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About the Role

The Finance Lead is accountable for the implementation, support, optimization, and continuous improvement of enterprise financial systems, with primary responsibility for the organization's Workday Finance platform and related applications. This role serves as a critical partner between Finance and Information Technology, providing both functional expertise and technical leadership to ensure technology solutions effectively support business objectives, regulatory requirements, and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

Serve as a trusted advisor to Finance stakeholders by leveraging knowledge of end-to-end Finance processes to translate business needs into technology solutions, evaluate options, provide recommendations, and partner with IT to deliver scalable and effective system capabilities.
Provide both functional guidance and hands-on Workday support, including system configuration, business process design, testing, troubleshooting, and implementation of approved enhancements and system changes.
Manage the day-to-day administration, support, and optimization of Workday Finance and related financial applications.
Partner with Finance and IT leadership to execute approved system enhancements and operational priorities.
Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver solutions that support business objectives.
Ensure adherence to established standards for reporting, integrations, security, and system support.
Manage Finance IT activities supporting Workday Finance implementations, upgrades, and enhancement initiatives.
Coordinate project plans, resource assignments, issue resolution, testing activities, and deployment activities.
Work closely with implementation partners and business stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery.
Track project milestones, risks, and dependencies and escalate issues as appropriate.
Lead and participate in the configuration, design, build, testing, and deployment of Workday Financials solutions across multiple functional areas.
Translate business requirements into Workday configurations, workflows, security roles, reports, and business processes.
Partner with Finance stakeholders and implementation partners to validate solution design and ensure alignment with operational requirements.
Oversee system testing activities, including unit testing, integration testing, user acceptance testing, and defect resolution.
Support data validation, conversion activities, and post-deployment stabilization efforts.
Maintain system documentation, configuration standards, and governance processes to ensure sustainable support and future enhancements.
Support Finance teams across key functional areas including Accounts Payable, Payroll, Expenses, Treasury, Fixed Assets, Projects and Grants, Accounting, Reporting, Security, and Integrations.
Assist business stakeholders in identifying opportunities to streamline and improve financial processes.
Ensure financial system configurations align with approved business processes and operational requirements.
Collaborate across enterprise verticals including Human Capital Management (HCM), Supply Chain Management (SCM), and Information Technology to ensure integrated Workday design and functionality.
Collaborate with HCM, Supply Chain, and IT teams to support integrated business processes and system functionality.
Participate in cross-functional planning, testing, and issue-resolution activities.
Facilitate effective communication among technical and business stakeholders.
Support execution of the financial systems roadmap established by IT and Finance leadership.
Manage ongoing support, maintenance, upgrades, and enhancement activities.
Ensure service levels and operational support processes are maintained.
Identify and implement opportunities to improve system efficiency, reporting capabilities, and end-user experience.
Support automation initiatives and process enhancements across Finance operations.
Evaluate system enhancements and recommend improvements to leadership.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field or equivalent experience.
5-8 years of experience supporting enterprise financial systems and ERP platforms.
Experience supporting Workday Financials implementations, upgrades, or optimization initiatives.
Experience leading project teams and collaborating with business stakeholders.
Knowledge of financial operations, accounting processes, reporting, integrations, and security.
Experience working with vendors and implementation partners.

Skills

Workday Finance
Enterprise financial systems
ERP platforms
System configuration
Business process design
Security administration
Reporting
Testing
Troubleshooting
Deployment
Enhancement activities
Financial operations
Accounting processes
Integrations
Project management

Location

New York City

Work Type

Regular Full time

Experience Level

5-8 years

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree

Salary/Compensations

$132,000.00 - $201,500.00

Benefits

Additional benefits consistent with the role

About the Company

HSS is consistently among the top-ranked hospitals for orthopedics and rheumatology by U.S. News & World Report.
As a recipient of the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, HSS was the first hospital in New York City to receive the distinguished designation.
Whether you are early in your career or an expert in your field, you will find HSS an innovative, supportive and inclusive environment.
Working with colleagues who love what they do and are deeply committed to our Mission, you too can be part of our transformation across the enterprise.

Equal Opportunity

Hospital for Special Surgery is committed to providing high quality care and skilled, compassionate, reliable service to our community in a safe and healing environment.
Hospital for Special Surgery provides care, admits, and treats patients and provides all services without regard to age, race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, national origin, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, veteran or military status, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law or by accreditation standards.