Senior Workday Finance Specialist

 

Duration: Full Time Permanent

Location: Toronto, ON 

Hybrid: 2 days a week onsite

 

Our client in the energy sector is looking for a Sr. Workday Finance Specialist to provide technical expertise and analysis in assessing and designing enterprise application solutions. Reporting to the Manager, Enterprise Applications, you will be working closely with Workday team members, internal business partners, and designated vendors and partners to address business demands, support inquiries, and ensure that global business applications in scope are operational within SLA.

Must haves:

 

• 5+ years experience in Workday configuration for Finance modules.
• Workday Finance certifications is a must.
• Expert in system integrations and support.
• 5+ years experience supporting business application systems, applications development, technical design, system integrations, system configuration and deployment along with end-user requirements and support.
• 5+ 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 and 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.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent Business or related field.

 

Responsibilities:

 

• Responsible for managing and supporting 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 Manager, Enterprise Applications, responsible for planning, design, development, deployment of application and reporting solutions, vendor releases, patches, and enhancements to ERP solution.
• Lead the business requirements gathering process and prepare business requirements documents.
• Provide technical leadership in IT/OT application projects and implementation and work with implementation team and vendors.
• Maintain IT standards throughout SDLC.
• Assist with ongoing systems and process improvement initiatives to ensure efficient data flow is captured and reporting capability/requirements are met.
• Collaborate and support Manager, Enterprise Applications in ensuring that vendors and service providers are delivering quality solutions based on SLAs.
• Develop and maintain all documentation relating to the technical environment including testing and support.

We’re an equal opportunity employer committed to increasing diversity and inclusion in today’s workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Minorities, women, LGBTQ candidates, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. If you require an accommodation, please review our accessibility policy and reach out to our accessibility officer with any questions.