Senior Workday Financials Platform Lead

Guidehouse; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a Workday Financials Technical Lead to act as the senior technical owner of the Finance System of Record. You will drive platform stability, delivery quality, and governance across configuration, integrations, data, security, reporting, and operations.

Collaborate with Finance, IT, and partners within the IT Finance portfolio to translate priorities into actionable work. You will own technical delivery for Workday changes, ensure control adherence, and guide

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field; 10+ years of experience or 14+ without degree.
• Deep hands-on Workday Financial Management expertise; architecture, security, reporting, and integrations.
• Experience as platform owner, solution lead, architect, or senior technical lead in a complex enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day Workday Financials execution and platform stability.
• Lead integrations, data, security, reporting and operations across the finance stack.
• Collaborate with IT Finance, Finance leadership, Procurement, and security for delivery plans.
• Manage lifecycle activities: releases, environments, testing, deployment, and escalation.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise architecture, security, and SOX controls.
• Provide technical direction and mentoring to admins, developers, and partners.

Skills

Platform ownership

Technical leadership

ERP integrations

Security concepts

Data governance

SOX controls

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Documentation

Written and verbal communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems or related field

Master's degree in Information Systems/Engineering/Accounting/Finance (nice-to-have)

Tools

Workday Financial Management

Workday Studio

Core Connectors

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking a Workday Financials Technical Lead to act as the senior technical owner of the Finance System of Record. You will drive platform stability, delivery quality, and governance across configuration, integrations, data, security, reporting, and operations.

Collaborate with Finance, IT, and partners within the IT Finance portfolio to translate priorities into actionable work. You will own technical delivery for Workday changes, ensure control adherence, and guide