Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Stanford Health Care is a healthcare organization seeking a Senior Analyst - Finance Functional Systems to serve as a functional subject matter expert for Workday Financials. The role leads system design, configuration, optimization, testing, issue resolution, governance, and cross-functional stakeholder alignment to improve financial processes and support scalable ERP operations.
Responsibilities
- Serve as SME for core Workday finance domains
- Provide expert guidance on end to end processes, financial controls, and ERP capabilities
- Ensure alignment with the ERP data model, including FDM and Account Posting Rules
- Translate business needs into detailed configuration specifications, functional designs, and testable requirements
- Maintain high‑quality documentation including functional specs, configuration notes, test scripts, SOPs, and process flows
- Support governance processes including change control, release readiness, and audit documentation
- Lead configuration of complex business processes, validations, posting rules, condition logic, and reporting structures
- Validate posting rules, business process flows, accounting results, and reporting logic before deployment
- Perform deep root‑cause analysis and implement durable fixes that prevent recurrence
- Resolve high complexity issues involving accounting data, integrations, or workflow behavior
- Support configuration, testing, and functional ownership of other Finance Controller’s Office systems assigned to the Business Systems team, alongside Workday Financials
- Own functional delivery for enhancements, releases, and change requests
- Lead full testing cycles including test planning, script creation, execution oversight, and defect resolution
- Identify process inefficiencies across general ledger, procure to pay, order to cash, record to report, Payroll, grants, gifts, Business assets and project Management workflows
- Recommend and implement automation, redesign, or configuration improvements to increase accuracy and efficiency
- Partner with IT on integration, security, and technical escalations
- Partner with Accounting, AP, Payroll, Procurement, HR, Finance, Grants, Fixed Assets, Projects, Treasury, and IT teams to ensure system changes support business objectives
- Influence stakeholders by presenting options, impact analysis, and recommendations in clear business terms
- Act as a liaison between business teams and technical partners to ensure alignment on requirements and outcomes
- Support release readiness activities including testing, documentation, and communication
- Validate configuration and testing outcomes prior to deployment
- Performs other duties as assigned
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, or related field
- Minimum of Five (5) years of hands on Workday Financials configuration experience
- Demonstrated experience configuring Workday business processes, accounting center, allocation and financial frameworks, security groups
- Demonstrated experience developing Workday advanced and composite Workday reports, calculated fields, and analytics datasets
- Experience leading Workday enhancements, requirement gathering, functional design, and UAT cycles
- Experience supporting general ledger, procure to pay, order to cash, record to report, period close, grants, gifts, business assets and project management
- Experience with Workday release management, regression testing, and impact analysis
- Experience collaborating with Accounting, Procurement, Payroll, and IT on cross functional initiatives
- Experience supporting or implementing multiple finance systems in addition to Workday, including participation in system upgrades or new deployments
- Deep knowledge of Workday Financial
- Ability to design and configure complex Workday solutions with minimal guidance
- Ability to build Workday advanced reports and analytics datasets
- Ability to diagnose complex functional issues and lead root cause analysis
- Ability to lead cross functional discussions and influence stakeholders
- Strong documentation skills (functional designs, test scripts, configuration notes)
- Strong communication, facilitation, and stakeholder influencing skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines, and release cycles
- Ability to operate in a multi‑system environment and understand how additional tools integrate with Workday and Finance processes
- Familiarity of AIdriven tools that enhance financial processes and data accuracy
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement
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