Workday Financials Reporting Lead

US101 Guidehouse Inc.; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 98,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Paid Holidays

Employee Referral Program

Career Development & Learning

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a seasoned Workday Financials Reporting professional to join our Business Systems Analysis team. You will lead the design, development, testing, and deployment of Workday Financials reports, dashboards, and analytics, working with Finance, IT, Data, Security, and implementation teams to deliver reporting solutions that support financial operations.

You will own reporting governance, standards, validation, and lifecycle management, while coordinating with security and data

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business Administration, Data Analytics, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 6+ years of experience with enterprise financial reporting and hands-on Workday reporting.
• Experience designing and developing Workday reports, calculated fields, dashboards, and analytics.
• Strong understanding of Workday objects, data sources, report security, worktags, companies, hierarchies, and financial dimensions.
• Strong analytical, communication, documentation, training, and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and configure Workday Financials reports and dashboards.
• Define, prioritize, and deliver reporting requirements with cross-functional teams.
• Establish standards for report design, security, and lifecycle management.
• Lead report testing and reconciliation with financial statements.
• Coordinate report security with Workday Security and data owners.
• Support go-live, hypercare, and post-production enhancements.
• Assess Workday releases for reporting impacts.

Skills

Workday reporting

Stakeholder management

Report testing

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business Administration, Data Analytics, Computer Science, or a related field

Tools

Workday Financial Management

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.

Salary and Benefits

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.

• 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. If you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities, or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at 1-571-633-1711 or via email at [e-mail]. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation. All communication regarding recruitment for a Guidehouse position will be sent from Guidehouse email domains including @guidehouse.com or [e-mail]. Correspondence received by an applicant from any other domain should be considered unauthorized and will not be honored by Guidehouse. Note that Guidehouse will never charge a fee or require a money transfer at any stage of the recruitment process and does not collect fees from educational institutions for participation in a recruitment event. Never provide your banking information to a third party purporting to need that information to proceed in the hiring process. If any person or organization demands money related to a job opportunity with Guidehouse, please report the matter to Guidehouse’s Ethics Hotline. If you want to check the validity of correspondence you have received, please contact [e-mail]. Guidehouse is not responsible for losses incurred (monetary or otherwise) from an applicant’s dealings with unauthorized third parties. Guidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee. Guidehouse is a global AI-led professional services firm delivering advisory, technology, and managed services to the commercial and government sectors. With an integrated business technology approach, Guidehouse drives efficiency and resilience in the healthcare, financial services, energy, infrastructure, and national security markets. Built to help clients across industries outwit complexity, the firm brings together approximately 18,000 professionals to achieve lasting impact and shape a meaningful future. guidehouse.com