Lead Workday Financials & Grants Management
- Serve as functional lead for Workday Financials and Grants, partnering with Finance, GCS, and Research Administration.
- Support the full sponsored research lifecycle (award setup, budgeting, billing, revenue, closeout).
- Optimize GL, AP, AR, Procurement, Assets, Cash Management, and FP&A processes.
- Ensure configurations align with sponsor terms, institutional policies, and compliance requirements.
- Lead implementations, enhancements, testing (UAT), and system integrations.
Business Process & Reporting
- Gather requirements, map processes, and design future-state workflows.
- Translate business needs into Workday configurations and best-practice solutions.
- Develop reports, dashboards, and analytics for finance, grants oversight, audit, and leadership.
- Support data governance, reporting standards, and continuous improvement.
Required Experience
- 7+ years supporting financial systems.
- 5+ years hands-on Workday Financial Management experience.
- Strong experience with Workday Grants and sponsored research processes.
- Expertise in custom and composite Workday reporting.
- Experience in higher education or grant-funded environments.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder collaboration skills.
Preferred
- Workday Financials and/or Grants certifications.
- Experience in complex, decentralized organizati
Job Type: Freelance
Contract length: 6 months
Work Location: Remote
