Principal Engineer, Workday Financials (Atlanta/Hybrid)

Manhattan Associates; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Principal Engineer to lead the design and development of Workday Financials solutions. This pivotal role involves managing complex projects, mentoring junior engineers, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure solutions align with strategic business goals. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in Workday configuration, integration, and accounting processes, coupled with strong problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate effectively across technical and non-technical teams. Join a dynamic environment where innovation and continuous improvement are at the forefront, and make a significant impact on the future of supply chain technology.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in project management and vendor partnerships.
• Strong leadership and mentoring skills for junior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of Workday Financials solutions.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineering teams.

Skills

Project Management

Communication Skills

Debugging Skills

Agile Methodologies

Leadership

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Microsoft Project

JIRA

Bitbucket

Confluence

Quality Center

ServiceNow

SharePoint

Job description

We create possibilities that move life and commerce forward

Welcome to Manhattan. Every day, our supply chain commerce technology connects two billion people to 20 billion consumer choices. In the warehouse, on the road and in the store, we make what was once impossible, possible. If you want to tackle complex problems and redefine markets, you’ve come to the right place.

JOB SUMMARY –

The Principal Engineer is responsible for overseeing the design, development, and implementation of Workday Financials solutions within the organization. This role involves leading moderate to complex projects, providing technical guidance, and mentoring junior engineers. The Principal Engineer collaborates with cross-functional teams to ensure that solutions meet business requirements and align with the strategic goals of the organization. Key responsibilities include driving innovation, improving software quality, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. This position requires a deep understanding of Workday configuration and integration development engineering principles, strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS –

• 3+ years experience interfacing and partnering with vendors
• 3+ years experience assisting in strategy/roadmap and planning
• Good proficiency with Microsoft Project or similar project management tool and project management skills
• Strong communication skills and ability to communicate at all levels of the organization (technical and business)
• Strong debugging skills
• 2+ years experience leading/mentoring more junior staff members
• Highly self-motivated, directed, ability to work independently and be results-driven
• 5+ years experience with SharePoint for document management and sharing
• 5+ years experience with IT ticketing software (Quality Center, ServiceNow, JIRA)
• 3+ years experience in agile/waterfall software delivery methodologies
• 3+ years experience using Jira, Bitbucket and Confluence agile toolsets or similar
• 5+ years experience working with small, geographically distributed teams
• 5+ years experience working both independently and in a team oriented, collaborative environment
• 7+ years working with Corporate Accounting processes
• 7+ years Accounting Application development and support experience including configuration/customization of applications and integrations across applications/modules in Workday
• 7+ years experience with Workday functional areas like Financials, Procurement, and Revenue Management
• 7+ years experience with Workday Integration types including EIB, Core Connectors, Cloud Connect and Workday Studio
• 7+ years experience creating Workday custom reports and calculated fields
• 7+ years experience integrating Workday with third-party service vendors

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS –

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in computer science, engineering or related field or equivalent work experience

Principal Duties and Responsibilities –

• Provide technical leadership to a small group of engineers
• Good understanding of most dependencies, interfaces and services required by assigned components and other related areas of the system
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a fast-paced environment, including estimating and planning own and others work
• Determines optimal and efficient designs for application
• Develops detailed design tech specifications for application
• Leads development application from detailed design specifications
• Configure/develops and unit tests assigned areas following ETS development processes
• Performs code reviews
• Debugs moderately to complex problems in the primary tool required for the role and resolves in a timely manner
• Implements changes to system assuring the changes do not introduce new issues
• Keeps abreast of improvements in software techniques and develop some improvements on own
• Facilitates technology and skills knowledge transfer within the team and beyond
• Ability to influence and negotiate agreement on scope and schedule with business partners
• Lead or perform ongoing production support and end user support in timely manner
• Perform quality assurance on all technical deliverables
• Participate in demand and planning management conversations with assigned business partners around their needs for ETS related services
• Assist in organizing, planning and managing projects and ensuring all related SDLC activities are executed with quality and within schedule
• Work to becomes the resident expert on assigned components
• Leads Interactions with business to develop enterprise solutions
• Ability to be flexible while delivering assignments with understanding that deliverables may change based on business needs

ADDITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS –

• Independently performs assignments to achieve stated objective. Determines and develops approach to solutions
• Receives technical guidance only on unusual or complex problems or issues
• May be responsible for entire projects having moderate to complex scope/impact or portions of projects having considerable scope/impact
• Uses judgment and discretion to determine work priorities, receiving little instruction from others