Workday Financials Architect

Job Title: Workday Financials Architect

Location: Hybrid from Richmond, VA (3 days per week from Office)

Job Type: Contract

Job Description:

Leads AMS operations for Workday Financial Management, ensuring smooth system performance, accurate financial processing, and scalable enhancements. The role manages AMS support across FDM, Accounting, Procurement, Banking, and Projects.

Responsibilities

• Oversee AMS incident, problem, change management and Project enhancements for all Workday Financial modules.
• Lead configuration reviews and stabilization for Core Financials, Accounts Payable, Receivable, Banking, Procurement, and Project Accounting.
• Analyze month-end and year-end close issues and identify process optimization opportunities.
• Support integrations with banks, suppliers, and external financial systems.
• Collaborate with Finance, IT, and external auditors to maintain compliance and control.
• Assess and prioritize enhancement requests; lead functional and regression testing.
• Review new Workday releases and drive feature enablement across financial modules.
• Partner with Technical Architect on integration and reporting dependencies.
• Provide oversight for data quality, reconciliation, and period-close automation.
• Maintain configuration inventory, financial data dictionary, and key process maps.
• Participate in Change Control and CAB for AMS releases.
• Review SLA metrics, backlog trends, and control adherence.
• Conduct periodic audits to ensure financial data consistency across Workday and third-party systems.

Qualifications we seek in you!

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or Information Systems.
• Workday Financials certification mandatory.
• 8 years’ Workday Financials experience; 4 years in AMS or Finance system support.
• Strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills.
• Having proven skill set in role of Project Management with 10 years of experience.
• Proven experience acting as a translator between business and technical teams, with a strong understanding of both HR processes and Workday configuration.
• Experience in leading or supporting HRIT projects end-to-end, including requirements gathering, testing, and deployment.
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, with a consultative mindset and ability to influence without authority.
• Deep familiarity with Workday tools and functionality; experience with JIRA, ServiceNow, or similar platforms is a plus.
• Ability to drive digital transformation and automation in Finance processes.
• Strong project management and change leadership skills.
• Expertise in data analytics, workforce insights, and reporting tools.
• Excellent stakeholder management and collaboration abilities.

Preferred Qualifications/ Skills

• Expertise in Core Financials, FDM, Banking, Procurement, Assets and Projects.
• Understanding of Chart of Accounts, journal processing, and reconciliation.
• Familiarity with localization for US, Mexico, and India accounting standards.
• Strong understanding of Workday Security, Financial reporting, and Integrations.