Business Systems Manager, Financial Applications

The role

You will serve as a technical execution lead and hands-on domain specialist for enterprise financial systems. You will drive the end-to-end delivery of Workday Financials projects, module enhancements, and ecosystem integrations.

What you will do

• Lead end-to-end delivery of Workday Financials initiatives including upgrades and module rollouts.
• Translate roadmap objectives into project plans, technical specifications, and sprint deliverables.
• Perform complex configurations and troubleshooting as a Workday Financials specialist.
• Partner with Finance, Accounting, and Tax teams to build automated system solutions.
• Facilitate user transitions through user acceptance testing, release management, and enablement documentation.
• Coordinate data flows between Workday Financials and connected platforms.
• Support technical design of Quote-to-Cash pipelines and revenue accounting operations.
• Partner with integration engineers and vendors for EIBs, APIs, and SFTP pipelines.
• Enforce change management, SOX compliance, and internal ticketing standards.
• Design and maintain advanced reports, custom dashboards, and complex calculated fields.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive experience in financial systems analysis, enterprise ERP implementations, and technical project/program delivery.
• Deep hands-on proficiency in Workday Financials (Core Financial Accounting, Business Processes, Expenses, Business Assets, Revenue and Advanced Reporting / Calculated Fields).
• Proven track record of thriving in high-growth, rapidly evolving environments.
• Strong understanding of core accounting principles, General Ledger (GL) structures, US GAAP/IFRS, internal controls, and SOX frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-level implementation cycles, upgrades, and structured testing phases (Unit, E2E, UAT).
• Strong interpersonal skills to bridge technical requirements with business stakeholder expectations.

Nice to have

• Direct experience integrating or configuring Coupa with Workday
• Familiarity with Anaplan (Connected Planning, financial modelling, and data synchronization with Workday)
• Experience architecting or managing global payroll integrations (e.g., UKG OneView, ADP)

About the company

Anaplan is a team of innovators focused on optimizing business decision-making through an AI-infused scenario planning and analysis platform. Their customers include global companies such as Coca-Cola, LinkedIn, Adobe, LVMH, and Bayer.