[Remote] Senior Specialist, Workday Finance

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Kyriba is a global fintech leader empowering CFOs and finance teams with cloud-based treasury, payments, risk management and working capital solutions. They are seeking a Senior Specialist in Workday Finance to lead the functional deployment of Workday Financials, ensuring compliance, data integrity, and ongoing optimization post-implementation.ResponsibilitiesServe as Kyriba’s primary functional voice across Workday Core Financials, Procurement, and Expenses; represent business requirements, validate partner designs, and steward global design decisions and localization patternsPartner with the implementation team on FDM/Chart of Accounts, fiscal calendars, multi-entity, and multi-currency; review and approve intercompany, consolidation, and tax design recommendations with ControllershipCo-own data readiness and integrity; define acceptance criteria and reconciliation rules, lead mapping reviews, and sign off on conversion outcomes as part of legacy decommissioningCoordinate with Tax and local Finance to ensure proposed designs meet e‑invoicing mandates and statutory requirementsLead Kyriba-side workshops with Finance COEs for P2P, O2C, and R2R; synthesize requirements, prioritize trade‑offs, and provide decision records to guide the implementation partner’s scalable designDefine test strategy and scenarios; oversee SIT/UAT execution and defect triage with the partner; manage cutover readiness criteria and hypercare success measures on behalf of FinanceOwn the Workday Financials roadmap aligned to CFO priorities; manage backlog, quarterly releases, and value realizationDesign and maintain complex configurations (cost centers, intercompany billing, allocations, revenue recognition/allocation as applicable); configure, test, validate, and deploy Business Process updatesEvaluate and adopt Workday feature releases; run impact assessments, regression testing, and stakeholder communicationsChampion Workday’s innovation roadmap; evaluate AI/ML features for reconciliation, anomaly detection, and forecasting in line with Kyriba Finance objectivesEnable reporting and dashboards using Workday Report Writer/Composite, Prism Analytics, and Adaptive Planning to provide real-time, multi-dimensional insightOwn finance master data stewardship (values, validation rules, exception reporting); role-based security, and audit evidence processes with IT Security and Internal AuditServe as escalation point for Finance Systems and Finance Ops; coach team members and drive continuous learningSkillsSignificant Workday Financials experience as a functional lead/product owner or senior consultant, including at least one full-lifecycle implementationDeep functional knowledge of Core Financials (GL, AP, AR), Expenses, and Procurement; hands-on configuration and reporting experienceSolid understanding of US GAAP/IFRS concepts, intercompany, consolidations, multi-entity/multi-currency, tax/VAT, and statutory reportingComfortable balancing global standards with local requirements across multiple jurisdictionsSkilled at framing options, trade-offs, and recommendations to senior Finance leaders and cross-functional stakeholdersStrong prioritization, risk management, and execution discipline in fast-paced, ambiguous environmentsWorkday certification(s) in Financials/Expenses/Procurement or Workday Pro highly preferredFamiliarity with Workday EIB/Studio/Cloud Connect; experience with Adaptive Planning, NetSuite, and/or MuleSoft (or similar iPaaS) is a strong plusExposure to Prism Analytics, role-based security/SoD design, and audit/SOX processesBenefitsHealth, welfare and wellbeing benefitsCompany OverviewThe world's most comprehensive Liquidity Performance Platform. Trusted by 4,000+ organizations across 170 countries. It was founded in 2000, and is headquartered in San Diego, California, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is http://www.kyriba.com.