Job Title: Workday Functional Analyst
Location: Tampa, FL
Duration: 12 Months + Extension
Bill Rate: $87/hour (C2C)
Job Type: W-2, 1099, C2C
Client: To Be Discussed Later
Work Authorization: US Citizen, Green Card, OPT-EAD, CPT, H-1B, H4-EAD, Other
Job Description:
We are seeking an experienced Workday Functional Analyst with strong expertise in Workday Financial Management, Accounting Center, and financial integrations. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in Workday configuration, accounting processes, financial data reconciliation, reporting, and integrations with external platforms.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Support Chart of Accounts extraction, accounting rules, allocations, and financial reporting structures.
- Configure and maintain Workday Accounting Center, including accounting rules, journal entries, and event processing.
- Drive financial data conversion, migration, and validation activities, including opening balances.
- Collaborate with integration teams to establish seamless connectivity between Workday and external systems, including Azure Databricks.
- Develop, maintain, and test Workday reports, dashboards, and analytics for Finance leadership.
- Configure Workday business processes, approval workflows, security, and financial controls to meet business and compliance requirements.
- Perform unit testing, end-to-end testing, UAT support, defect resolution, and cutover planning.
- Work closely with Workday Solution Architects to ensure scalable and consistent functional designs.
- Provide knowledge transfer, training, and documentation for Finance super-users and business teams.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory and accounting standards, including SOX, GAAP, and IFRS.
- Support post-go-live stabilization, hypercare, and ongoing Workday Finance enhancements.
- Manage periodic Workday releases, assess new and deprecated features, communicate their impact to customers, and collaborate with teams to implement appropriate solutions.
- Identify opportunities to optimize financial processes and improve system performance and data accuracy.
Required Skills:
- Minimum 6+ years of experience as a Workday Consultant or Functional Analyst, preferably in Finance and Accounting.
- Strong experience with Workday Accounting Center, including accounting rules, journal entries, event processing, and reconciliation.
- Hands-on experience configuring Workday Business Processes, Security, and system setup.
- Strong understanding of Workday Reporting, including Advanced Reports, Composite Reports, Matrix Reports, and Workday Prism Analytics.
- Extensive experience in financial data reconciliation and validation.
- Strong understanding of accounting principles, including GAAP and STAT.
- Experience with multi-entity and multi-currency financial consolidations.
- Knowledge of audit, compliance, SOX, internal controls, and statutory reporting.
- Experience managing multiple Workday releases and implementing new features.
- Strong technical expertise in Workday Studio, RaaS, WQL, SOAP, and REST APIs.
- Experience with Finance Data Hub and financial integrations.
- Exposure to Azure Databricks and integration with external financial systems.