Workday Financials Reporting Lead

Guidehouse; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 98,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

Tuition Reimbursement, Learning & Cert

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking an experienced Workday Financials Reporting Lead in Chicago to design, develop, and maintain advanced Workday reports, dashboards, and analytics. You will partner with Finance, IT, Data, Security, and implementation teams to deliver reporting solutions that align with governance and lifecycle standards.

The role requires 6+ years in enterprise financial reporting with Workday experience, strong stakeholder management, and a proven ability to lead reporting workstreams while

Qualifications

• Requires 6+ years in enterprise financial reporting, with hands-on Workday Financial Management reporting.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; substitution allowed for 4+ years experience.
• Experience designing and developing complex Workday reports, dashboards, and analytics.
• Strong understanding of Workday objects, data sources, worktags, hierarchies, and financial dimensions.
• Experience leading reporting requirements, design, testing, and production support.
• Ability to troubleshoot reporting and coordinate resolution across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and configure Workday Financials reports in collaboration with the Lead and project SMEs.
• Partner with Finance, IT, Data, Security, Integrations, and implementation teams to define and deliver reporting requirements.
• Maintain the reporting inventory and determine retirements or consolidations.
• Design, test, deploy and maintain reports, statements, dashboards, and analytics.
• Ensure reporting security and access coordination with relevant teams.
• Support cutover, go-live, hypercare, documentation, and knowledge transfer.

Skills

Workday reporting

Financial analytics

Stakeholder management

Project coordination

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance/IS/Business

Tools

Workday Financial Management reporting

Prism Analytics

Workday security/config

Job description

Job Family:

Business Systems Analysis

Travel Required:

Up to 10%

Clearance Required:

None

What You Will Do:

• Work with the Workday Financials Reporting Lead and project subject matter expert to develop and configure reports that support Guidehouse Financial Operations.
• Partner with Finance, Accounting, IT, Data, Security, Integrations, and implementation teams to define, prioritize, and deliver reporting requirements.
• Maintain and rationalize the reporting inventory, identifying reports to retain, replace, consolidate, defer, or retire.
• Evaluate Workday-delivered reporting capabilities before developing custom solutions.
• Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain Workday Financials reports, financial statements; calculated fields; dashboards and analytics; and scheduled or distributed reports.
• Apply Workday business objects, data sources, worktags, hierarchies, ledgers, and financial dimensions to create accurate and supportable reporting solutions.
• Establish standards for report design, naming, documentation, testing, security, deployment, and lifecycle management in conjunction with Workday HCM team.
• Lead report testing and reconciliation to confirm accuracy, completeness, and consistency with financial statements, source systems, and downstream reporting platforms.
• Coordinate report security and access with Workday Security, Finance, and data owners.
• Support reporting cutover, go-live, hypercare, documentation, training, and knowledge transfer.
• After go-live, own intake, prioritization, development, and delivery of reporting enhancements and production-support requests.
• Assess Workday releases for reporting impacts and coordinate regression testing of critical reports.
• Monitor report performance, usage, data quality, and supportability; identify opportunities to simplify, consolidate, or retire reporting assets.
• Support audit, SOX, change-control, and reporting-governance requirements.
• Partner with enterprise data, analytics, and EPM teams to determine when requirements should be fulfilled outside Workday.
• Provide expertise and leadership for adjacent capabilities such as Prism Analytics, Worksheets, Discovery Boards and dashboards, Accounting Center reporting, integrations, and downstream EPM reporting.

What You Will Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business Administration, Data Analytics, Computer Science, or a related field. 4+ years relevant experience may be substituted in lieu of a degree.
• Significant experience (6+ years) with enterprise financial reporting, including hands‑on experience with Workday Financial Management reporting.
• Demonstrated experience designing and developing complex Workday reports, calculated fields, financial statements, dashboards, and analytics.
• Strong understanding of Workday business objects, data sources, report types, report security, worktags, companies, hierarchies, and financial dimensions.
• Working knowledge of accounting and financial processes, with the ability to analyze and reconcile financial data.
• Experience leading reporting requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, documentation, and production support.
• Experience establishing or operating reporting governance, intake, prioritization, change‑control, and lifecycle‑management processes.
• Ability to troubleshoot reporting and data issues and coordinate resolution across functional, technical, security, integration, and data teams.
• Strong stakeholder‑management skills and the ability to lead a reporting workstream while remaining hands‑on with report development and problem solving.
• Strong analytical, communication, documentation, training, and organizational skills.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Workday certification or Workday Pro credentials in Reporting, Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Prism Analytics, Accounting Center, Security, or related areas.
• Experience supporting a full‑cycle Workday Financials implementation and transitioning into post‑production ownership.
• Experience with Prism Analytics, Worksheets, Discovery Boards, Accounting Center, Reporting-as-a-Service, or Workday Report Designer/BIRT and Office Connect.
• Experience integrating Workday reporting with enterprise data platforms, BI tools, or EPM solutions such as OneStream.
• Experience supporting Workday Financials in a complex professional‑services or project‑based organization.
• Experience working in a SOX‑controlled or audit‑sensitive environment.

The annual salary range for this position is $98,000.00-$163,000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Basic Life & Supplemental Life
• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Student Loan PayDown
• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
• Skills Development & Certifications
• Employee Referral Program
• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
• Mobility Stipend

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer–Protected Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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