Senior Principal Consultant - Workday Finance Architect

Overview

Lead Implementation and AMS operations for Workday Financial Management, ensuring smooth system performance, accurate financial processing and scalable enhancements across FDM, Accounting, Procurement, Banking and Projects.

What you'll do

• Oversee Implementation / AMS incident, problem, change management and project enhancements for all Workday Financial modules.
• Lead configuration reviews and stabilization for Core Financials, Accounts Payable, Receivable, Banking, Procurement and Project Accounting.
• Analyze month-end and year-end close issues and identify process optimization opportunities.
• Support integrations with banks, suppliers and external financial systems.
• Collaborate with Finance IT and external auditors to maintain compliance and control.
• Assess and prioritize enhancement requests and lead functional and regression testing.
• Review new Workday releases and drive feature enablement across financial modules.
• Partner with the Technical Architect on integration and reporting dependencies.
• Provide oversight for data quality reconciliation and period-close automation.
• Maintain configuration inventory, financial data dictionary and key process maps.
• Participate in Change Control and CAB for AMS releases.
• Review SLA metrics, backlog trends and control adherence.
• Conduct periodic audits to ensure financial data consistency across Workday and third-party systems.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's in Business Analytics, Computer Science or Statistics, or Master's in Data Science.
• Required skills: Agile Methodology, Change Management, Client Relations, Collaboration Tools, Data Governance, Data Modeling, Data Quality, Design Thinking, Executive Presence, Inclusion, Master Data Management (MDM), Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS), Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, Modernizing Operations, Oracle DRM, People Leadership, Personal Effectiveness, Project Management, Risk Management, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), Storytelling, Veeva.
• English language proficiency: Proficient, C2.

Nice to have

• Certifications: Certified Compliance Officer (CCO) - Vskills; Certified Data Management Professional - Riversand; Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager (CRCM) - IARCP; Informatica Certified Administrator - Informatica; Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate - Microsoft.

Details

• Location: Hyderabad, India.
• Remote type: Hybrid.
• Work shift: Variable (India).
• Job type: Regular.