Lead Financial Systems Developer

NewRez LLC; Coppell (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with employer match

Parental leave

Job summary

Newrez LLC is seeking a Senior Workday Financials Developer to support and enhance Workday Financials across integrations, reporting, configuration, and core financial processes. You will partner with Accounting and Finance to ensure data integrity and scalable solutions, building integrations with Studio, EIB, Orchestrate, and Accounting Center.

The role involves hands-on development, testing, and collaboration with IT and external teams to automate processes and enhance financial operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years Workday experience focusing on integrations.
• Proven experience building Workday Studio, EIB, and Accounting Center integrations.
• Experience with Workday security configuration and Business Process.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop Workday integrations.
• Capture requirements and craft technical designs for integrations.
• Unit test integration solutions and support UAT with Accounting.
• Monitor and optimize production integration jobs.
• Support governance and SOX related documentation.

Skills

Workday Studio

EIB integrations

Accounting Center

Orchestrate

REST/SOAP

Workday reporting

Security configuration

UAT

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Accounting, Finance or related fields

Tools

XSLT

XML

JavaScript

Job description

Who We Are

At Newrez, we bring big thinkers and caring doers together to make home happen. We’re a team built on heart and hustle, united by a commitment to show up for our customers, our communities, and each other. We believe that when our people thrive, homeowners thrive - and that’s why we invest in your growth, wellbeing, and ability to make an impact. Every day, we work to exceed the expectations of our residential mortgage borrowers and business partners through superior service, simple processes, and clear communication. We do this by empowering our employees, encouraging innovative solutions and recognizing great performance.

Position Summary

The Senior Workday Financials Developer is responsible for supporting and enhancing Workday Financials across integrations, reporting, configuration, and core financial processes. This role serves as a key partner to Accounting and Finance, ensuring the integrity, scalability, and efficiency of financial data and systems. Role is responsible for supporting Workday Financials configuration, including General Ledger (GL), Financial Data Model (FDM), Accounting Center, and business process frameworks. The role ensures that system design aligns with accounting requirements, internal controls, and reporting needs. The role also includes hands‑on building and supporting integrations in and out of Workday with internal and external systems that are related to accounting and financial operations. The job Includes helping to identify opportunities for automation, gathering business requirements, documenting the technical requirements, developing the integration solutions, unit testing the solution, working with end users on UAT, and monitoring and taking action to enhance or fix issues over time. This role involves collaborating with end users in Accounting, internal IT teams, and third‑party technical teams. The position resides within Accounting as part of a small financial systems administration team. The position plays a key role in delivering scalable, high‑quality integration solutions using Workday tools (Studio, EIB, Orchestrate, and Accounting Center) and APIs (REST/SOAP). Responsibilities include capturing business requirements into technical designs, developing and unit testing solutions, partnering with Accounting and Finance teams during UAT, and proactively monitoring and optimizing integrations in production.

Essential Functions, Duties and Responsibilities

• Integrations design and development for Workday integrations.
• Requirement gathering and solution architecture.
• Testing, both unit testing and collaborating with Accounting on User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Provide technical guidance on integration solutions and best practices.
• Develop and maintain data mappings, transformation logic, and integration documentation.
• Stay current with Workday releases, integration/development technologies, and best practices.
• Production support and monitoring integration jobs to proactively identify and resolve issues.
• Drive continuous improvement in integrations and process automation.
• Support governance, compliance & documentation related to custom built solutions (e.g., SOX).
• Communicate status, risks, and technical concepts clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
• Create custom calculations and advance reports as a service to support integrations.
• Ability to effectively and accurately convey information to others.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Accounting, Finance or related fields. 7+ years of Workday experience with a strong focus on developing and enhancing integrations. Proven experience building Workday Studio integrations, EIB integrations, and Accounting Center Integrations. The ideal candidate will have worked in or supported corporate accounting operations.

Skills, Abilities, and Knowledge

• Experience building integrations with Workday Studio, Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB), Orchestrate, and Accounting Center are a must.
• Experience with scripting languages such as XSLT, XML, and JavaScript used in integrations.
• Experience with Web integration tools using REST, RASS, and SOAP web services.
• Experience with Workday Report Writer to build Matrix, Advance and Composite Reports.
• Experience with Workday Discovery Boards, Worksheets, and Report Designer.
• Self-sufficient to research, technical documentation, and solicit additional support in the Workday Community and Developer Forum.
• Strong understanding of Workday’s security configuration and access controls.
• Experience in configuring and managing Workday’s Business Process framework.
• Experience with Workday Customer Central to migrate configuration between tenants Experience with various AI tools (CoPilot, Claude, SONOS, etc.). scripting and coding
• Strong verbal communication skills; strong writing and composition abilities.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop and maintain effective and professional relationships across the organization and with customers.
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills; consultative and collaborative work style.
• High learning agility with the ability to learn and integrate business variables and learn new systems and platforms.
• Strong analytical skills & problem-solving abilities; solid decision-making abilities coupled with sound judgement.
• Effective at managing multiple priorities under tight deadlines in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Strong project management and time management capability.
• Self-directed and comfortable working with ambiguity and uncertainty.
• High degree of professional maturity, integrity, ability to maintain confidential data and information.
• High degree of business acumen; strong technical aptitude.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills.

Work Environment and Physical Requirements

Working on-site at assigned office location. Regular and punctual attendance adhering to schedule established by leadership. Flexibility to work occasional adjusted work schedules, overtime, and evening and/or weekend hours to meet deadlines or as business needs demand. Working in a cubicle hub, maintaining focus on phone calls in a noisy environment within earshot of multiple other conversations. Sedentary work in a stationary position at a cubicle for prolonged periods of time. Constant repetitive motions required for operating a computer, such as typing and managing phone calls. Constantly communicating effectively verbally in English, including accurately exchanging information with others following identification of correct procedures.

Additional Information

While this description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the position’s requirements, it in no way implies/states that these are the only job responsibilities. Management reserves the right to modify, add or remove duties and request other duties, as necessary. All employees are required to have smart phones that meet Company security standards with the ability to install apps such as Okta Verify and Microsoft Authenticator. Employment will be contingent on this requirement. Employees and applicants acknowledge that this is not a remote role. Individuals in this role are required to be on-site to complete essential job duties, absent extenuating circumstances.

Why Newrez

We’re a great place to work because we invest in what matters: your career, your community, your wellbeing, and your future. Our total rewards package is designed to support your whole self.

Company Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Health Savings Account with employer contribution
• 401(k) Retirement plan with employer match
• Paid Maternity Leave/Parental Bonding Leave/Caregiver Leave
• Adoption Assistance
• Tuition & Certification reimbursement
• Employee Mortgage Loan Program
• The Newrez Employee Emergency and Disaster Fund is a program to support our team members experiencing hardships
• Newrez NOW: Through Newrez NOW, our Corporate Social Responsibility program, you’ll have opportunities to give back, lead, and make a difference.
• 1 company-paid Volunteer Time Off day (with over 40,000 volunteer hours contributed since our inception)
• Matching Gifts Program - dollar-for-dollar up to $1,000
• Access to grants, nonprofit resources, and volunteer opportunities
• More than $6,000,000 donated since 2020
• 1 in 5 employees participates in at least one Employee Resource Group (ERG)

Equal Employment Opportunity

We're proud to be an equal opportunity employer- and celebrate our employees' differences, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and Veteran status. Different makes us better.

About Our Business

In both good economic times and bad, people need homes - and mortgages to buy them. We help these people every day buy homes or refinance their current mortgage loans. The right company in the right industry. In both good economic times and bad, people need homes - and mortgages to buy them. We help these people every day buy homes or refinance their current mortgage loans. We value and reward entrepreneurial spirit, and we are growing. Few lenders are as innovative, as financially solid, as well managed and on track to become America’s leading lender as the Newrez Family of Companies. We deliver products and services that turn prospects into delighted customers —providing abundant opportunity for the great people who work here. These competitive advantages set us apart, and they’re why you can grow with us for the long term.