Senior Systems Engineer, Workday Financials
Unity
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Bengaluru • India
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About the role
- Join Unity as a Senior Systems Engineer, Workday Financials to play a critical role in optimization and evolving our Workday Financials ecosystem.
- Ensure the platform effectively supports business objectives by translating requirements into scalable, efficient Workday solutions.
- Lead hands-on development, deployment, and ongoing operational support across Workday Financials, including data integrations where needed.
- Collaborate closely with the broader Workday team and the Finance organization to design, build, and continually enhance Workday Financials.
- Be a key technical hands-on and functional leader for Workday Financials initiatives, owning strategic configuration and design decisions within the Workday Financials ecosystem to build scalable, high-quality solutions for complex business needs.
- Own end-to-end project delivery—from scoping and requirements through build, testing, go-live, and post-deployment support—partnering closely with Finance and cross-functional stakeholders to align plans, communicate progress, and deliver projects on time.
- Maintain strong governance and documentation standards, ensuring clear data lineage, audit-ready records, and structured configuration tracking while contributing to the Workday configuration library and internal best practices.
- Stay ahead of the Workday product roadmap by monitoring biannual releases, assessing new functionality, and recommending improvements. Lead testing and deployment of enhancements to maximize business value and process optimization.
- Act as the onsite subject matter expert for Finance and business teams, troubleshooting functional and technical issues, resolving critical production incidents with urgency, and ensuring system stability while promoting Workday best practices.
Requirements
- Strong hands-on expertise in Workday Financial modules, including configuration, functional design, and end-to-end solution delivery, with a strong analytical and problem-solving mindset.
- Strong proficiency of Workday Security, User/Role management, Business Processes, EIBs
- Demonstrated track record of driving process improvements and optimizing system functionality for Finance operations.
- Deep understanding of core finance processes such as Invoicing, Billing, Collections, Procurement, Quote-to-Cash, Customers/Supplier Management, Expense Management, GL Accounting, Consolidations, and master data structures.
- Familiarity with Workday release cycles, change control processes, and evaluating new platform features for implementation.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across Finance, Technical and cross-functional teams. Self-motivated and proactive with the ability to manage and prioritize multiple initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
- Workday FINS Certified
- Knowledge of Workday Reporting, Prism and Accounting Center
- Knowledge of Workday Studio and Extend
- Knowledge of LLM and proven experience with implementation of AI features in finance systems/processes
Benefits
- We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support employees' well-being and work-life balance.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
Workday FinancialsWorkday SecurityUser/Role managementBusiness ProcessesEIBsWorkday ReportingPrismAccounting CenterWorkday StudioWorkday Extend
Soft skills
analytical mindsetproblem-solvingcommunication skillsdocumentation skillscollaborationself-motivatedproactiveprioritizationproject managementgovernance
Certifications
Workday FINS Certified