Workday Financials Senior Solution Architect/functional Lead *hybrid*

GEICO GEICO · Insurance · Bethesda, MD +6

This role is for a Senior Solution Architect/Functional Lead for Workday Financials at GEICO. The primary focus is on owning end-to-end solution design for core Financials and Spend Management, partnering with Finance leaders, product managers, and engineers. The role requires extensive experience in Finance domain and Workday Financials implementations, with a focus on translating business needs into scalable and secure configurations, integrations, and reporting. The position also involves mentoring engineers, influencing product roadmaps, and driving functional transformation.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead the functional strategy for Workday Financials, starting with the Finance domain and expanding across the enterprise
  2. Translate complex Finance and Accounting requirements into scalable, well-designed Workday solutions
  3. Provide hands-on leadership for Workday Financials implementations, enhancements, and integrations
  4. Partner closely with Finance stakeholders, partner teams, product managers, engineers to solve complex business problems
  5. Facilitate and lead design sessions to ensure solutions are efficient, resilient, and aligned with business goals

Skills

Required

  • 10+ years of Finance domain experience with industry-leading ERP solutions, including Workday Financials
  • 8+ years designing and architecting Workday Financial implementations
  • Hands-on experience delivering Workday Financials solutions (implementation and/or large-scale enhancement programs)
  • Strong Finance and Accounting process knowledge (e.g., GL, period close, AP/AR, management reporting) and the ability to translate it into functional design
  • Proven ability to lead solution design workshops, document requirements, and drive decisions across complex stakeholder groups
  • Experience partnering with technical teams on integrations, data mappings, and end-to-end testing to move solutions from concept to production
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including executive-level storytelling and influence

Nice to have

  • Workday Financials certifications and/or deep expertise in one or more areas such as: Order to Cash, Record to Report, Source to Pay, Accounting Center, Supplier Accounts, Expenses, Procurement, Assets, Revenue, Banking & Settlement, or Prism/Reporting
  • Experience designing for controls and audit readiness (e.g., role-based security, segregation of duties, SOX-aligned control environments)
  • Experience with enterprise integration patterns (e.g., EIB, Studio, APIs) and finance data platforms (data lake/warehouse, marts)
  • Prior experience with other ERP ecosystems (e.g., PeopleSoft, Oracle, SAP, Hyperion) and finance transformation modernization efforts
  • Experience operating in agile product delivery models and collaborating with product management on roadmaps
  • Proven ability to influence finance transformation, architecture, and product roadmaps
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills, with experience working directly with business and technology leaders

What the JD emphasized

  • Workday Financials
  • Finance domain experience
  • Workday Financial implementations