
Senior Solution Architect/Functional Lead – Workday Financials
GEICO
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chevy Chase • Maryland • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $105,002 - $280,004 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Lead the functional strategy for Workday Financials, starting with the Finance domain and expanding across the enterprise
- Translate complex Finance and Accounting requirements into scalable, well‑designed Workday solutions
- Provide hands‑on leadership for Workday Financials implementations, enhancements, and integrations
- Partner closely with Finance stakeholders, partner teams, product managers, engineers to solve complex business problems
- Facilitate and lead design sessions to ensure solutions are efficient, resilient, and aligned with business goals
- Apply expertise across ERP platforms (e.g., Workday, PeopleSoft, Oracle, SAP, Hyperion) to introduce best practices and modernize systems
- Define and execute a functional transformation roadmap that increases delivery velocity
- Own solution quality, performance, scalability, and usability across Finance technology
- Mentor and influence engineers and product teams, raising the bar for solution excellence
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders and executives, helping shape long‑term vision and direction
- Share best practices and continuously improve processes across teams
Requirements
- 10+ years of Finance domain experience with industry‑leading ERP solutions, including Workday Financials
- 8+ years designing and architecting Workday Financial implementations
- Hands-on experience delivering Workday Financials solutions (implementation and/or large-scale enhancement programs)
- Strong Finance and Accounting process knowledge (e.g., GL, period close, AP/AR, management reporting) and the ability to translate it into functional design
- Proven ability to lead solution design workshops, document requirements, and drive decisions across complex stakeholder groups
- Experience partnering with technical teams on integrations, data mappings, and end-to-end testing to move solutions from concept to production
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level storytelling and influence.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, Accounting, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Benefits
- Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
- Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
- Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
- Supports flexibility - We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.
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Hard Skills & Tools
Workday FinancialsERP solutionsFinance domain experienceFinance and Accounting process knowledgesolution designdata mappingsend-to-end testingimplementationlarge-scale enhancement programsfunctional design
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationmentoringinfluencingcollaborationproblem-solvingfacilitationstorytellingdecision-makingprocess improvement