Workday Finance Engineer

University of Washington; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Washington in Seattle, WA, is hiring a Software Engineer for Workday Finance configurations within UWIT Workday Operations. The role focuses on configuring and supporting the Workday Finance modules, coordinating updates, and ensuring reliable integrations and reports.

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in finance, computer science, or related fields or equivalent experience, plus at least three years of Workday Finance experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance, computer science, information science, or related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum three years of experience in Workday Finance configuration, testing, and support.

Responsibilities

• Configure and support Workday Finance modules including Procurement, Grants, Banking/Settlement, and Core Finance.
• Coordinate with Workday Finance stakeholders to analyze complex issues and implement configuration changes.
• Develop and maintain validation scripts and testing procedures for Workday configurations.

Job description

Hybrid (telework 3 days or more per week)

Seattle, WA

Full time

Job Description

Position Purpose:

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state, and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills, and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world. By being deeply invested in our work, showing compassion in our interactions, and embodying the spirit of a team player, each member contributes to a thriving community. UW is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse staff; your experiences, perspectives, and unique identities will be honored at the University of Washington. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming.

UW Information Technology (UWIT) is the central information technology organization for the University of Washington, responsible for strategic planning, oversight, and direction of the UW's IT infrastructure, resources, and services. UWIT provides critical technology support to all three campuses, UW Medicine, and research operations around the world, partnering with the UW community to enable innovation, learning, discovery, and service.

UWIT Workday Operations supports the University's faculty, staff and student workers by configuring and supporting UW's Workday platform. Within UWIT Workday Operations the Workday Finance Application Management team supports Workday Finance modules such as Procurement, Grants, Banking/Settlement, and Core Finance. The hallmarks of UWIT Workday Operations are delivering services that are timely, accurate and highly attuned to the fast-paced university environment.

The Software Engineer will support Tier 3 Application Management functions in Workday Finance, a cloud-based finance software system. More specific responsibilities will include coordinating with other Workday Finance Application Management team members to analyze/troubleshoot complex system issues, supporting the configuration and implementation changes to the Workday application, participating in testing/validation of functionality changes, documenting and communicating changes, and collaborating with reporting and integration teams. In performing these duties, the incumbent will analyze business problems and processes to identify functional and non-functional solutions supporting the needs of the University.

As a contributor to the Application Support team, the Software Engineer will serve as a member of the Workday Core Finance team to ensure design, development, configuration, testing and launch of specific features are complete and functional, both independently and in coordination with all other dependent Workday features. Further, this position is responsible for ensuring all dependent integrations, reports and other business needs are consistently maintained and accounted for as continual changes are made to the Workday system. This role will require insight into various business processes and technical considerations and encompass cognizance of relevant compliance/regulatory standards and associated audit/control reporting.

Position Complexities:

• Complete identification and implementation of complex Workday configuration changes.

• Troubleshoot advanced system issues.

• Complete advanced analysis of the Workday release schedule and coordinate with stakeholders to understand implications of release of new features, and associated update priorities.

• Maintain productive relationships with designated stakeholders to understand policies, procedures, and established standards.

• Evaluate processes, identify improvement opportunities, and implement required updates/enhancements.

• Adhere to protocols and standards for facilitating configurations and software changes in an accurate, efficient, and compliant manner.

• Leverage extensive insight across the spectrum of Workday business process and technical inter-dependencies, exercising cognizance of foundational design concepts, data conventions and workflow dependencies.

• Contribute to related application support activities as required.

• Manage high-volume workloads by multi-tasking, coordinating with peers and communicating with customers as required.

• Balance complex and competing priorities in a deadline-driven environment.

Position Dimensions and Impact to the University:

The Workday Finance Application Management team delivers a high level of service to customers by collaborating with business partners and other technical teams to address needs in an efficient, accurate and compliant manner.

This position is responsible for maintaining and updating the configuration of the Financial Accounting, Business Assets, Capital Projects, and Planning process areas within Workday. The design, configuration and ongoing maintenance of this functionality will directly impact the University's ability to ensure the integrity of Finance systems.

Position Responsibilities:

Workday Configuration (60%)

• Leverage knowledge across the spectrum of Workday business process and technical inter-dependencies, utilizing understanding of foundational design concepts, data conventions and workflow dependencies.

• Conduct systems analysis, identify enhancement opportunities, and implement complex Workday Financial Accounting, Business Assets, Capital Projects, and Planning configuration changes.

• Provide configuration and administration guidance on system functionality.

• Under direction, evaluate and assimilate evolving Workday functionality, remaining cognizant of complex system inter-dependencies and associated business process implications.

• Analyze business problems and processes to identify functional and non-functional solutions supporting the Finance needs of the University.

• Under direction complete identification and implementation of complex Workday configuration changes.

• Complete periodic Workday update processes, including testing activities.

• Develop and maintain manual and automated (Kainos) test scripts to support releases, changes and break fixes.

• Contribute to related application support activities as required.

• Collaborate with Integrations and Reporting teams to ensure functionality of designated Workday features continue as planned, and any new integrations/reports are completed.

• Adhere to protocols and standards for facilitating configurations and software changes in an accurate, efficient, and compliant manner.

• Evaluate processes, identify improvement opportunities, and implement required updates/enhancements in the context of a continuous improvement framework.

Operational Support (20%)

• Coordinate closely with business owners, tier 2, and other tier 3 resources across the Workday Finance spectrum to troubleshoot advanced Workday Finance system issues, identify resolutions and communicate results.

• Support resolution of complex user/stakeholder inquiries as needed.

• Troubleshoot advanced Workday Finance system issues, identify resolutions and communicate results.

• Support Finance transactions as required, including higher volume windows and major processing activities

Knowledge Management, Training & Communication (20%)

• Maintain productive relationships with designated stakeholders to understand Finance domain policies, procedures and established standards.

• Support Workday Technical Operations knowledge management processes, including identification and verification of additions/changes to the working repository of knowledge content

• Support Workday Technical Operations internal training activities, including development and verification of relevant content.

• Communicate within Workday Technical Operations critical activities and dates that may have an impact in other areas.

Other duties as assigned.

Position Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in finance, computer science, information science, or a related field or experience.

• Minimum three years of experience in the following:

• Experience