Technical Lead - Workday Financials

What You'll Do

Avalara is looking for an experienced Technical Lead - Workday Financials ; You will be involved in-

• Custom Development
• System Integration
• Performance Optimization
• Technical Architecture Design
• Workday Financials and Extend/Built on Workday Development
• API Development and Integration
• Security and Authorization
• Testing and Debugging
• Training and Documentation
• Product Management
• Post-Implementation Support

You will be reporting to Manager, Software Engineering.

What Your Responsibilities Will Be

• You will collaborate effectively with teams in the US and India.
• You will drive successful project delivery through effective planning, prioritization, and resource management.
• You will champion best practices in software development, code reviews, testing, and deployment.
• You will collaborate with stakeholders to define project requirements and deliverables.
• Identify and mitigate project risks.
• Promote innovation and process improvements.
• Work closely with business partners to understand business processes, goals and gaps
• You will drive the planning, prioritization, design, development and deployment of new projects & system improvements
• Understand requirements, configuring the Workday Financials connectors and documenting, as needed
• Participate in the change management and launch support processes of any new and modification of existing configuration
• Facilitate review sessions with functional owners, domain experts and end-user representatives
• Coordinate and perform system testing to ensure requirements are met
• Assist project team during user acceptance testing (UAT); including tracking issues through to resolution and securing end user acceptance signoff
• Work with product owners to understand desired application capabilities and testing scenarios
• Research, test and stay up-to-date on Workday updates, fixes and capabilities
• Build & maintain thorough documentation for system implementation
• Primary contact for questions related to how the system works from a business and a technical perspective
• Provide production support for Workday by troubleshooting problems, testing, and working with the business to resolve issues

What You'll Need to be Successful

• Workday Expertise 6+ years of experience as a Workday Developer. Proficiency in Workday Financials
• Must have expertise on all modules within Workday Financials Management with the ability to configure and troubleshoot issues across all modules.
• Experience with Workday Extend/Built on Workday and Workday Studio, enabling and maintaining custom developments.
• Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Slack for project management and communication.
• Experience with Indirect Tax Software integrations. (ie Sovos, Avalara, Vertex).

Perks and benefits

Total Rewards

In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses.

Health & Wellness
Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance.

Inclusive culture and diversity
Avalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship.