Senior Workday Financial Analyst (Contract)

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Workday Financial Analyst to lead the design, configuration, and optimization of Workday Financial Management modules for a client in Cary, NC. The role will focus on financial reporting, analytics, and integration while ensuring compliance with GAAP, IFRS, and internal controls.

Key responsibilities

• Configure and maintain Workday Financial Management, including GL, reporting, and analytics.
• Design and implement business processes, security, and custom reports (Advanced, Composite, Matrix, Prism).
• Develop integrations using Workday Studio, RaaS/RAAS, WQL, SOAP/REST APIs, and Azure Databricks.
• Lead financial data reconciliation, data conversion, and chart of accounts setup.
• Manage multi‑entity and multi‑currency consolidations.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, IFRS, SOX, and internal controls.
• Support Workday releases, feature adoption, and post‑go‑live hypercare.
• Conduct unit, end‑to‑end, UAT, and cutover testing.
• Collaborate with CFO, Controllers, and finance teams; drive stakeholder management.
• Apply Agile/Scrum, project and change management practices; mentor junior staff.

Required profile

• 15+ years of experience in finance systems and Workday Financial Management.
• Proven track record delivering large‑scale Workday finance implementations.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, IFRS, SOX, and internal control frameworks.
• Experience working with multi‑entity, multi‑currency environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management and team leadership abilities.

Required skills

• Workday Financial Management (GL, reporting, analytics)
• Workday Business Process & Security Configuration
• Workday Reporting – Advanced, Composite, Matrix, Prism
• Workday Studio, RaaS/RAAS, WQL, SOAP/REST APIs
• Financial Data Reconciliation & Data Conversion
• Chart of Accounts, Accounting Rules, Allocations
• Multi‑Entity & Multi‑Currency Consolidation
• GAAP, IFRS, SOX, Internal Controls
• Workday Releases & Feature Adoption
• Finance Integrations, Azure Databricks
• Testing – Unit, E2E, UAT, Cutover
• Post‑Go‑Live / Hypercare Support
• Agile/Scrum, Project Management, Change Management