Lead Tech Analyst, Finance Information Systems

The Lead Analyst will take ownership of the technical and functional aspects of Workday Financials and Adaptive Insights. The ideal candidate will serve as a hands-on technical contributor, leading the design, implementation of complex solutions in Workday Financials & Adaptive. The candidate will mentor junior team members and review deliverables to ensure quality and accuracy of work.

Essential Functions

• Lead the design, configuration, testing, and implementation of Workday Financials & Adaptive Planning. These Include, but not limited to -- functional setup, business process workflows, reports, integrations and Adaptive models.
• Review and approve deliverables from the team, ensuring high-quality with, adherence to timelines and compliance with best practices.
• Provide advanced support for complex and critical issues and provide guidance for system enhancements.
• Be the expert on specific areas within Workday Financials & Adaptive and proactively collaborate with Finance teams to discover pain points and resolve them.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement system enhancements, process improvements, and integrations between Workday Financials/Adaptive and other enterprise systems.
• Drive process improvement, optimization, and automation initiatives within the Workday Financials/Adaptive platform.
• Lead testing and deployment of Workday Releases, new feature analysis while ensuring minimal business description.
• Act as an Adaptive Planning subject matter expert, defining best practices, design standards, and governance. Has experience in implementing Adaptive Workforce planning.
• Actively manage the Agile development process: groom backlog, sprint planning meetings, daily standups and retrospectives. in line with industry best practices i.e. reviews, testing and migration.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of total experience in Workday Financials or comparable ERP platforms.
• 5+ years of techno-functional experience in Workday Financials.
• Advanced reporting and integration experience Workday & Adaptive.
• Strong financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, and analysis skills.
• Deep knowledge and hands on experience in Workday Financials modules (GL, A
• P, AR, Procurement etc.).
• Experience with Agile methodologies and working knowledge of Jira.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving skills, and basic project management skills.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.
• Willingness to work until 2 pm EST /11:30 pm IST

Preferred Qualifications

• Workday Financials or other relevant certifications.
• Experience on Workday Studio integrations.
• Proven ability to mentor junior team members.

Preferred Education

• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Engineering or Computer Applications.

Preferred Certifications

• Workday Financials certification