Director of Workday, Financial Systems

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Onterris

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2012

💼 Consulting

🔬 Science

⚡ Energy

Consulting • Science • Energy

Onterris is a global environmental solutions company partnering with organizations to solve complex challenges at the intersection of environmental pressures, regulatory expectations and operational risk. The firm provides environmental consulting and technical services — including contaminated land remediation, permitting and compliance, emergency response, stack testing, leak detection, laboratory testing & analysis, water consulting/treatment and PFAS remediation — to asset- and resource-intensive sectors such as energy, infrastructure, manufacturing, mining and government. Onterris operates across the U. S. , Canada and Australia, reports ~3,500 employees, 100+ offices and serves thousands of clients, and positions itself as a systems-thinking, science-driven partner helping organizations translate environmental data into practical, regulatory-compliant solutions.

📋 Description

• Lead, develop, and retain a specialized Workday Financials and PSA team • Establish a scalable team and delivery model aligned to platform complexity and enterprise growth • Provide clear technical and functional leadership across projects, enhancements, and operations • Build durable internal capability while intentionally leveraging partners where appropriate • Manage Workday vendors, system integrators, and advisory partners • Accountable for overall Workday Financials and PSA platform strategy, health, and evolution • Partner with Enterprise Architecture and platform leaders to define and enforce SDLC, coding standards, and architectural principles • Own delivery quality for Workday Financials and PSA, balancing speed of execution with long-term architectural rigor • Manage Workday release cycles, regression testing, and feature adoption • Ensure Workday Financials and PSA align with enterprise integration, data, and security standards • Contribute to multi ‑ year technology roadmaps spanning Workday, Salesforce, Snowflake, and adjacent finance platforms • Contribute to a repeatable M&A Runbook for the Financials and PSA teams • Serve as a senior Workday subject ‑ matter expert on business processes, configuration patterns, workflows, and reporting design • Maintain current understanding of Workday data models, dimensions, and data elements • Lead Workday data onboarding for acquisitions • Lead and champion initiatives that apply advanced analytics and intelligent automation within Finance and PSA platforms to improve efficiency and scalability • Serve as a trusted IT partner to the CFO, Controller, FP&A, Treasury, and Finance Operations leadership • Support core financial processes including close, reporting, budgeting, and planning (Workday and Adaptive) • Drive automation of accounting ‑ related processes including banking, reconciliation, settlement, and cash application • Partner with Finance to rationalize and enhance intercompany accounting processes • Own and maintain bank integrations and related controls • Oversee maintenance of Workday data models, dimensions, and data elements, enabling accurate analysis • Ensure effective alignment between PSA, Financials, and downstream revenue recognition • Partner with Salesforce and Commercial Systems teams to improve the end-to-end contract ‑ to ‑ cash lifecycle • Reduce manual handoffs and system fragmentation across quoting, projects, billing, and revenue workflows • Lead initiatives to evaluate and implement machine learning and intelligent automation capabilities that would drive efficiency in the Finance function • Establish and operate a financial systems governance framework appropriate for a public company • Ensure SOX compliance for Workday related controls including access management, change management, and segregation of duties • Partner with Internal Audit on control testing, remediation, and audit readiness • Own Workday security architecture including role-based access, SoD design, and provisioning workflows • Partner with Cybersecurity and Internal Audit on platform security design and risk management

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of experience leading enterprise financial systems, including Workday Financials and/or PSA • 5+ years in a leadership role managing ERP or financial systems teams • Strong financial accounting knowledge with 5+ years supporting core accounting processes (record ‑ to ‑ report , intercompany, close) • Experience operating in a publicly traded company with SOX and audit requirements • Demonstrated ability to partner with senior Finance leadership as a trusted advisor • Experience leading platform transformations, optimizations, or new implementations • Experience supporting highly acquisitive environments • Preferred Qualifications Accounting background or prior experience embedded within Finance organizations • Multiple implementations or large-scale deployments of Workday Financials and/or PSA • Proven experience supporting PSA in a professional or project-based services environment • Experience with adjacent platforms such as Salesforce, Snowflake, and Coupa • Background in financial data governance and master data management • Workday Pro certification(s) in Financial Management domains (Record ‑ to ‑ Report , Procure ‑ to ‑ Pay , Contracts ‑ to ‑ Cash , Financials Reporting, Adaptive Planning)