Workday Financials Admin

SystemsAccountants; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

SystemsAccountants Inc. is seeking a Senior Workday Financials Analyst to serve as the primary functional and technical administrator for the Workday Financials platform.

You will collaborate with finance, accounting, and business leaders to optimize, maintain, and support our Workday FIN footprint across Core Financials, Cash Management, Assets, AR, Expenses, and Budgeting. In this role you will support month-end close, drive process improvements, develop advanced reports and dashboards, and

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of hands-on Workday Financials configuration and support.
• Experience configuring Core Financials, Cash Management, Assets, AR, or Expenses.
• Strong Workday reporting capabilities (Advanced, Matrix, Composite).
• Solid understanding of general ledger, closing cycles, and internal controls.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, MIS, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Configure and support Workday FIN modules including Core Financials, Cash Management, Assets, AR, Expenses, and Budgeting.
• Maintain and optimize Workday business processes for controls and efficiency.
• Support month-end and year-end close cycles and resolve ledger issues.
• Design and maintain complex Workday reports and dashboards for cash, assets, spend, and variances.
• Oversee release testing and assess new Workday features for impact.
• Provide tier-2/3 end-user support and develop training materials.

Skills

Workday Financials

Workday Reporting

Finance Knowledge

Process Improvement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/MIS or equivalent

Tools

Workday Report Writer

Job description

Senior Workday Financials Analyst

Position Summary

We are seeking a Senior Workday Financials Analyst to serve as the primary functional and technical administrator for our Workday Financials (FIN) platform. In this role, you will collaborate with finance, accounting, and business leaders to optimize, maintain, and support our active Workday FIN footprint, including Core Financials, Cash Management, Business Assets, Customer Accounts, Expenses, and Budgeting. This position plays a critical role in supporting our month-end and year-end close cycles, streamlining financial business processes, and delivering robust reporting and analytics.

Key Responsibilities

1. System Administration & Configuration: Lead the ongoing design, configuration, testing, and implementation of Workday FIN modules, specifically focusing on Core Financials, Cash Management, Business Assets, Customer Accounts, Expenses, and Budgets.
2. Business Process Optimization: Maintain and optimize Workday business processes (BPs) across financial workflows to ensure proper controls, approvals, and operational efficiency.
3. Financial Close Support: Support the Finance and Accounting teams during critical period-close and year-end close cycles, troubleshooting ledger, posting, or operational errors in a timely manner.
4. Reporting & Analytics: Design, build, and maintain complex Workday custom reports (Advanced, Matrix, Composite) and dashboards to provide actionable insights into cash positioning, asset depreciation, spend analysis, and budget-to-actual variances.
5. Release & Regression Testing: Oversee the review and regression testing of Workday bi-annual releases and weekly updates for FIN, identifying new features to leverage and ensuring existing processes remain uninterrupted.
6. End-User Support & Training: Act as the tier-2/3 support lead for financial system inquiries, developing job aids, and training finance and operational business users.

Required Qualifications

• Workday Financials Experience: Minimum of 4-6 years of hands-on Workday Financials configuration and support experience.
• Module Depth: Proven expertise configuring at least three of the following active areas: Core Financials (Ledger/Worktags), Cash Management (Banking/Settlement), Business Assets, Customer Accounts (AR), or Expenses.
• Reporting Proficiency: Strong skills in Workday Report Writer, with demonstrated experience building advanced and composite reports.
• Finance Knowledge: Solid understanding of core accounting principles, general ledger structures, financial close cycles, and internal controls.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Management Information Systems (MIS), or equivalent relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Workday Financials certification(s).
• Experience supporting Workday's integration with Adaptive Planning for financial and headcount budgeting.
• Experience managing or configuring corporate credit card transaction loaders and banking reconciliation integrations.