Senior Manager, Workday Financial Applications

The Senior Manager, Workday Financial Applications will plan, direct, and coordinate finance projects across the organization. This individual will maximize system efficiencies in an effort to meet the strategic and operational needs of the business, servicing as the subject matter expert for numerous company tools. The Senior Manager, Workday FinancialApplications will manage Financials Applications team. 

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee Finance system upgrades and system additions. Manages Design, implementation, delivery and support of Finance projects and functionality.
• Possesses accountability for data integrity, including quality, accuracy, reporting, timeliness, and usability (includes core systems and related interfaces). Maintains data integrity of people application systems through pro-active means (audits, reports, etc.). 
• Manages direct report(s) performance, development, and training process to ensure a highly skilled and engaged workforce. 
• Coach, teach, guide, motivate, and inspire the team, setting goals, assigning projects, and ensuring deadlines are met 
• Partner with our internal stakeholders to develop technology solutions, process improvements, and policy changes designed to improve user experience and process efficiency. Evaluate our various systems and modify to meet demands.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in Workday with an emphasis on Finance Business Processes and Reporting. 
• Work with the Finance teams on maintenance and improvement of the Workday Finance system, including configuration, end user access, security, and system efficiency. 
• Work as internal consultant for the business; develop strategies and tactics for providing various functional areas with enhanced data analytics and data visualization required for effective decision making. 
• Maintain and promote awareness of Workday system capabilities, new releases and upgrades, and how they impact existing and future Financials and Payroll functionality. 
• Participate in, and contribute to, all phases of our internal Workday implementations, from assessing company data, defining system requirements, designing and prototyping integration solutions, to configuration and testing within the Workday system. 
• Maintain strictest confidentiality in all work aspects and ensures continuing data integrity. 
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills & Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Business Management, Business Information Systems, or related field 
• 3-5 years’ relevant Financial Systems experience, preferably Workday
• Experience with Workday Revenue, Billing, and Accounting modules preferred
• Professional & Business Services Industry experience preferred
• Excellent PC Software knowledge and database reporting tools including Excel
• Knowledge of support ticketing systems (i.e. Salesforce Service Cloud, Service Now)
• Strong client service skills and ability to effectively assist system users to resolve problems and questions
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to develop and maintain relationships with third party vendors as well as people within the organization

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Why choose Cognizant:

• Entrepreneurial environment that welcomes your ideas
• Opportunity to do great work
• Outreach programs that support communities and tap into your volunteer spirit
• Learning opportunities to help current needs and advancement
• Global operations, with opportunities in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific
• An abundance of Affinity groups to meet your needs

Cognizant Core Values:

• Start with a point of view: I apply my expertise to gain trust and to lead our clients forward.
• Seek data, build knowledge: I use facts to guide my actions and decisions.
• Always strive, never settle: I act with agility and creativity, determined to stay one step ahead.
• Work as one: I deliver solutions that draw upon the full power and scale of Cognizant.
• Create conditions for everyone to thrive: I include, enable, and invest in everyone around me.
• Do the right thing, the right way: I always make the ethical choice.