Senior Manager, Workday Financials

FactSet; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in financial solutions is seeking an expert in Workday Financials. The role involves managing financial systems and leading initiatives to enhance the company's profitability. Candidates should boast significant experience in Workday and a Bachelor’s degree. Join FactSet to drive innovation and improve operational efficiency in a collaborative culture.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Workday Financials implementation or support role.
• Workday Customer Accounts and Contracts certification and three successful implementations.
• Experience with 3rd-party tax services.

Responsibilities

• Lead initiatives in Workday Finance regarding Customer Accounts and Contracts.
• Manage the administration of the Workday system including security and configuration.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and deliver efficient solutions.

Skills

Customer Focused

Initiative

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, Accounting, MIS, Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

MS Office

Job description

FactSet creates flexible, open data and software solutions for over 200,000 investment professionals worldwide, providing instant access

to financial data and analytics that investors use to make crucial decisions.

At FactSet, our values are the foundation of everything we do. They express how we act and operate , serve as a compass in our decision-making, and play a big role in how we treat each other, our clients, and our communities. We believe that the best ideas can come from anyone, anywhere, at any time, and that curiosity is the key to anticipating our clients’ needs and exceeding their expectations.

The Workday Financials initiative is part of the Finance Transformation Program at FactSet. Expanding Workday Financials is viewed as a project to drive profitability, support global sales goals, and make us nimble to meet the current complex business environment that we operate in.

With a wealth of learning and career development opportunities, and best of breed technology platforms across our internal and external ecosystems, we make sure our people continue to grow both professionally and personally. If you're looking for an organization with a strong team connection where you can be your whole self, have an impact, advance your skills, deepen your experiences, and have the flexibility and access to constantly find new areas of inspiration and expand your capabilities, you have come to the right place.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for leading initiatives in Workday Finance, with an emphasis on Customer Accounts, Customer Contracts, Revenue, and Billing
• As part of a larger team, manages the administration of the Workday system including system configuration, maintaining security, data audits and corrections, and introduction of new functionality.
• Manage twice a year mandatory release.
• Identify, recommend, and track opportunities for process and operational improvements.
  Analyze problems, formulate solutions and alternatives, and deliver solutions that achieve desired results in a timely and cost-efficient manner.
• Design, develop, and support custom Advanced, Composite and Matrix Reports. Business Process Validation Rules, Calculated Fields and EIBs
• Resident expert in the Workday Financials product suite and ensure business partners take advantage of best practices
• Implement standards and best practices for supporting Financial Systems used by the Finance organization
• Maintain a thorough understanding of the accounting system design, particularly related to data flow

Minimum Requirements:

• 5+ Years of experience in Workday Financials implementationor support role

Critical Skills:

• Workday Customer Accounts and Contracts certification and a minimum of three successful implementations
• Lead to Cash domain expertise
• Experience with 3rd-party tax services
• Customer Focused – personally demonstrate that both external and internal customers are a high priority by identifying and responding to their needs in a timely and efficient manner

Additional Desired/Skills:

• Experience with Professional Service Automation (PSA)
• Revenue accounting experience
• Initiative – Recognizes opportunities and initiates actions to capitalize on them by looking for a new and productive ways to make an impact
• Capable of writing Standard, Advanced, Matrix and Composite reports. Experience with creating complex calculated fields, custom objects
• Must be experienced user of MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, PowerPoint; In Excel, must have ability to create pivot tables, v/lookups).
• Ability to act quickly and iterate to achieve results
• Building Organizational Commitment – Demonstrates commitment, integrity and appreciation for the organization

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Accounting, MIS, Engineering or Computer Science

The budgeted salary range for this position in the states of California, Connecticut and New York is $150,000.00 - $170.000.00.

At FactSet, we celebrate diversity of thought, experience, and perspective. We are committed to disrupting bias and a transparent hiring process. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status. FactSet participates in E-Verify.

FactSet is an Equal Opportunity Employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

Company Overview:

FactSet ( NYSE:FDS | NASDAQ:FDS ) helps the financial community to see more, think bigger, and work better. Our digital platform and enterprise solutions deliver financial data, analytics, and open technology to more than 8,200 global clients, including over 200,000 individual users. Clients across the buy-side and sell-side, as well as wealth managers, private equity firms, and corporations, achieve more every day with our comprehensive and connected content, flexible next-generation workflow solutions, and client-centric specialized support. As a member of the S&P 500, we are committed to sustainable growth and have been recognized among the Best Places to Work in 2023 by Glassdoor as a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award winner. Learn more at www.factset.com and follow us on X and LinkedIn .

At FactSet, we celebrate difference of thought, experience, and perspective. Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. FactSet participates in E-Verify