Workday Spend Director

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Responsible for leading and optimizing Spend functions to support strategic initiatives. The primary focus will be on maximizing the application's potential and aligning it with our business processes.

Develop and maintain a multi-year roadmap of new functionality, ensuring the continuous improvement of Workday systems. Support biannual system upgrades and identify additional features to be incorporated into the roadmap.

Oversee the Workday Spend functional team, ensuring that service operations consistently meet or exceed stated Service Level Agreements and Operational Level Agreements.

Analyze existing business processes, conduct benchmark gap analysis, and contribute to the design and transformation of workflows. Utilize technical expertise and deep understanding of Workday to optimize processes and enhance system performance. Recommend functionalities that align with departmental goals.

Lead and supervise projects and activities aimed at implementing best practices, driving business results, and fostering growth. Guide the Workday Spend functional and technical teams in implementing automation solutions where applicable.

Collect and document business functional requirements. Collaborate with technical teams, including configuration, security, integrations, and report writers, to develop solutions that meet those requirements. Lead testing efforts to ensure that all Workday Spend functionalities deployed meet business requirements.

Identify change management needs to minimize user impact and enhance their experience. Provide support to change and training functions to align them with business needs.

Work closely with senior leaders to prioritize projects, ensuring the timely completion of deliverables and milestones. Act as the liaison between the business and technical teams, facilitating effective communication and alignment.

Possess a comprehensive understanding of Spend data and provide insights into Spend reporting and analytics. Assist functional areas with utilizing Business Intelligence tools and creating meaningful reports.

Demonstrate expertise in Workday Security and collaborate with the security team to architect security roles that adhere to organizational policies and framework. Support periodic access reviews of Spend roles to meet audit requirements.

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Information Technology, Human Resources or related field; Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum 7 years of relevant work experience; 5+ years’ experience in leading and optimizing Workday Spend/HRIS functions, with a strong understanding of business processes and technology capabilities. Any relevant education, certifications and/or work experience may be considered.
• In-depth knowledge of Workday system and its modules, with a track record of leveraging technical expertise to improve processes and drive system performance.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to conduct gap analysis and provide innovative solutions.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Change management experience, including driving user adoption and ensuring a positive user experience.
• Familiarity with Spend reporting and analytics, as well as Business Intelligence tools.
• Knowledge of security policies and framework, with the ability to architect and review security roles.
• Relevant certifications in Workday Spend/HRIS are highly desirable.
• Proven ability troubleshoot, diagnose, solution, and solve Workday (OurDay).
• Proven ability to understand and diagnose integration related issues.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment.
• Serve as the escalation point for critical functional issue resolution.
• Provide subject matter expertise to aid in decision making related to the functional solution.
• Lead, mentor, counsel and manage performance metrics of team.
• Conduct working sessions with business users to gather, understand, and analyze business requirements.
• Demonstrate design options by prototyping.
• Understand and apply Workday best practices and methodologies.
• Develop reporting, KPI’s for business users and internal staff.

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If you like working with energetic enthusiastic individuals, you will enjoy your career with us!

The Medical University of South Carolina is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MUSC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, age, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status, family or parental status, or any other status protected by state laws and/or federal regulations. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment based upon applicable qualifications, merit and business need.

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