Workday Financial Systems Administrator

Workday Financial Systems Administrator
Location: Draper, UT or Las Vegas, NV (Onsite)
Type: Full-time, Direct Hire
Compensation: Competitive base salary + bonus (additional base available for leadership-caliber candidates) Overview
Fusion HCR is seeking a Workday Financial Systems Administrator to support and optimize Workday Financials in a dynamic, growth-focused environment. This role bridges the gap between Finance and IT — ensuring strong technical controls, business alignment, and best practices across multiple Workday modules.
The ideal candidate has a blend of technical and financial systems expertise, strong certifications, and the ability to partner with Finance leadership (CFO organization) and IT leadership (CIO/CTO organization). This position also offers the potential to evolve into a leadership role as the Workday program expands. Key Responsibilities

• Administer, configure, and maintain Workday Financials modules, with growing exposure to Prism, budgeting, and forecasting.
• Manage system security, user roles, and permissions in alignment with internal controls and compliance standards.
• Support new module rollouts and ongoing system enhancements, ensuring best practices are applied.
• Build and maintain complex financial reports, dashboards, and analytics, including loaded employee cost reporting.
• Partner with Finance leadership (CFO org) and IT leadership (CIO/CTO org) to translate business needs into system solutions.
• Troubleshoot system and integration issues; coordinate with IT for resolution.
• Provide user training, documentation, and process guidance across Finance and related teams.
• Contribute to governance practices, technical controls, and audit readiness.
• Make application changes, configurations, and updates directly within Workday.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years of Workday Financials administration experience (GL, AP, AR, Procurement, Expenses, Asset Management).
• Multiple Workday certifications strongly preferred; client places high value on certified candidates.
• Experience supporting Prism Analytics, budgeting, and forecasting modules is highly desirable.
• Background may come from Finance/Accounting systems or IT systems administration, but candidates must be comfortable with both business and technical controls.
• Experience working in organizations where reporting aligned to CFO or CIO/CTO is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of Workday security, reporting, and dashboards.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to support both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Leadership experience (formal or informal) is a plus; candidates with leadership potential may be considered for an elevated compensation package.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or related field preferred.