Workday Sr. Architect

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This role reports to the Sr. Director of Workday Support and Operations.Position Summary The Workday Sr. Architect for Finance and Payroll provides thought leadership and subject matter expertise on effective use of process, data and technology, innovative business solutions, and technology industry trends to enable the business strategies of the clients of the University's ERP system. As a member of the Sustainment team, the Sr. Architect partners closely with Finance, Payroll, IT, HR and other key stakeholders to simplify, scale and deliver value from functional process and Workday. Works on process design and flows, improves processes and demonstrates the return on technological capabilities. This role reports to the Sr. Director of Workday Support and Operations. Job Duties /Responsibilities This position serves as the strategic lead and the primary technical expert directly responsible for optimization and product management for Workday at the university, particularly in the FIN and Payroll modules.Gathers, reviews, analyzes, and evaluates user needs. Provides strategic leadership in planning the system design through desired enhancements and biannual releases.Consults functional areas on business process re-engineering through Workday, data structure redesign and related business rule updates to enable an efficient adoption of best practicesAssists with business requirements documents, system configuration documents, and detailed functional specification documents, as needed.Reviews and approves solution designs proposed by analysts as necessary.Configures and tests ERP application break-fixes. Troubleshoots issues and offers solutionsServes as the functional domain expert to simplify, scale and deliver value from the functional processes and Workday, particularly with Payroll, Finance, Grants Accounting, and BudgetingLead training efforts within Workday, particularly within the FIN and Payroll Modules to business users as a "train-the-trainer" model and end users in formal training settings.Assist IS team in requirements gathering, architecting and configuration, and troubleshooting of integrations related to FIN and Payroll module including Workday punchout catalogs, third party procurement modules(ALMA), NXG, and others as neededKnowledge and experience in configuring and managing Locations and Location hierarchies and their touchpoints between other modules i.e. Work spacesDevelops and maintains knowledge base articles involving Workday processes; will assist in crafting SOP documentation involving WorkdayEvaluation of administrative and business processes, eliciting requirements, partnering with stakeholders and in partnership with subject matter experts in order to optimize operational and financial programsCollaborates with campus partners to identify, recommend and implement system improvements and enhancements, including reporting, dashboards, integrations and configuration changes that will enable the Workday to support strategic and operational prioritiesPartners closely with the HR, Finance, IT and other key stakeholders to drive requirements gathering, process review, solution design, project management, testing, training and documentationDevelops a strong understanding of key operational processes and workflows including the key business drivers behind those processesProvides production support on issues triage, identification and resolution, bulk data uploads (EIBs), maintain security role assignment, and new report requestsEvaluates existing technology and new requests against our shared roadmap and makes recommendations about scope, timing and solution scalabilitySupports upgrades, enhancements, testing, validation and overall system performance; leads product update process, including interface with external testing providers, conducts regression testing and develops contingency planning for larger project effortsGenerates and maintains a variety of reports, queries and dashboards using appropriate Adaptive Planning /FIN/Payroll toolsWorks directly with end users to train on existing reports and dashboard and help end users obtain the operational and strategic information that they need from…