Senior Analyst: Technology – Workday Finance

We are seeking a Senior Workday Analyst with deep expertise across all Workday Finance modules to support, optimize, and evolve our financial systems. This role partners closely with Finance, Accounting, Procurement, and IT teams to translate business requirements into scalable Workday configurations and drive continuous improvement across the platform.

Essential Job Functions:

- Serve as the subject matter expert for Workday Financials, including Core Financials, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Procurement, Expenses, Banking & Settlement, and Business Assets.

- Gather, analyze, and document business requirements; translate them into functional designs and Workday configurations.

- Lead configuration, testing, and deployment of Workday Finance enhancements, bi-annual releases, and new module implementations.

- Design and maintain Workday financial reports, calculated fields, dashboards, and composite reports.

- Troubleshoot production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and deliver timely resolutions.

- Develop and maintain integrations (EIBs, Core Connectors, Workday Studio) between Workday and upstream/downstream systems is a strong plus.

- Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes within Workday.

- Create and maintain security roles, business process configurations, and approval workflows.

- Drive data quality and governance across financial master data (chart of accounts, suppliers, customers, spend categories).

- Mentor junior analysts and serve as a resource for cross-functional teams adopting Workday Finance capabilities.

- Module Depth: Demonstrated expertise across multiple Workday Finance areas:

• Core Financials (General Ledger, Journal Entries, Accounting Rules)
• Accounts Payable & Supplier Management
• Accounts Receivable & Customer Management
• Procurement & Sourcing
• Expenses
• Business Assets
• Banking & Settlement
• Projects

-Workday Adaptive Planning: Experience configuring or supporting Workday Adaptive Planning for budgeting, forecasting, and financial modeling is a strong plus.

-Implementation Experience: Participation in at least one full-lifecycle Workday Finance implementation or large-scale tenant migration.

-Accounting Knowledge: Working knowledge of GAAP/IFRS and how accounting standards translate into Workday configuration.

-Tenant Management: Experience managing multiple Workday tenants (production, sandbox, implementation) and coordinating release cycles.

-Change Management: Familiarity with organizational change management methodologies related to system rollouts.

* R, Python and PowerBI are preferred. *

Other Responsibilities:

• Other responsibilities/projects as assigned.

Education/Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Mathematics, Operations Research, Computer Science, with a minimum of five (5) experience writing complex SQL queries working with relational databases, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Master’s degree is desirable
• Experience working with analysts in a research/modeling environment that leverages tools such as R and/or Python
• Extensive experience with visualization and business analytic tools such as PowerBI, Tableau, Cognos Analytics, VBA, Dataiku, Domino etc.
• Experience with business process mapping and requirements gathering/documentation skills
• Experience building analytics solutions for infrastructure, operations and/or application delivery teams  desirable
• Ability to work as an individual contributor and collaborator in a fast-paced proof of concept development environment
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to explain technical concepts to a variety of audiences.

Work Conditions:

• Hybrid work environment, with defined in-person presence requirements.
• Extended hours outside normal business hours may be required
• Use of corporate PC (provided by FINRA).
• Exciting, hands-on, challenging position and success-oriented work environment.

For work that is performed in CO, FL, TX, IL, PA, MA, MD, VA, Washington, DC, NY and NJ, please refer to the chart below for the salary range for the corresponding location. FINRA complies with all state and local pay transparency laws and regulations requiring the disclosure of salary ranges for the position. In addition to location, actual compensation is based on various factors, including but not limited to, the candidate’s skill set, level of experience, education, and market considerations. 

CO/FL/TX: Minimum Salary $97,700, Maximum Salary $176,100

IL/PA: