Workday Implementation Associate Director (Finance & Accounts)

Finance Transformation Lead Workday Implementation (GCC)

Roles and Responsibilities

• Team Leadership & Capacity Building: Lead, scale, and mentor the GCC Workday Financials Support Group, transforming it from an administrative setup into a strategic, high-performing finance systems support engine.
• Global Process Ownership: Act as the Global Process Owner (GPO) for Workday Financials from the GCC perspective.
• Process Transition & Standardization: Lead and scale the migration of Record-to-Report (R2R), Source-to-Pay (S2P), and Lead-to-Cash (L2C) processes from global markets into the GCC while standardizing and optimizing workflows.
• Knowledge Transfer & Runbooks: Receive Knowledge Transfer (KT) from the central project team and implementation partners, translating configurations, learnings, and defect resolutions into operational runbooks.
• BAU & SLA Management: Oversee global ticket intake and triaging across Workday Financials (FDM, R2R, S2P, L2C). Ensure routine admin tasks are resolved within strict SLAs and escalate system defects appropriately.
• Hypercare & Go-Live Support: Partner directly with global Value Stream Implementation Leads to deliver intensive, tactical Hypercare support during multiple concurrent country rollouts.
• Testing & Data Migration: Support Implementation Leads with project administration, including driving UAT/SIT completion, defect tracking, and formatting/validating complex legacy data extracts for Workday migration.
• Continuous Improvement: Perform root-cause analysis on recurring tickets to propose system enhancements and optimize efficiency in alignment with the Workday environment.
• Cross-Functional Stakeholder Management: Collaborate across global finance leaders, HR, IT, local markets, and external implementation partners to ensure alignment with business requirements.

Candidate Profile

• Experience: Minimum 15+ years of progressive experience in Finance Transformation, ERP Implementations, and leading F&A teams/support functions within a Multinational Organization or Global Capability Center (GCC) / Shared Services environment.

• Education & Qualification:

• Professional Accounting Qualification mandatory: CA / CPA / ACCA / MBA Finance.

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.

• Technical Expertise:

• Hands-on experience with Workday Financial Management (preferably with active involvement in full lifecycle implementation or major upgrades).

• In-depth functional expertise in Record-to-Report (R2R), Source-to-Pay (S2P), and Lead-to-Cash (L2C) workstreams.

• Deep, practical knowledge of IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards).

• Strong familiarity with enterprise consolidation tools (e.g., Tagetik or similar).

• Key Behavioral Traits:

• Proven ability to transition teams from project execution to steady-state operations without disrupting service quality.

• Strong cross-cultural influence and stakeholder management capabilities across global time zones.

• Rapid problem-solving agility to distinguish critical system defects from end-user adoption issues.

• Shift Timings: Flexible to work in shift timings from 1:00 PM to 10:00 PM IST with additional flexibility as required by country rollout schedules.

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