Experienced Workday Finance Contractor to support final deployment activities, move to production, stabilization, and transition to ongoing operations for a Workday go live.
This individual will serve as a senior Finance resource in the Workday program, working with other stakeholders in PMO, Supply Chain, Digital & Information Services, and operations. The contractor will provide hands-on support for cutover execution, financial validation, issue resolution, business readiness, and post-production stabilization.
The ideal candidate has deep Workday Finance domain knowledge, practical experience supporting at least one Workday go-live, and a strong understanding of end-to-end finance operations. Experience with Accounts Payable, supplier accounts, expenses, procurement-to-pay processes, reconciliations, internal controls, financial reporting, and ERP-enabled process improvement is especially important.
This is a time-sensitive, execution-oriented role that requires the ability to work effectively under pressure, manage competing priorities, and resolve issues quickly while maintaining financial accuracy and control.
Workday Finance Functional Support
Provide senior functional expertise across Workday Financial Management, with particular emphasis on:
Accounts Payable and supplier accounts
Supplier invoice processing
Settlement and payment processing
Banking and cash management
General ledger accounting
Financial accounting and reporting
Procurement-to-pay processes
Accounting journals and operational accounting
Business assets, expenses, and other related finance functions
Evaluate business and system issues using an end-to-end Finance perspective.
Assist Finance stakeholders with the interpretation and execution of Workday business processes.
Validate that Workday configuration and business processes support required accounting, reconciliation, operational, and control requirements.
Partner with Workday functional and technical resources to troubleshoot configuration, integration, reporting, and data-related issues.
Assess downstream impacts before recommending changes to production processes or configuration.
Cutover Planning and Execution
Support the execution of the Workday Finance cutover plan.
Coordinate Finance cutover activities across Accounts Payable, Accounting, Treasury, integrations, data conversion, and reporting.
Assist with legacy-system shutdown activities, transaction freezes, final processing deadlines, data extracts, conversions, and opening balance activities.
Support the conversion and validation of suppliers, open invoices, purchase orders, accounting balances, banking information, payment data, and other Finance-related records.
Execute or coordinate cutover reconciliations between legacy applications, conversion files, Workday, and financial control totals.
Identify cutover risks, unresolved dependencies, and readiness gaps, and escalate them with clear recommendations.
Participate in cutover and command center activities, readiness checkpoints, go or no-go discussions, and status reporting.
Go-Live Support
Provide hands-on functional support during Workday production deployment and go-live.
Monitor critical Finance business processes.
Validate that priority transactions can be completed successfully, including supplier invoices, approvals, accounting entries, settlements, payments, and financial reporting.
Assist users with transaction questions, process navigation, and unexpected system behavior.
Work closely with functional, technical, integration, reporting, security, and data teams to isolate defects and determine root causes.
Support rapid issue triage by documenting the business impact, affected population, urgency, workaround, owner, and required resolution.
Help leadership distinguish between critical production defects, configuration issues, data issues, training needs, and process-adoption concerns.
Ensure that high-risk issues affecting payments, accounting accuracy, financial controls, or business continuity receive appropriate priority.
Hypercare and Stabilization
Provide daily support during the defined post-go-live hypercare period.
Facilitate or participate in Finance issue-triage sessions, command center meetings, and stabilization reviews.
Track defects, incidents, questions, workarounds, decisions, and action items through resolution.
Analyze recurring issues to identify root causes and recommend sustainable corrective actions.
Monitor stabilization indicators such as:
Supplier invoice volume and aging
Payment failures and exceptions
Unposted or failed accounting transactions
Approval bottlenecks
Reconciliation discrepancies
Service-level performance
Critical reporting issues
Accounts Payable and Finance Operations
Support accurate and timely processing of supplier invoices and payments.
Assist with the reconciliation of Accounts Payable transactions and the resolution of discrepancies.
Support payment, billing, supplier, and accounting issue resolution.
Ensure that production processes align with established policies, internal controls, service-level agreements, and key performance indicators.
Collaborate with Supply Chain and other departments to improve procurement-to-pay processes, automation, and communication.
Support the development or refinement of standard operating procedures, desktop procedures, controls, and standard work.
Identify opportunities to streamline manual activities and improve Finance process efficiency through Workday functionality and automation.
Maintain confidentiality and appropriately handle sensitive company, employee, supplier, financial, and patient-related information.
Stakeholder and Project Management
Build effective working relationships with Finance leaders, process owners, operational teams, Workday resources, and third-party partners.
Communicate status, risks, decisions, dependencies, and expectations clearly to both project and operational audiences.
Translate complex system issues into concise business-impact statements and recommended actions.
Manage multiple urgent assignments while maintaining attention to detail and accuracy.
Facilitate problem-solving sessions and drive issues toward documented resolution.
Prepare concise status updates, issue summaries, readiness assessments, and leadership recommendations.
Promote a collaborative, customer-service-focused approach throughout cutover and hypercare.
| Location | Chicago, IL |
| Job Type | Contractor |
| Salary | $70–$75 Per Hour |
| Year Founded | null |
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent relevant professional experience.
At least 5 years of experience supporting Finance, Accounting, Accounts Payable, or financial systems.
At least 2 years of hands-on Workday Financial Management experience.
Participation in at least one full Workday Financial Management implementation or production deployment, including cutover, go-live, or hypercare.
Demonstrated functional experience with Workday Finance business processes and accounting impacts.
Strong understanding of Accounts Payable, supplier invoicing, payment processing, reconciliations, accounting controls, and procurement-to-pay processes.
Experience executing cutover plans, validating converted data, reconciling financial information, and resolving production issues.
Experience working with complex, integrated ERP environments and automated financial processes.
Working knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, internal controls, and financial reconciliation practices.
Ability to analyze issues across configuration, data, integrations, reporting, business process, and user-adoption dimensions.
Strong proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, including Excel and Teams.
Effective project management, organization, prioritization, and documentation skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to work under pressure, meet critical deadlines, and remain flexible during cutover and go-live.
Demonstrated critical-thinking and problem-solving capabilities.
Professionalism when handling confidential and sensitive information.
Preferred Qualifications
Workday Pro certification or equivalent advanced experience in one or more Workday Financial Management areas.
Experience with Workday Supplier Accounts, Procurement, Expenses, Banking, Business Assets, or Financial Reporting.
Experience supporting Workday in a healthcare, academic medical center, research, or similarly complex regulated environment.
Experience transitioning from Lawson / Infor to Workday.
Familiarity with Jira, ServiceNow, or a comparable issue-management platform.
Experience creating post-production support procedures, knowledge articles, runbooks, and operational dashboards.
Experience with Finance process automation and continuous improvement.
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