Finance Systems Manager – Workday Financials
Location: Branson West, MO
Work Arrangement: Hybrid — 3 days onsite (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday)
Employment Type:
Full-TimeAbout the RoleWe are seeking a Finance Systems Manager to support a large-scale financial systems implementation and lead the ongoing administration, optimization, governance, and support of the Finance systems environment. This role sits within Finance/Accounting and serves as a key bridge between Finance, Technology, and business stakeholders. The ideal candidate is a Finance Systems, ERP, or accounting professional from a mid-size to large organization who has meaningful experience supporting a major financial systems implementation, migration, or transformation. While experience with Workday Financials is a plus, we are open to candidates with experience across a variety of enterprise financial systems and ERP platforms.
What You'll Do:
Support key phases of a large-scale financial systems implementation, including requirements, testing, go-live, and post-go-live stabilization.
Partner with Finance, Accounting, FP&A, Technology, and business stakeholders to improve financial processes and system functionality.
Translate Finance business requirements into scalable system solutions and enhancements.
Support system governance, data structures, reporting, controls, security, and ongoing optimization.
Lead issue resolution, enhancement prioritization, testing, and process improvements.
Support change management, documentation, training, and user adoption.
Identify opportunities to automate, simplify, and standardize financial processes.
Partner with operational teams on systems that impact Finance and the general ledger.
Support the ongoing administration and optimization of the Finance systems environment.
Over time, become a key Finance resource for planning, reporting, and operational systems.
Must-Have:
Qualifications 5+ years of progressive Finance Systems, ERP, financial technology, or enterprise systems experience.
Experience working within a mid-size to large organization and a complex systems environment.
Meaningful involvement in a financial systems, ERP, HRIS, timekeeping, or other enterprise systems implementation or migration.
Ability to clearly articulate their specific role and ownership during an implementation, including requirements, testing, go-live, change management, or stabilization.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and project management skills.
Ability to effectively partner across Finance, Technology, Accounting, and business teams.
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Information Systems, or a related field.
Nice-to-Have Qualifications:
Workday Financials experience.
Workday Adaptive Planning experience.
Experience with another major ERP or enterprise financial platform.
Experience with financial systems administration, governance, reporting, security, or configuration.
Experience supporting implementations in a complex, multi-entity or multi-location organization.
General accounting knowledge, including GL, close processes, AP/AR, GAAP, and internal controls.
Experience with financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, or process automation.
Experience partnering with IT and external implementation consultants.