Application Lead, Workday Financials

Job Description Summary

For over forty years, HarbourVest has been home to a committed team of professionals with an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to deliver impactful solutions to our clients and investing partners. As our global firm grows, we continue to add individuals who seek a collaborative, open-door culture that values diversity and innovative thinking.

In our collegial environment that’s marked by low turnover and high energy, you’ll be inspired to grow and thrive. Here, you will be encouraged to build on your strengths and acquire new skills and experiences.

We are committed to fostering an environment of inclusion that promotes mutual respect among all employees. Understanding and valuing these differences optimizes the potential of both the individual and the firm.

HarbourVest is an equal opportunity employer.

This position will be a hybrid work arrangement, which translates to 2-3 days minimum per week in the office.

The primary function of the Application Lead for Workday Financials is to provide effective leadership for the finance transformation program by defining, developing and testing the end-to-end application capabilities that will enable corporate accounting and financial systems objectives.

HarbourVest is transitioning our Corporate Accounting and related financial systems from a Microsoft Great Plains general ledger platform to Workday Financials. This role will provide application and systems leadership for a multi-year finance transformation program that will update our business processes and the supporting technology solutions to enable our organizational growth goals and objectives.

• Consistently performs with a positive and proactive attitude to understand business needs and contributes to technology solutions that achieve business and client objectives.
• Builds and maintains effective working relationships with internal and external teammates.
• Operates with a continuous learning and improvement approach to deliver high quality and timely outcomes.
• Collaborates optimally with diverse roles and teams both in person and remote to achieve collective goals.

What you will do:

• Lead the application design, development and implementation capabilities required to support the transition from current Microsoft Great Plains corporate accounting system to Workday Financials.
• Engage business, technology and external partners to develop the application design and implementation of the technology solution that enables our corporate accounting and related financial system processes and workflows.
• Leads the application development of solutions alternatives and prioritization to support delivering the highest business value.
• Collaborate with business and technology teammates to define, develop, test and implement the end-to-end application needs that will enable corporate accounting financial management.
• Contribute to redefining the Chart of Accounts and designing the system with related security and controls to meet GAAP practices and standards.
• Define and manage data level access controls for existing functionality as well as providing analysis and plans for implementing new functionality.
• Configure business process within the Workday Financials and dependent systems to achieve business results and the firm’s growth objectives.
• Analyze and manage semi-annual Workday feature releases

• Proven capabilities and experience in three or more of the following areas: Enterprise Systems Strategy, Architecture, Planning, Development, Program/Project Management, Implementation and Operational Support.
• Background in Financial Services and/or financial applications; including experience with transactional systems.
• Experience with Agile software development, traditional project management, and Six Sigma methodologies and techniques.
• Successful results with large or sophisticated programs, projects and processes from initiation through implementation.
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, including experience translating business and technical concepts or decisions with diverse audiences.
• Strengths with analytical, data, problem solving and collaboration skills.
• Attention to detail and quality to fulfill responsibilities.
• Experience leading highly engaged teams that produce consistently strong results that meet and exceed business objectives.

• Bachelor of Science (B.S) or Arts (B.A) or equivalent experience, MBA beneficial

• 5 years or more of progressive technology experience, in Financial Services preferred
• At least 3 years or more of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform leadership required, Workday Financials preferred
• Understanding of Workday Financials domain and business process security model
• Workday experience required and certifications preferred

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