Senior Solution Architect Workday , HCM & Financials

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• ● CSA Group has an immediate opportunity for a Senior Workday Analyst, HCM & Financials to be responsible for the configuration, integrity, security, and continuous improvement of CSA Group's Workday platform across Financials (FIN) and Human Capital Management (HCM). This role is subject matter expert for both pillars and owns the functional configuration of financial and HCM business processes, the Workday foundation data model, and the associated reporting, integration, and security components. The role reports into Operations and takes functional direction from Finance and HR process owners. The position is accountable for the Workday roadmap - evaluating new functionality, assessing business value, effort, and risk, and maintaining a prioritized enhancement backlog agreed with Finance, HR, and IT stakeholders. It owns tenant and environment management, governs the feature release and weekly service update cycle, and administers Workday security under segregation of duties controls with documented approval and audit evidence. The role provides day-to-day functional and technical support, supports period-end and year-end close, and liaises with internal and external auditors on system controls, user access, and reporting.
• ● Serves as subject matter expert for Workday Financials and HCM, advising Finance, HR, managers, and workers on best practices and correct application of the Workday data model.
• ● Uses knowledge of corporate policies, accounting standards, and regulatory requirements to ensure Workday configuration is compliant, auditable, and reflects how the business operates.
• ● Maintains working knowledge of the end-to-end connection between HCM and Financials, assessing cross-pillar impact before making changes.
• ● Owns and maintains the Workday roadmap, monitoring feature releases for relevant functionality, assessing business value and risk, and maintaining a prioritized backlog agreed with Finance, HR, and IT.
• ● Leverages familiarity with AI tools and emerging technologies to identify opportunities for automation, predictive analytics, and enhanced reporting.
• ● Acts as liaison between Finance, HR, Payroll, Procurement, Treasury, and IT, and as escalation point for Workday functional queries.
• ● Coordinates with internal and external auditors on control evidence, user access reviews, security design, and system-generated reporting.
• ● Manages relationships with Workday and implementation, application management, and integration partners, including support case escalation and deliverable acceptance.
• ● Provides guidance, coaching, training, and knowledge transfer to functional super users, the HRIS Specialist, and other analysts supporting the platform.
• ● Configures and maintains Workday Financials, including the foundation data model and financial business processes, assessing every change for downstream reporting, integration, security, and close impact.
• ● Provides configuration, maintenance, and testing across Financial Accounting, Customer Accounts and Billing, Supplier Accounts, Banking and Settlement, Expenses, Procurement, Business Assets, and Projects and Grants, and supports period-end and year-end close.
• ● Configures and maintains HCM areas in scope, including supervisory organizations, job and position management, compensation, and absence/time off, along with the costing and payroll accounting bridge to Financials.