Workday Reporting Lead

Workday Reporting Lead

Location: Remote

Role Overview

This position is for a Workday Reporting Lead for a Workday Financials implementation. The role is responsible for driving the end-to-end reporting strategy, design, and delivery across finance workstreams. This role partners with business stakeholders, functional leads, and technical teams to ensure accurate and business-aligned reporting solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and execution of the Workday Financials reporting strategy, including guiding principles and future-state vision.
• Manage the end-to-end reporting workstream, including scope definition, prioritization, and delivery timelines.
• Partner with finance stakeholders to gather, document, and validate reporting requirements across functional areas.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive reporting inventory, including rationalization and optimization of existing reports.
• Lead fit-gap analysis to determine appropriate reporting solutions.
• Design and oversee the development of Workday reports, including custom reports, dashboards, and calculated fields.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure accurate data sourcing and alignment.
• Manage the report development lifecycle including build, testing, and migration to production.
• Track and manage risks, issues, and decisions related to reporting deliverables.
• Provide status updates to program leadership and contribute to project governance.
• Support user acceptance testing and ensure successful validation of reporting outputs.
• Act as a change champion, supporting the adoption of Workday reporting capabilities.
• Establish reporting governance, standards, and best practices.

Required Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Workday Financials reporting (e.g., Financial Accounting, Procurement, Expenses).
• Strong expertise in Workday Report Writer, calculated fields, and reporting frameworks.
• Experience leading or supporting reporting workstreams within ERP transformations or system implementations.
• Proven ability to gather and translate business requirements into technical reporting solutions.
• Experience managing stakeholders and facilitating working sessions with business and technical teams.
• Strong understanding of data structures, integrations, and reporting dependencies within Workday.
• Communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Workday Prism Analytics or advanced reporting tools.
• Prior consulting experience or client-facing delivery roles.
• Exposure to finance transformation initiatives or shared services models.
• Familiarity with Agile or hybrid implementation methodologies.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.

Key Attributes

• Strong attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced implementation environment.
• Collaborative mindset with strong stakeholder engagement skills.
• Proactive, solution-oriented approach with a focus on delivering business value.

Required Skills : Hands-on experience with Workday Financials reporting
Strong expertise in Workday Report Writer, calculated fields, and reporting frameworks
Experience in Prism is a plus

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Background Check : Yes

Drug Screen : Yes

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Exclusive to Apex :No
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Candidate must be local :No
Candidate must be authorized to work without sponsorship ::No
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