Remote Workday Student Financials Consultant

Cognizant; Sydney; À distance; AUD 110 000 - 170 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Cognizant is hiring for a Workday Student Practice role in Australia and New Zealand. You will lead design and configuration across tuition, fees, billing, payments, sponsorships and reconciliations, working with universities to meet strategic goals including student experience and financial sustainability.

You will bring higher education finance expertise to engagement with finance, student services and technology teams, shaping practical future-state processes and ensuring alignment with local

Qualifications

• Experience in student accounts, student fees, university finance or related higher education finance.
• Understanding of tuition and fee assessment, billing, payments, refunds and reconciliation.
• Familiarity with Commonwealth-supported places, HELP loans and government reporting requirements.

Responsabilités

• Lead discovery and design sessions for tuition and fee assessment, student billing, payments, payment plans, sponsorships, refunds and receivables.
• Configure Student Financials processes, rules, charge structures, due dates and accounting requirements.
• Design handling for waivers, adjustments, reversals, third party arrangements and exceptional cases.
• Configure student account processes in alignment with policy, financial controls and regulatory requirements.
• Align financial impacts of enrolment events with Student Records and finance stakeholders.
• Document requirements, design decisions and configuration.
• Apply higher education experience to shape future-state student finance processes.
• Incorporate AU/NZ fee structures, HELP loans and policy settings into Workday Student configuration.
• Identify data, security, reporting and integration requirements including payment gateways and banking platforms.
• Define reconciliation, operational reporting and audit requirements for student financial activity.
• Prepare and execute unit testing and support end-to-end testing and defect resolution.
• Support data conversion validation, cutover preparation, training and go-live readiness.
• Provide clear advice on Workday leading practices within institutional policy.

Connaissances

Workday Student

Higher Education Finance

Client engagement

Business process design

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Finance or IT

Outils

Workday

SIS/ERP familiarity

Description du poste

Cognizant is hiring for a Workday Student Practice role in Australia and New Zealand. You will lead design and configuration across tuition, fees, billing, payments, sponsorships and reconciliations, working with universities to meet strategic goals including student experience and financial sustainability.

You will bring higher education finance expertise to engagement with finance, student services and technology teams, shaping practical future-state processes and ensuring alignment with local