The Technology Manager, Workday ERP Platform is responsible for the governance, planning, and execution activities surrounding Workday Financial and HCM Systems. They are responsible for aligning the technology and business team’s strategies, systems analysis, requirements definition, systems integration, testing, and support of Workday in alignment with key business objectives.
They are responsible for the ideation, design, planning, execution, and delivery of functional Workday Financial Management & HCM solutions and enhancements (Customizations, Workflows, Process Improvement, Business Analysis, and Stakeholder Engagement). They also oversee the technology operations, including the day-to-day execution of Workday support requests and incidents. They are responsible for maintaining cross-functional engagement within the Finance, HR, and Payroll functions and the Technology Integration and Data Services teams.
This role requires a strong blend of deep technical expertise in Workday, systems integration and data, and people management responsibilities. Prior supervisory experience is required to manage a diverse team of talent.This hybrid role combines work in our client’s Baltimore Office and remote work.
The primary duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Manage and mentor a team of developers and analysts through Workday enhancements and production support responsibilities.
Build technical specifications, field mappings, and process designs to support workflows, integrations, and business process life-cycle.
Lead integration requirements with cross-functional teams; ability to translate functional requirements into technical specifications.
Workday Administration and Maintenance.
Create and maintain related technical documentation and business process mapping.
Assist in defining, developing and aligning the technology department’s strategic roadmap with the Accounting, and Finance, and HR business group’s development strategy.
Assist in the definition, development, integration and documentation of system business requirements, objectives, deliverables, and specifications on a project-by-project basis in collaboration with internal users and the business teams.
Maintaining knowledge of the firm’s business activities and strategies to develop solutions that efficiently address client needs.
Liaison with other Information Technology teams (Security, Infrastructure, SWAT, etc.) to gather technical requirements specifications and disseminate to IT for development.
Interface with users and domain experts, ensure that reporting development goals are captured in deliverables and that milestones are met, and assist with resolution of production issues on an as-needed basis.
Delivering functional Workday solutions (Customizations, Workflows, Process Improvement, Business Analysis, Stakeholder Engagement).
Architect Workday HCM security solutions that ensure all work streams are cohesive and that cross-functional impacts are considered and mitigated. Configure and maintain security groups, roles, and permissions across all Workday modules and users.
Support IT SOX Audit requests as they relate to Workday Financials ERP System.
Desired Qualifications
10+ years of Workday experience, particularly in support of the Accounting & Finance and HR areas.
5+ years of Workday Security and Integrations configuration experience, including data domains, security groups, security roles (i.e. role-based, user-based, segmented, and intersecting security roles), and security role migrations.
3+ years of experience in Workday System Administration (i.e., tenant management, version releases, and regression testing).
5+ years of experience managing Agile software development teams, including software developers, systems analysts, project managers, and other technical roles.
Knowledge of GL structure and portfolio accounting.
Strong experience with continuous improvement initiatives, architecting complex solutions, and leading production support functions in tandem.
Partner certification in Workday (Active or Expired).