Finance Systems Manager 5653

Job Description

Finance Systems Manager – Workday Financials

Location: Branson West, MO

Work Arrangement: Hybrid — 3 days onsite (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday)

Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Role

We are seeking a Finance Systems Manager to support a large-scale financial systems implementation and lead the ongoing administration, optimization, governance, and support of the Finance systems environment.

This role sits within Finance/Accounting and serves as a key bridge between Finance, Technology, and business stakeholders. The ideal candidate is a Finance Systems, ERP, or accounting professional from a mid-size to large organization who has meaningful experience supporting a major financial systems implementation, migration, or transformation.

While experience with Workday Financials is a plus, we are open to candidates with experience across a variety of enterprise financial systems and ERP platforms.

What You'll Do

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• Support key phases of a large-scale financial systems implementation, including requirements, testing, go-live, and post-go-live stabilization.
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• Partner with Finance, Accounting, FP&A, Technology, and business stakeholders to improve financial processes and system functionality.
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• Translate Finance business requirements into scalable system solutions and enhancements.
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• Support system governance, data structures, reporting, controls, security, and ongoing optimization.
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• Lead issue resolution, enhancement prioritization, testing, and process improvements.
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• Support change management, documentation, training, and user adoption.
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• Identify opportunities to automate, simplify, and standardize financial processes.
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• Partner with operational teams on systems that impact Finance and the general ledger.
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• Support the ongoing administration and optimization of the Finance systems environment.
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• Over time, become a key Finance resource for planning, reporting, and operational systems.
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Must-Have Qualifications

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• 5+ years of progressive Finance Systems, ERP, financial technology, or enterprise systems experience.
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• Experience working within a mid-size to large organization and a complex systems environment.
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• Meaningful involvement in a financial systems, ERP, HRIS, timekeeping, or other enterprise systems implementation or migration.
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• Ability to clearly articulate their specific role and ownership during an implementation, including requirements, testing, go-live, change management, or stabilization.
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• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and project management skills.
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• Ability to effectively partner across Finance, Technology, Accounting, and business teams.
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• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Information Systems, or a related field.
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Nice-to-Have Qualifications

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• Workday Financials experience.
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• Workday Adaptive Planning experience.
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• Experience with another major ERP or enterprise financial platform.
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• Experience with financial systems administration, governance, reporting, security, or configuration.
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• Experience supporting implementations in a complex, multi-entity or multi-location organization.
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• General accounting knowledge, including GL, close processes, AP/AR, GAAP, and internal controls.
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• Experience with financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, or process automation.
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• Experience partnering with IT and external implementation consultants.
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