Workday Finance Lead

Workday Functional Lead FINS

Experience: 7+ Years
Location: Bangalore / Chennai
Work Mode: 5 Days Work from Office
Shift: 1:30 PM – 10:30 PM IST
Notice Period: Immediate to 15 Days

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Workday Functional Lead – FINS with strong expertise in Workday Financials and Adaptive Planning. The candidate will be responsible for supporting finance business processes, functional configuration, testing, UAT, production handoffs, and Workday releases.

The ideal candidate should have strong Finance functional/system experience and hands-on exposure to Workday Financials modules and Adaptive Planning.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support Workday Financials (FINS) functional activities across finance processes.
• Work closely with Finance and business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into Workday solutions.
• Configure and support Workday business processes based on business requirements.
• Support finance operations including Expenses, Procurement, Projects, Supplier Processes, and Customer Processes.
• Support FP&A and Adaptive Planning activities and related finance planning processes.
• Support Month-End Close activities and finance reporting.
• Work on EIB (Enterprise Interface Builder) for data loads and integrations as required.
• Prepare functional requirements, test scenarios, test cases, and support UAT.
• Coordinate defect resolution and ensure successful completion of testing activities.
• Support production handoffs, deployment activities, and post-production validation.
• Participate in Workday releases, impact analysis, testing, and validation of new functionality.
• Collaborate with technical teams, business users, and other stakeholders throughout the implementation and support lifecycle.
• Ensure finance processes, configurations, and reporting requirements are aligned with business needs.

Mandatory Skills

• 7+ years of overall experience in IT/ERP/Finance systems.

• Strong Workday Financials (FINS) experience; 3+ years preferred.

• Strong Finance functional/system experience.

• Hands-on experience with Adaptive Planning.

• Experience in Finance Operations, Data & Reporting.

• Experience with:

• FP&A

• Expenses

• Procurement

• Projects

• Supplier Processes

• Customer Processes

• Month-End Close

• Finance Reporting

• Business Process Configuration

• EIB

• UAT & Testing

• Experience supporting production handoffs and Workday releases.

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Good to Have

• Experience working with cross-functional Finance and IT teams.
• Experience in Workday implementation, enhancement, or production support projects.
• Strong understanding of finance business processes and enterprise applications.
• Experience working in Agile environments.