Senior Analyst, Workday Financials

The Voleon Group; Canada; Remote; CAD 105,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Canada is seeking a Senior Analyst, Workday Financials. You will oversee system implementation and ongoing administration, ensuring the configuration, maintenance, and optimization of Workday financial modules meets organizational needs. Candidates should have over 3 years of experience with Workday Financial Management, strong financial knowledge, and excellent communication skills. Competitive salary and benefits offered.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

20 days paid time off

401(k) plan with company match

Daily catered lunches

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience with Workday Financial Management.
• Hands-on expertise in configuring modules like General Ledger and Accounts Payable.
• Strong understanding of financial processes and accounting principles.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary point of contact for Workday Financials implementation.
• Assist with system setup, data migration, and integration testing.
• Administer and maintain user access and security roles in Workday.

Skills

Workday Financial Management

Financial processes knowledge

Communication skills

Tools

Adaptive Planning

Job description

Overview

Voleon is a technology company that applies state-of-the-art AI and machine learning techniques to real-world problems in finance. For more than a decade, we have led our industry and worked at the frontier of applying AI/ML to investment management. We have become a multibillion-dollar asset manager, and we have ambitious goals for the future.

Your colleagues will include internationally recognized experts in artificial intelligence and machine learning research as well as highly experienced finance and technology professionals. The people who shape our company come from other backgrounds, including concert music performances, humanitarian aid, opera singing, sports writing, and BMX racing. You will be part of a team that loves to succeed together.

In addition to our enriching and collegial working environment, we offer highly competitive compensation and benefits packages, technology talks by our experts, a beautiful modern office, daily catered lunches, and more.

Role

As our Senior Analyst, Workday Financials, you will partner with People Operations and Management Company Finance to support our Workday implementation and will be administrator of the system on an ongoing basis. You will play a vital role in supporting the configuration, maintenance, and optimization of Workday financial modules, ensuring the system is up-to-date and meets the needs of the organization on an ongoing basis. This role will organize, implement, and lead Workday-specific solutions and projects from a technical perspective.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary point of contact and subject matter expert during the Workday Financials implementation, collaborating with the implementation partner, project managers, and internal stakeholders
• Assist with system setup, data migration, and integration testing for all relevant financial modules
• Ensure the successful deployment of Workday Financials, including but not limited to General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Expenses, Procurement, Asset Management, and Financial Planning
• Troubleshoot issues, providing expert level support, based on severity and impact. Resolve issues or identify vendor escalations as needed. Own issues until resolved
• Work closely with internal partners (Finance, HR, Systems) to build and maintain Workday business process configurations and security
• Administer and maintain user access and security roles within Workday Financials, ensuring appropriate access controls are in place
• Participate in cross-functional project teams to maximize the Workday suite to provide an easy and efficient employee and manager experience
• Analyze existing processes to identify inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement. Implement or direct the implementation of such process improvements
• Actively leads and works on multiple projects at a time. Possesses a clear understanding of the project benefits and risks, and clearly communicates to team members as well as stakeholders
• Collaborate with business partners to configure business processes and routing rules, including unit testing, regression testing, and end to end testing of new functionality
• Develop and maintain internal documentation related to Workday

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience working with Workday Financial Management, with hands-on expertise in configuring and managing multiple modules such as General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Procurement, and Financial Planning
• Experience with Workday implementation projects, either as a client or implementation partner
• Strong understanding of financial processes, accounting principles, and reporting requirements
• Ability to ensure all operational transactions are captured accurately and interfaced timely while maintaining data integrity
• Experience with Adaptive Planning
• Ability to recommend Workday-specific process improvements, innovative solutions, and ways to remain compliant with policy and regulatory requirements
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal

Compensation and Benefits

The base salary range for this position is $105,000 to $135,000 in the location(s) of this posting. Individual salaries are determined through a variety of factors, including education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography. Base salary does not include other forms of total compensation such as bonus compensation and other benefits. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and AD&D insurance, 20 days of paid time off, 9 sick days, and a 401(k) plan with a company match.

Referral Program

Friends of Voleon Candidate Referral Program: If you have a great candidate in mind for this role and would like to have the potential to earn $7,500 if your referred candidate is successfully hired and employed by The Voleon Group, please use this form to submit your referral. For more details regarding eligibility, terms and conditions please review the Voleon Referral Bonus Program.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.

Vaccination Policy

The Voleon Group has implemented a policy requiring all employees who will be entering our worksite, including new hires, to be fully vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine. This policy also applies to remote employees, as such employees will be asked to visit our offices from time to time. To the extent permitted by applicable law, proof of vaccination will be required as a condition of employment. This policy is part of Voleon’s ongoing efforts to ensure the safety and well-being of our employees and community, and to support public health efforts.