Financial Systems – Workday Architect

Job Requisition:

JR101773 Financial Systems – Workday Architect (Open)

Job Posting Title:

Financial Systems – Workday Architect

Department:

CC00449 WM001 | WMUO | Financial Systems & Data Control

Job Family:

Staff - Fiscal Administration

Worker Sub-Type:

Regular (benefited)

Job Requisition Primary Location:

Mount Vernon Offices

Primary Job Posting Location:

Posting Location - William & Mary

Job Description Summary:

The Financial Systems Workday Architect serves as the senior functional and solution architect for Workday Financials, providing strategic oversight, system design, and operational leadership to ensure Workday effectively supports financial operations, payroll accounting, grants, and compliance activities.

This role functions as the primary architectural authority for Finance related Workday configuration, integrations, reporting, data governance, and feature adoption. The Architect partners closely with Finance leadership, Financial Operations, Budget, Payroll, Supply Chain Services, Internal Audit, and IT to ensure the Workday platform is secure, scalable, compliant, and aligned with institutional financial strategy.

Job Description:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Business Administration, or an equivalent combination of education, experience, and training.
• Extensive experience configuring, supporting, and maintaining Workday Financials in a complex organizational environment.
• Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial controls, audit readiness, and compliance requirements.
• Demonstrated experience designing end‑to‑end business processes and cross‑functional solutions.
• Ability to translate complex systems and technical concepts into clear guidance for senior leadership.
• Proficiency with a variety of software applications, including advanced use of Microsoft Excel and Word, automated accounting systems, enterprise applications, and reporting tools.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively as a team player.
• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to work independently while successfully managing multiple projects with competing priorities and tight deadlines.
• Strong work ethic and demonstrated commitment to high performance in a collegial, team‑oriented workplace.
• Customer‑focused mindset with a strong service orientation.
• Demonstrated consensus‑building skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and exercise sound professional judgment in carrying out assigned responsibilities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or equivalent combination of education, experience, and training.
• Experience in higher education, research administration, or similarly regulated environments.
• Workday Financial Management certification(s).
• Experience leading enhancement roadmaps, change management efforts, and small project teams.

Conditions of Employment: 

• This position requires additional hours beyond the typical work week, at times, to meet the business objectives.

Duties: 

30% - Business Process Administration & Workday:

• Serves as the architectural owner for Workday Financials business process design, configuration, and optimization across record‑to‑report, projects, grants, fixed assets, and related modules.
• Designs and governs complex business processes, approval frameworks, security roles, and financial controls to ensure audit readiness, segregation of duties, and compliance with accounting standards.
• Resolves complex system issues involving business process framework (BPF), accounting impacts, workflow failures, and cross‑module dependencies.
• Partners with Integration and Reporting teams to design and optimize Finance‑related fintegrations and data flows.
• Documents Finance Workday architecture, configurations, controls, and key design decisions.

20% - Data Domain & Financial Reporting:

• Maintains deep expertise in Workday Financials data structures, business objects, and the Foundation Data Model (FDM).
• Monitors and resolves data quality issues, balancing discrepancies, and reporting errors in partnership wi