Finance Systems Manager - Workday Financials 5653

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 Workday Financials and Adaptive Planning implementation and lead the ongoing administration, optimization, governance, and support of the Finance systems environment.

This role sits within Finance/Accounting and serves as the critical bridge between Finance, Technology, and business stakeholders. The ideal candidate is an accounting professional with deep enterprise financial systems experience and a strong history of Workday Financials implementations and migrations.

What You'll Do

• Support and lead key phases of a large-scale Workday Financials implementation, including testing, go-live, and post-go-live stabilization.
• Serve as the strategic owner of Workday Financials and Adaptive Planning.
• Administer and optimize Workday FDM, Worktags, cost centers, business units, reporting structures, and security.
• Partner with Accounting and FP&A to improve financial processes, reporting, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Translate Finance business requirements into scalable Workday solutions and enhancements.
• Lead issue resolution, enhancement prioritization, testing, and system governance.
• Support internal controls, audit requirements, segregation of duties, and security administration.
• Develop documentation, training materials, and best practices.
• Partner with Finance, IT, HRIS, and operational teams to drive adoption and continuous improvement.

Must-Have Qualifications

• 5+ years of enterprise financial systems experience at a Manager or senior level.
• Strong hands-on Workday Financials experience.
• Experience as a key/core team member on a large-scale, multi-year Workday migration or implementation.
• Ability to clearly articulate your specific role, ownership, and responsibilities throughout the implementation, including testing, go-live, hypercare, and stabilization.
• Experience with Workday FDM, Worktags, financial reporting, security, and governance.
• Experience with Workday Adaptive Planning is strongly preferred.
• Strong accounting foundation including GAAP, General Ledger, close processes, AP/AR, and internal controls.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a related field.
• Strong communication and project management skills with the ability to work effectively across Finance and Technology.

Ideal Background

The ideal candidate is an Accounting/Finance professional who has moved into Finance Systems/ERP leadership and has hands-on experience with Workday Financials in a complex enterprise environment.