VP, Workday Finance

About the position Cross River is a highly profitable, fast-growing financial technology company powering the future of financial services. Our comprehensive suite of innovative and scalable embedded payments, cards, and lending products deliver financial services for millions of businesses and consumers around the globe. Cross River is backed by leading investors and serves the world's most essential fintech and technology companies. Together with its partners, Cross River is reshaping global finance and financial inclusion. We are on a mission to build the infrastructure that propels access, inclusion, and the democratization of financial services. While our company has tripled in size over the last three years, our strong sense of purpose led Cross River to be named to American Banker's list of Best Places to Work in Fintech for the last 6 years. The reason for this success is simple - our nimble and collaborative family culture lives in every member of our growing team. Together we are at the forefront of technology and innovation, and we invite passionate, collaborative, and motivated high performers to join our expanding team. Responsibilities • Serve as the Workday subject matter expert across Finance and HR including Finance Modules and HCM modules. • Define the architecture and roadmap for Workday Financials and HR modules. • Translate complex financial and business requirements into scalable, integrated Workday solutions. • Ensure alignment of Workday architecture with enterprise financial and HR strategies and regulatory standards. • Collaborate with Finance, Accounting, Procurement, HR, Ops, Legal, FinTech, and IT stakeholders to deliver cohesive Finance and HR technical solutions. • Architect integrations between Workday and external systems using Workday tools. • Establish and enforce data governance and quality standards for financial data within Workday. • Provide thought leadership, training, and mentorship to functional and technical teams. • Lead the architectural design of Workday solutions, including new module rollouts, enhancements, and integrations. • Develop and maintain architectural standards, best practices, and governance procedures. • Oversee end-to-end Workday implementation projects or major updates. • Identify and recommend automation and optimization opportunities across HR processes. • Conduct impact analysis and regression testing for Workday updates/releases. • Define role-based security models in Workday, ensuring data integrity and confidentiality. • Work with external vendors, consultants, and Workday partners to manage project deliverables. • Manage business process flows, model-driven apps, and training. • Provide platform support and develop user capability. • Document processes and development requirements. • Collaborate with developers, integrators, and business partners on system enhancements/upgrades. • Update and coordinate system configuration changes to enable new processes. • Manage system updates: collaborate in planning, coordinate system downtime and backup. • Provide technical support to end users, diagnosing and resolving problems. Requirements • Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Accounting, Finance, or a related field. • 7+ years of experience with Workday, including at least 3 years in a lead or architect role within Workday Financials. • Proven track record of Workday Financials implementations in a financial services environment. • Deep understanding of accounting, procurement, and financial operations processes. • Proven experience designing and implementing Workday architecture at a large or mid-sized organization. • Workday certification in Financials and related modules. • Experience in financial services firms, such as banks, fintechs, or insurance. • Experience with global financial compliance and multi-entity, multi-currency configurations. • Expertise in Workday Financial Data Model (FDM), security, and reporting. • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills. • Excellent communication and collaboration with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Knowledge of industry financial regulations and risk management practices. • Project management experience with Agile or Waterfall methodologies. • Ability to work in a fast-paced, regulated environment. Nice-to-haves • Experience with Workday Studio, EIB, or Report Writer. • Familiarity with compliance standards such as SOC, SOX, GDPR, and FFIEC guidelines. • Experience building relationships with internal customers and stakeholders. • Prior work experience as a Business Analyst or Systems Analyst. • Knowledge of reporting architecture and Power BI. • Preferred skills such as Visio and Excel, and basic SQL knowledge. • Workday certifications. Benefits • 401k • 401k_matching • dental_insurance • health_insurance • life_insurance • paid_holidays • tuition_reimbursement • unlimited_pto Apply tot his job