Workday Finance Systems Lead

Mercy Health System; Illinois; Hybrid; USD 109,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life & Disability Insurance

FSA/HSA Options

Paid time off

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Mercyhealth is seeking a Workday Financial Systems expert to configure, optimize, and support Core Financials, Budget, Expenses, Projects, and reporting. You will lead changes, develop dashboards, and mentor junior staff while shaping the financial technology roadmap.

The role partners with Finance and IT, manages semi-annual Workday releases, and builds training materials for end users to ensure efficient, accurate financial operations across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant Accounting, Finance or technical field (Information Technology, Computer Science, Software, Engineering or related technical discipline) or equivalent.
• 7+ years of Workday Finance development, configuration, reporting, product support, implementation or related experience.
• Expertise in at least 5 Workday Finance modules such as Core Financials, Banking & Settlement, Budget, Business Assets, Expenses, FDM, Financial Accounting, Grants, Supplier Accounts, Projects.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a member of the Digital & Technology Solutions department partnering with Finance areas to support configuration and maintenance of Workday Core Financials, Banking & Settlement, Budget, Business Assets, Expenses, FDM, Financial Accounting, Grants, Supplier Accounts, Projects, reporting and integrations.
• Develop and implement best practices for Workday system use, including workflows, dashboards, and reporting capabilities.
• Gather feedback from users, analyze workflows, and implement enhancements or customizations to meet evolving business needs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into system configurations.
• Perform complex Workday configuration changes, create test scripts, and test.
• Research, design, test and implement configuration changes resulting in process improvements.
• Serve as a lead subject matter expert for Workday Financial products and apply knowledge to maintain effective system utilization and efficiency.
• Manage Workday semi-annual releases and regular updates for Finance modules.
• Monitor system performance and proactively address issues, coconsciously seek opportunities to enhance system process and improve user experience.
• Facilitate change management processes, including the development of release management communication plans, implementation plans, and rollback plans for financial products.
• Investigate, triage, and troubleshoot escalated issues and system outages.
• Perform root cause analysis and exercise appropriate problem resolution and risk mitigation strategies.
• Develop internal training materials to educate users on Workday Financial functionality.
• Stay apprised of Workday releases and new features, assess impacts and recommend adoption strategies.
• Work collaboratively with technical and business stakeholders to drive the product roadmap.
• Provide mentorship and direction to junior members of the technical team.

Skills

Finance operations understanding

Strong communication skills

Requirements gathering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance or IT-related field

Tools

Workday Core Financials

Banking & Settlement

Budget

Business Assets

Expenses

FDM

Financial Accounting

Grants

Supplier Accounts

Projects

Job description

Mercyhealth is seeking a Workday Financial Systems expert to configure, optimize, and support Core Financials, Budget, Expenses, Projects, and reporting. You will lead changes, develop dashboards, and mentor junior staff while shaping the financial technology roadmap.

The role partners with Finance and IT, manages semi-annual Workday releases, and builds training materials for end users to ensure efficient, accurate financial operations across the organization.