Business Systems Manager, Financial Applications

Overview

Lead end-to-end delivery of Workday Financials initiatives and act as a hands-on technical and functional specialist for enterprise financial systems, partnering with Finance Applications Leadership.

What you'll do

• Lead end-to-end delivery of high-impact Workday Financials initiatives (major upgrades, new module rollouts, entity expansions, and process redesigns).
• Translate roadmap objectives set by leadership into clear project plans, milestones, technical specifications, and sprint deliverables.
• Perform complex Workday Financials configurations, troubleshoot escalation issues, and evaluate system capabilities.
• Partner with Finance, Accounting, and Tax teams to analyze operational pain points and build robust, automated system solutions.
• Rapidly adapt to shifting business priorities, market expansions, and statutory changes while maintaining project momentum.
• Facilitate smooth transitions for end-users through structured user acceptance testing (UAT), release management, and clear enablement documentation.
• Coordinate and oversee data flows between Workday Financials and connected platforms (P2P, Payroll, Banking/Treasury, Travel, Tax, and Billing).
• Support the technical design and optimization of end-to-end Quote-to-Cash (Q2C) pipelines, subscription/usage billing workflows, and revenue accounting operations.
• Partner with integration engineers and vendors to ensure reliable, auditable integrations (EIBs, APIs, SFTP pipelines).
• Enforce strict change management, SOX compliance, and internal ticketing standards for all system modifications.
• Maintain data integrity and security across financial data models and business processes.
• Design and maintain advanced reports, custom dashboards, and complex calculated fields to empower financial reporting and operational decision-making.

What you'll need

• 5+ years of progressive experience in financial systems analysis, enterprise ERP implementations, and technical project/program delivery.
• Deep hands-on proficiency in Workday Financials (Core Financial Accounting, Business Processes, Expenses, Business Assets, Revenue and Advanced Reporting / Calculated Fields).
• Proven track record of thriving in high-growth, rapidly evolving environments with the ability to manage ambiguity, reprioritize quickly, and deliver under tight timelines.
• Strong understanding of core accounting principles, General Ledger (GL) structures, US GAAP/IFRS, internal controls, and SOX frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-level implementation cycles, upgrades, and structured testing phases (Unit, E2E, UAT).
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to bridge technical requirements with business stakeholder expectations.

Nice to have

• Direct experience integrating or configuring Coupa with Workday (e.g., Chart of Accounts, PO lifecycle management, SIM integrations).
• Familiarity with Anaplan (Connected Planning, financial modelling, and data synchronization with Workday).
• Experience architecting or managing global payroll integrations (e.g., UKG OneView, ADP).

Details

• Location: Gurugram, India.