Responsibilities
- Serve as a primary point of contact and subject matter expert during the Workday Financials implementation, collaborating with the implementation partner, project managers, and internal stakeholders
- Assist with system setup, data migration, and integration testing for all relevant financial modules
- Ensure the successful deployment of Workday Financials, including but not limited to General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Expenses, Procurement, Asset Management, and Financial Planning
- Troubleshoot issues, providing expert level support, based on severity and impact. Resolve issues or identify vendor escalations as needed. Own issues until resolved
- Work closely with internal partners (Finance, HR, Systems) to build and maintain Workday business process configurations and security
- Administer and maintain user access and security roles within Workday Financials, ensuring appropriate access controls are in place
- Participate in cross-functional project teams to maximize the Workday suite to provide an easy and efficient employee and manager experience
- Analyze existing processes to identify inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement. Implements or directs the implementation of such process improvements
- Actively leads and works on multiple projects at a time. Possesses a clear understanding of the project benefits and risks, and clearly communicates to team members as well as stakeholders
- Collaborate with business partners to configure business processes and routing rules, including unit testing, regression testing, and end to end testing of new functionality
- Develop and maintain internal documentation related to Workday
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience working with Workday Financial Management, with hands-on expertise in configuring and managing multiple modules such as General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Procurement, and Financial Planning
- Experience with Workday implementation projects, either as a client or implementation partner
- Strong understanding of financial processes, accounting principles, and reporting requirements
- Ability to ensure all operational transactions are captured accurately and interfaced timely while maintaining data integrity
- Experience with Adaptive Planning
- Ability to recommend Workday specific process improvements, innovative solutions, and ways to remain compliant with policy and regulatory requirements.
- Excellent communication skills, both written & verbal
Top Skills
What We Do
Founded in 2007 by two machine learning scientists, The Voleon Group is a quantitative hedge fund headquartered in Berkeley, CA. We are committed to solving large-scale financial prediction problems with statistical machine learning.
The Voleon Group combines an academic research culture with an emphasis on scalable architectures to deliver technology at the forefront of investment management. Many of our employees hold doctorates in statistics, computer science, and mathematics, among other quantitative disciplines.
Voleon's CEO holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford and previously founded and led a successful technology startup. Our Chief Investment Officer and Head of Research is Statistics faculty at UC Berkeley, where he earned his Ph.D. Voleon prides itself on cultivating an office environment that fosters creativity, collaboration, and open thinking. We are committed to excellence in all aspects of our research and operations, while maintaining a culture of intellectual curiosity and flexibility.
The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.
