🚀 Principal Workday Engineer - Financials

Principal Recruiter with TRG Philadelphia

A new opportunity is available for a Principal Engineer with deep expertise in Workday Financials to play a key leadership role in developing and optimizing enterprise financial systems. This role will drive system architecture, lead solution delivery, and provide mentorship within a collaborative, agile technology team.

Ideal candidates are experienced engineers who thrive in fast-paced environments and are passionate about delivering robust, scalable, and high-quality solutions aligned with business objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, development, and implementation of Workday Financials solutions across areas such as Procurement and Revenue Management
• Oversee configuration and customization of Workday applications, integrations, reports, and calculated fields
• Guide projects from concept to deployment, including estimation, planning, and delivery
• Develop and review technical designs, ensuring alignment with best practices and business needs
• Provide mentorship and technical guidance to junior team members
• Debug and resolve complex integration and application issues
• Stay updated on Workday platform enhancements and industry best practices to drive continuous improvement
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, IT leadership, and vendors to deliver enterprise solutions
• Lead quality assurance efforts to meet performance, security, and functionality standards
• Manage ongoing production support and enhancements efficiently
• Contribute to strategic discussions on system roadmap, demand planning, and capability development

Minimum Qualifications:

• 7+ years experience with Workday Financials, including configuration, customization, and integration in areas like Procurement and Revenue Management
• Hands-on experience with Workday integration types: EIB, Core Connectors, Cloud Connect, Workday Studio
• Proficiency in creating custom Workday reports and calculated fields
• 7+ years experience integrating Workday with third-party vendors
• 7+ years in accounting systems development and support, aligned with Corporate Accounting
• 3+ years mentoring engineering teams
• Ability to design scalable architectures and troubleshoot complex systems
• 3+ years working in agile and waterfall environments
• Understanding of SDLC and delivering high-quality software on schedule
• 3+ years experience with agile tools like JIRA, Bitbucket, Confluence
• 5+ years using SharePoint for collaboration
• Experience with IT ticketing platforms such as ServiceNow, Quality Center, JIRA
• Strong debugging and technical skills, self-motivated and results-oriented
• 3+ years working with third-party vendors on roadmap and strategy
• 5+ years experience collaborating across distributed teams
• Proficiency with project management tools like Microsoft Project
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)

Additional Details

• Senior level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Industries: Construction, Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain