Workday Financials Architect

Job Title: Workday Financials Architect 
Job Type: Full Time/Salary - must be eligible to work in the United States and not require sponsorship
Job Location: Fully remote with up to 30% travel & reside in the United States
Compensation: $170,000 - $190,000 plus bonus
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THE COMPANY
Meridian Partners, LLC – a minority-owned and operated business – is one of the nation’s fastest-growing small companies and a 9-Time Inc. 5000 Honoree. Since 2002, Meridian has helped organizations maximize value from their ERP investments, ensuring that enterprise software, infrastructure, and functionality are optimized to meet each organization or agency’s strategic goals.  Meridian serves federal, state, and local governments, K-12, and commercial organizations.
THE OPPORTUNITY
Our continued growth brings about an immediate need for an innovative and collaborative Workday Financials Architect to join our team.   If you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and are looking to make an impact, this opportunity is for you. We are looking for someone who has a strong consulting background in Workday FINS implementations and can help lead a team of Financials consultants.  The successful candidate for this position must possess public sector knowledge, an understanding of public sector accounting, finance concepts, and integration points with major financial systems, and have experience optimizing and automating business processes. You must also have the ability to effectively interact with client C-Suite executives and collaborate with the Project Management staff to help keep projects on schedule and delivered with the highest level of quality and customer satisfaction.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

• Partner with clients to understand business requirements and configure the Workday solution to satisfy those requirements.
• Demonstrate the configurations by developing prototype systems.
• Assist the client in testing the Workday solution.
• Understand Workday’s Implementation Methodology and use it in all engagements.
• Ensure the client takes advantage of Workday’s proven solutions.
• Work with the client to help convert legacy data into Workday.
• Assist the Integration team in enabling configuration and testing of integrations between Workday and third-party/custom solutions.
• Mentor and share product knowledge with other consultants.

WHAT YOU WILL BRING FOR SUCCESS

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business or a related field.
• 5+ years’ experience implementing Workday Financials within a consulting and/or software company; 1 or more years of which should be with the Public Sector (local, state, or federal).
• Extensive experience with waterfall and/or agile ERP implementation methodologies.
• Workday proficiency and current holder of an active Workday Certification, preferably including Record to Report and FDM.
• Experience in requirements definition & gathering (blueprinting), system setup, integration testing, documentation, end-user training, and ongoing support.
• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time.
• Experience deploying multiple Workday Financials projects simultaneously, Finance/Accounting experience, and the ability to learn technology quickly through instruction and self-training is preferred.
• Workday Public Sector industry experience preferred.

THE TEAM
Led by an inspiring and empowered leader with decades of experience, you will have the opportunity to work with a dedicated world-class team of professionals with expertise in this area and a track record of success.
BENEFITS
In addition to comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverages, Meridian provides a collaborative people-centric culture with a focus on work-life balance as well as:

• Generous Time-Off policy
• 401(k) – company match and immediate vesting
• Life Insurance – company paid
• Financial Coaching
• EAP Assistance
• Caregiver Support Program
• Health Care Support Program
• Adoption Assistance Program
• FSA/HSA
• Marketplace Perks offers discounts on a variety of well-being products and services including pet insurance
• Optional (employee paid) short-term & long-term disability, critical illness & accident

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.  No third-party agencies or submissions will be accepted.

Applicants have rights under the following Federal Employment Laws: Family Medical Leave Act , U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA).