Senior Data Architect, Workday Financials

Senior Data Architect, Workday Financials

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Type: Consulting

Category: Data

Industry: Financial Services

Workplace Type: Remote

Reference ID: JN -042026-106364

Date Posted: 04/13/2026

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Our client seeks a Senior Data Architect with deep Workday Financials expertise to design, implement, and optimize financial and operational systems. The role will partner with Finance, Accounting, Treasury, Procurement, HR, and Payroll to align configurations, integrations, and reporting to business needs with strong data integrity and security. The architect will drive advanced reporting, integration troubleshooting, module management, testing, and user enablement. This engagement supports strategic enhancements including OCR for AP and FP&A tooling.

Rate: $45.00 to $55.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities:

• Troubleshoot and resolve business process failures and integration issues across Workday Financials.

• Design, create, and maintain advanced, matrix, and composite reports, including coordination and scheduling of report groups.

• Manage Workday Financials modules such as Expenses, Banking and Settlement, Cash Management, Procurement, Contracts, Projects, Supplier Accounts, and Accounting.

• Serve as a consultative partner to Accounting, FP&A, Treasury, Accounts Payable, Procurement, Expenses, HR, and Payroll.

• Collaborate with the Workday Financials Senior Manager on project requirements and deliverables.

• Align business requirements, processes, security groups and roles, and integration designs with Finance functions.

• Gather business and security requirements, perform system design and configuration, map and validate data conversion, create test plans, conduct testing, and provide ongoing support.

• Develop and maintain Finance training materials and deliver training sessions in person or online.

• Create user testing scripts, participate in testing for releases and updates, and support users through system changes.

• Maintain the confidentiality and security of all accessed data.

• Support future needs in Workday Financials, including implementations and enhancements for Ascend (OCR for AP) and Adaptive (FP&A).

• Contribute to additional projects as assigned.

Experience Requirements:

• Proven Workday Financials experience with strong expertise in reporting, integrations, and module management.

• Strong understanding of Finance, Accounting, FP&A, Treasury, Procurement, and HR business processes.

• Hands-on experience with system configuration, data conversion, testing, and end-user support.

• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and operate as a consultative partner.

• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

• Effective communication and training skills with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

• Commitment to maintaining data confidentiality and security.

• Experience with Ascend (OCR for AP) and Adaptive (FP&A) implementations or enhancements (preferred).

• Experience developing complex Workday reports and advanced integrations (preferred).

• Experience implementing enterprise-level Sourcing/Contract Lifecycle Management applications (preferred).

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Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients' capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.

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