We are seeking an experienced Senior Workday Financials Consultant with deep expertise in Accounts Receivable and Cash Application to support a major finance transformation and Workday optimization initiative.
This is a hands-on functional role for someone who can assess an existing Workday environment, identify configuration and process gaps, and recommend the appropriate future-state design.
MUST HAVE:
- 5+ years of Workday AR/Cash Application experience
- Strong Workday Financial Management expertise
- Hands-on Workday configuration experience
- Strong knowledge of business processes and validations
- Workday implementation, remediation, or post-production optimization experience
- Strong accounting/finance knowledge
- Experience conducting current-state assessments and recommending future-state processes
- Strong requirements-gathering and stakeholder-management skills
- Experience training finance/business users
NICE TO HAVE:
- Workday Grants Management certification
- Workday Grants + AR/Cash Application experience
- Sponsored research or research finance experience
- Sponsor billing/cash application experience
- Academic medical center, healthcare, university, or research institution experience
- Workday FDM experience
- Award Lifecycle experience
- Project/workstream leadership experience
DAY TO DAY:
You will serve as the Workday AR & Cash Application functional SME, reviewing current configuration, business processes, validations, workflows, and payment processes. You will identify gaps and inefficient configurations, recommend future-state solutions, partner with Finance and IT on remediation, and train internal stakeholders on Workday functionality and leading practices.
This is not a traditional Project Manager position. We are looking for a hands-on Workday Financials expert who can diagnose problems, recommend solutions, and help drive the functional work forward.
