Business Systems Specialist

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Business Analyst, Workday Financials to support and enhance Workday Financials, with primary responsibility for Banking & Settlement, payment processing, bank integrations, cash reconciliation, financial configuration, and related financial processes.

This is a hands-on Workday role responsible for supporting critical financial processes, configuring and enhancing Workday Financials, resolving production issues, translating Finance and Treasury requirements into system solutions, supporting financial integrations, performing transaction-level troubleshooting, executing functional testing, and delivering system enhancements.

The successful candidate will combine strong Workday Financials expertise, Banking & Settlement experience, financial and accounting knowledge, configuration experience, analytical troubleshooting skills, and systems thinking.

Key Responsibilities

Serve as a primary functional resource for Workday Financials Banking & Settlement, including payments, settlement, bank statement processing, bank integrations, cash reconciliation, and automated reconciliation.

Configure, test, and support Workday Financials solutions, including banking, payment, accounting, reconciliation, validation, and related financial configuration.

Provide hands-on production support and troubleshooting for failed integrations, missing files, payment exceptions, draft transactions, settlement issues, bank statement issues, and reconciliation differences.

Translate Accounting, Treasury, Accounts Payable, and Finance requirements into Workday configuration, integration, data, reporting, and control solutions.

Support and troubleshoot financial integrations and transaction flows across source systems, Workday, banking partners, and downstream applications.

Perform end-to-end transaction analysis and reconciliation to identify processing exceptions, determine root cause, and implement or coordinate appropriate remediation.

Configure and test Workday changes in non-production environments, support business validation and approval, and coordinate approved changes through production implementation.

Develop and utilize Workday reporting, transaction history, audit information, and operational controls to support financial operations, troubleshooting, and reconciliation.

Lead or contribute to Workday Financials enhancements, releases, production support, and Finance transformation initiatives, including engagement with Workday Support when necessary.

Targeted Skills

The successful candidate should demonstrate hands-on proficiency in the following areas:

Workday Banking & Settlement

Payment and settlement processing

Bank statement processing

Cash reconciliation

Transaction matching and automated reconciliation

First Notice Rules (FNRs)

Banking and settlement exception troubleshooting

Workday Financials Configuration

Accounting and posting rules

Ledger accounts and spend categories

Cost centres and work tags

Clearing accounts

Financial transaction validations

Calculated fields supporting financial processes or integrations

Payments & Transaction Troubleshooting

Payment creation and settlement lifecycle

Draft and exception payment investigation

Transaction and business process history

Audit information and transaction-level root-cause analysis

Check and electronic payment processing

Payment and reconciliation exception analysis

Financial Integrations

Inbound bank and payment files

Outbound payment and check interfaces

Bank statement integrations

Integration and file-processing exceptions

End-to-end transaction tracing across Workday and interfacing systems

BAI2 and other banking/payment file formats

Testing & Change Delivery

Workday Sandbox/non-production configuration and testing

Functional and transaction-level testing

Accounting-result validation

Business testing and approval support

Production implementation and po