Lead I - Workday Finance Functional consultant / Lead

Job Summary

We are looking for a seasoned Workday Financials Lead Consultant with 5 to 14 years of experience to join our Hyderabad team. In this pivotal role, you will collaborate closely with senior leadership to analyze, design, develop, and support ERP/CRM applications, with a strong focus on Workday Financials. Your expertise will drive process optimization through automation and agile methodologies, ensuring delivery of high-quality solutions tailored to client requirements. This hands-on position involves end-to-end responsibilities including design, configuration, testing, deployment, and ongoing support of Workday Financial modules. Additionally, you will mentor junior team members and engage with stakeholders to enhance customer satisfaction.

Key Responsibilities

You will analyze and develop ERP/CRM applications, concentrating on Workday Financials modules such as Record to Report, Contract to Cash, and Procure to Pay. Identifying opportunities for automation and process improvements will be critical to enhancing efficiency, reducing costs, and improving quality.

Your role requires independently designing, developing, testing, and deploying functionalities while adhering to coding standards and best practices. You will perform root cause analysis, troubleshoot technical issues, and resolve production deployment errors swiftly to minimize downtime.

Leading hands-on design sessions, configuration, testing, and deployment activities during Workday Financials implementation projects will be a core responsibility. You will manage client environments, oversee installations, and provide production support, including monitoring schedulers, reports, and integration errors.

Mentoring junior developers is essential; you will guide onboarding, set performance goals, and provide constructive feedback. Participation in preparing RFPs, estimations, and scrum ceremonies will support effective delivery of modules and user stories.

You will create and review technical documentation such as functional design specifications, test cases, and deployment guides. Conducting peer code and design document reviews to suggest improvements will help maintain high standards.

Engagement with clients to clarify requirements, present design options, and support customer satisfaction initiatives is expected. You will also contribute to ERP/CRM practice activities including knowledge sharing sessions, hackathons, and reusable content development.

Supporting pre-sales and go-to-market activities related to Workday Financials offerings will be part of your responsibilities. Managing multiple tasks under tight deadlines while maintaining quality and client focus is vital.

Required Qualifications

Candidates must hold multiple active Workday Financial certifications or equivalent professional credentials. A minimum of 5 years’ experience in Workday support or delivery roles is required, including at least two full Workday Financial deployments.

Strong expertise in configuring end-to-end finance processes such as Foundational Data Model (FDM), Supplier and Customer Accounts, Accounts Payables, Accounts Receivable, Projects, and Revenue Management is essential. A solid understanding of Workday financial integrations and APIs (SOAP, REST) is also necessary.

Experience coordinating integrated testing strategies and collaborating closely with end-users is expected. Proven ability to estimate effort, time, and resources for development and debugging tasks is important.

Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and presentation skills are required. You should be adept at managing client expectations and delivering high-quality solutions on schedule.

A bachelor’s degree in MIS, Computer Science, Finance, or a related field with 2-4 years of relevant work experience is mandatory.

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits

Experience with accounting center functionality is an advantage. Demonstrated leadership skills with the ability to build and lead a global Workday Financials practice will be highly valued.

You will have the opportunity to work in a dynamic, values-driven organization that emphasizes humility, humanity, and integrity. Exposure to a global digital transformation environment focused on innovation, diversity, and inclusion is part of the role.

UST supports your professional growth by enabling you to maintain and expand Workday certifications. You will thrive in a collaborative culture that promotes continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and customer-centric delivery.

UST is a global digital transformation solutions provider with over 20 years of experience and a workforce of more than 30,000 employees across 30 countries. We are committed to embedding innovation and agility into client organizations, making a meaningful impact worldwide. Join us to be part of a purpose-driven team that values integrity and fosters enduring relationships.