grant billing, costing, and award lifecycle processes.
- Knowledge of federal grant compliance requirements, including Uniform Guidance and 2 CFR Part 200.
- Hands-on experience with Workday Report Writer, Calculated Fields, and EIBs.
- Understanding of Workday business processes, security groups, and custom organizations.
- Experience integrating Grants Management with General Ledger, Procurement, and Payroll.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Workday Financials or Grants Management certification.
- Experience in higher education, healthcare, research, or non-profit organizations.
- Experience with federal and private sponsor reporting requirements.
- Knowledge of indirect cost recovery, cost sharing, and Letter of Credit billing.
- Experience with data migration, UAT, training, and production deployment.
