INFORMATION SYSTEMS WORKDAY FINANCIAL ANALYST at Confidential company

Job Description

The IS Workday FIN Analyst supports Finance transformation through the Workday Finance (FIN) system, continuous improvement initiatives, and collaboration with subject matter experts to ensure data integrity and analysis of business processes. This position supports all aspects of Workday including configurations and data integrity.

Job Description

Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serve as the IS analyst supporting Finance areas in Workday including Financial Accounting, Banking, Assets, Cash Management, Customer Accounts Expenses, Supplier Accounts and third party supporting applications such as Ascend.
• Analysis-Proactively partner with end-users to identify opportunities for business process improvement through better leverage or enhancement of existing systems. Contribute to the continuous improvement of FCM systems and processes and share best practices.
• Support-Analyze issues concerning systems affecting internal and external customer; this may include software issues, software changes, and/or new software packages. Provide excellent customer support for global internal and external customers regarding system issues and outages. Liaise with vendors when escalated issues arise.
• Implementation- Develop and implement system enhancements based on requests from customers and educated recommendations. Partner with business partners to test and roll out new functionality and modules to promote FCM transformation.
• Testing-Perform initial test setups for new applications and procedures. Define test criteria and ensure that adequate testing is performed on system modifications to provide quality assurance of data.
• Other projects and duties as may be required by business needs

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Experience supporting Finance Information System applications preferably Workday
• Understanding of Finance operations and experience in Finance data management and reporting
• Knowledge and understanding of business process concepts: includes process mapping, process design and performance management.
• Working knowledge and understanding of related software, standards, and compatibility.
• Effective management of various projects that pertain to taking care of the customer.
• Ability to maintain positive interpersonal relationships which encourage openness with customers and peers.
• Analytical mindset with an attention to detail and quality.
• Data management and visualization.
• Hands-on with technology and familiarity with data analysis tools.
• Demonstration of effective verbal and written communication skills with the flexibility and ability to work with several areas and levels within the Organization.
• Ability to work with the numerous reports/documents containing confidential information.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to interact with stakeholders, customers and vendors
• Ability to accurately collect information in order to understand and assess the clients’ needs and situation
• Ability to prioritize workload and provide timely follow-up and resolution
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple projects

• Ability to learn and effectively use new technologies
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience