Workday Technical Manager
University System of Maryland
Workday Financials Manager
University System of Maryland
full-time
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Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $130,000 - $170,000 per year
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Consults with and advises the Finance departments of the Maryland Connect Consortium universities
- Leverages Workday Financials, Procurement, Expenses, and Grants products to streamline related processes
- Provides guidance and leadership to consortium finance teams to maximize Workday benefits
- Interfaces with Workday to maintain knowledge of product enhancements and shares information with central and campus teams
- Offers insights and recommendations to streamline reporting, improve data accuracy, and enhance user experience
- Maintains documentation of finance-related system configurations, processes, and changes
- Supports training efforts for Finance, Adaptive, Procurement, Expenses, and Grants modules
- Supports resolution of Tier 3 & 4 issues (Service Desk tickets) and liaises with compliance and data privacy leads
- Analyzes business processes, conducts gap analyses, and contributes to workflow design and transformation
- Advises on best practices and recommends functionalities aligning with institutional goals
- Develops systems and templates for internal and cross-cutting projects
- Leads Finance, Adaptive, Procurement, and Grants system upgrades, enhancements, testing validation, and performance optimization
- Collaborates across Workday support teams and business functions and documents integration-related functions and processes
- Works with the Executive Director to develop strategy, roadmaps, prioritization, and implementation of future products
- Supports governance groups and helps prioritize projects and requests
- Works with campus stakeholders to identify and scope process and system improvements supporting automation and efficiencies
- Leads and supervises approved projects and activities
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or an applicable related field
- Related experience may be substituted for the education requirement on a year-for-year basis (one year full-time experience equivalent to 30 college undergraduate credits)
- Two (2) years of hands-on experience with Workday Finance plus two other Workday Finance products in a post-production environment
- Supervisory experience
- Experience working in a team environment
- Thorough knowledge of finance operations
- Skill in configuring Workday financial modules
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to communicate clearly and concisely across technology and business teams
- Analytical skills to define business challenges and identify and communicate technical and business changes required to address them
- Ability to drive decision-making through a consensus-building approach
- Preferred: Workday Pro Certification – Financial Management, Procure-to-Pay, Adaptive Planning
- Preferred experience: Workday experience in a higher education environment; Adaptive planning experience; Grants management experience
- Preferred knowledge: Accounting knowledge
