The Workday Finance Systems Analyst is responsible for the ownership, configuration, and continuous improvement of Blackbaud’s financial systems, primarily Workday. This role partners closely with Finance, Accounting, Tax, Treasury, Procurement, and Legal teams to enable efficient, compliant, and scalable financial operations across the full finance lifecycle; from Record to Report and Order to Cash through Procure to Pay, Treasury, FP&A, Travel & Expense, and Tax.
Through strong cross-functional partnerships, you will uncover what’s possible in the system, drive automation across financial processes, and ensure alignment with the organization’s compliance, audit, and operational standards.
What you’ll be doing: (Job duties and responsibilities)
System Configuration & Delivery
Lead system design for financial workflows including journal entry, period close, customer billing and collections, supplier lifecycle, expense and payment processing, bank reconciliation, and financial reporting
Partner with Finance, Accounting, and Tax stakeholders to translate business requirements into prioritized epics, features, and user stories, align on deployment expectations and strategic direction, and ensure tax configuration, compliance rules, and audit controls are embedded in system design
Plan and execute Workday release management, including feature assessment, testing strategies, and deployment coordination
Functional Domain Coverage
Support Record to Report through General Ledger configuration, journal entry processing, period-end close, account reconciliation, and financial reporting and consolidation
Support Order to Cash through customer accounts, invoicing, billing schedules, revenue recognition, accounts receivable, and dunning and collections
Support Treasury & Cash Management through bank account setup, bank reconciliation rules, payment processing, cash positioning, and banking integrations
Support Procure to Pay through requisitions, purchase orders, supplier management, accounts payable, and procurement workflows
Support Travel & Expense through expense report configuration, policy rules, approval workflows, and reimbursement processing
Support Tax & Legal through sales and use tax configuration, tax reporting support, compliance controls, and coordination with Legal on system requirements
Operational Support & Process Improvement
Drive transformational change across finance operations by evolving beyond legacy, manual ways of working and reimagining processes for greater efficiency, scalability, and user experience
Embed AI and intelligent automation into support and process improvement, using these tools to accelerate issue resolution, proactively surface recurring problems, and continuously reduce manual effort
What we'll want you to have:
Required Experience and Traits
Demonstrated knowledge across multiple financial process areas (e.g., R2R, O2C, P2P, T&E)
Preferred Experience and Traits
Workday certifications in one or more Finance modules (Financial Accounting, Customer Accounts, Supplier Accounts, Banking, Expense)
Experience with Workday reporting and analytics (Advanced, Composite, Matrix, Trending reports and calculated fields)
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