Job Description

Exciting Opportunity: Workday Finance Functional Specialist

Full-time permanent role, hybrid, Toronto




Are you ready to advance your Workday Finance career? Our client is growing its team and seeking a talented and motivated Workday Finance professional with over three years of experience to join a dynamic team. This is an excellent chance to broaden your expertise, work alongside Senior-Level Workday specialists, and explore growth opportunities.


Key Responsibilities


Responsible for managing and supporting the core global and local Workday ERP system, primarily Finance. Collaborate with business functional owners, business superusers and business support vendors to align application solutions with organizational objectives. In collaboration with the Manager, Enterprise Applications, responsible for planning, designing, developing, and deploying application and reporting solutions, as well as vendor releases, patches, and enhancements to the ERP solution. Lead the process of gathering business requirements and prepare business requirements documents. Provide technical leadership in IT/OT application projects and implementation, working collaboratively with the implementation team and vendors. Maintain IT standards throughout the SDLC. Assist with ongoing systems and process improvement initiatives to ensure efficient data flow is captured and reporting capability/requirements are met. Collaborate with and support the Manager of Enterprise Applications in ensuring that vendors and service providers deliver quality solutions according to SLAs.

Qualifications And Experience

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent Business or related field. Minimum 3+ years experience supporting business application systems, application development, technical design, system integrations, system configuration and deployment along with end-user requirements and support. 3+ years experience in Workday configuration for Finance modules. Workday Finance certifications are a must. Proficiency in the HR module would be an asset. Expert in system integrations and support. 3+ years of experience eliciting business requirements and preparing business requirements documents. Strong understanding of Accounting principles and Finance processes. Proficiency and experience with implementing all or most Workday Finance modules. Proficiency with Microsoft enterprise products, development tools, and methodologies. Waterfall/Agile/Scrum methodologies, etc., experience with traditional SDLC methodologies Knowledge of ITIL framework. Understanding of SaaS solution implementation approaches, as well as cloud development tools Excellent verbal and written communication skills with all levels of users and with management. Strong influencing, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills. Self-motivated, team player, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Strong planning and quality decision-making skills. Strong presentation skills.
Salary: $110,000-$125,000, based on experience


Note: The successful candidate must be eligible to work in Canada and undergo a background check.