Workday Financials Lead

<p><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Position Summary</span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Focus Financial Partners is seeking an experienced and strategic Workday Financials Lead to lead the design, deployment, and ongoing optimization of our Workday Core Financials environment. This role will play a critical part in advancing our financial systems strategy—maximizing the power of Workday to enable accounting, financial operations, budgeting, reporting, and cross-functional business processes at scale.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You will serve as a consultative partner to Finance, Technology, and Operations stakeholders, driving Workday governance, managing enhancements, and ensuring a best-in-class Workday platform that supports our growth, financial rigor, and operational excellence. If you're excited by the opportunity to modernize financial systems and influence how a firm runs its business through technology, we’d love to speak with you.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This role is located in New Hyde Park, NY; St. Louis, MO.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Primary Responsibilities</span></strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Serve as the strategic Workday FinTech Lead—partnering closely with Finance, and Technology to ensure the system meets current and future financial management needs</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Work with Finance leadership to translate operational, reporting, and compliance requirements into scalable Workday solutions</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Drive Workday governance, roadmap planning, and resource coordination with an emphasis on financial capabilities and business outcomes</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Oversee feature releases, semi-annual updates, module implementations, and system changes; ensure readiness across finance, accounting, procurement, and reporting teams</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Evaluate and recommend enhancements across Workday Financials (e.g., Accounting, Financial Reporting, Projects, Procurement, Expenses) and Adaptive Planning to improve efficiency, data integrity, and auditability</span></li> <li style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Lead and mentor Workday support resources, balancing daily financial operations su