Workday Finance Transformation Director

Guidehouse; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 179,000 - 298,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a Finance Executive Director to lead the Enterprise Systems Transformation focused on Workday Financial Management. You will drive architecture, design, and deployment across the Workday platform, ensuring alignment with finance processes, controls, and reporting needs.

You will collaborate with Finance, IT, Data, and Audit teams, guiding data conversion, integrations, and cutover activities while building scalable, compliant financial architectures for a global

Qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive finance, ERP, or enterprise systems experience.
• Deep expertise in Workday architecture, configuration, security, reporting.
• Workday Financial Management certifications or equivalent credentials.
• Experience leading large-scale Workday implementations.

Responsibilities

• Define target-state, transition-state, and post-deployment architecture for Workday Financial Management.
• Lead end-to-end solution design across the Workday Financials platform, incl. GL, revenue, procurement, projects, and analytics.
• Translate finance strategy and accounting policies into scalable Workday configurations.
• Own data conversion strategy, profiling, cleansing, mapping, and post-migration validation.
• Partner with implementation vendors and internal teams to manage scope, milestones, risks, and architecture deliverables.

Skills

Workday Financials

Workday architecture

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Data governance

Financial reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance or related field

Workday certification

Tools

Workday Integrations

Workday Security

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking a Finance Executive Director to lead the Enterprise Systems Transformation focused on Workday Financial Management. You will drive architecture, design, and deployment across the Workday platform, ensuring alignment with finance processes, controls, and reporting needs.

You will collaborate with Finance, IT, Data, and Audit teams, guiding data conversion, integrations, and cutover activities while building scalable, compliant financial architectures for a global