Workday Financials Lead — Projects, Business Assets & Customer Accounts

Title: Workday Financials Lead - Projects, Business Assets & Customer Accounts

Location: Remote

Compensation: $70 - $80/hr.

We have partnered with our client in their search for a Workday Financials Lead - Projects, Business Assets & Customer Accounts. In this role you will lead end-to-end delivery and optimization of Workday Financial Management with focus on Projects, Business Assets, and Customer Accounts (AR). Drive design workshops, configure scalable solutions (worktags/FDM, accounting rules, posting logic), oversee data conversion and integrations, and orchestrate testing, cutover, and hypercare. Post-go-live, manage the support team (triage, SLAs, release readiness) and partner with Finance/Accounting, IT, and Data teams to continuously improve performance, controls, and user experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead Workday Financials deployment for Projects, Business Assets, and Customer Accounts: facilitate discovery, fit/gap, and future-state design.
• Configure FDM/Worktags, accounting/posting rules, project structures, asset books, depreciation methods, customer profiles, invoicing, and collections workflows.
• Build/review integrations (EIB, Studio/REST) and partner with technical teams on file formats, error handling, and monitoring.
• Own data conversion strategy and execution for projects, assets, customers, and open items; define mapping, validation, and reconciliation controls.
• Plan and run testing (unit, SIT, UAT), defect triage, regression, and cutover activities; lead hypercare and production validation.
• Manage the support team post-go-live: intake/triage, prioritization, SLAs, knowledge base/runbooks, and release readiness for Workday updates (R1/R2).
• Partner with Finance/Accounting, IT, and Security to ensure controls, segregation of duties, and audit-ready documentation.
• Define KPIs and dashboards to track adoption, data quality, and process performance; drive continuous improvement and standardization.
• Communicate status, risks, and decisions clearly to stakeholders and leadership.

Skills Required

• Expert knowledge of Workday Projects, Business Assets, and Customer Accounts (AR) configuration and business processes.
• Strong grasp of FDM/Worktags, accounting fundamentals (project accounting, capitalization, depreciation, AR), and posting logic.
• Hands-on with Report Writer, Calculated Fields, EIB, and Workday Studio/REST; familiarity with BIRT or Prism is a plus.
• Solid understanding of Workday Security (domain/business process), release management, and migration promotion.
• Excellent documentation, analytical thinking, and stakeholder communication; comfortable leading workshops and managing cross-functional teams.

Education & Work Experience

• Bachelor's in Information Systems, Accounting/Finance, Computer Science, or related field (from an accredited institution).
• 5+ years with Workday Financials implementations/upgrades; at least one full-cycle Workday FIN implementation as a functional lead.
• Active Workday certifications in Projects, Business Assets, and Customers (required); Workday Financials core certification strongly preferred.

About Korn Ferry

Korn Ferry unleashes potential in people, teams, and organizations. We work with our clients to design optimal organization structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people and advise them on how to reward and motivate their workforce while developing professionals as they navigate and advance their careers. To learn more, please visit Korn Ferry at ;/span>