Workday Financials Business Analyst

The Finance Transformation team at MUFG Investor Services is responsible for enabling a modern, digital finance function through process optimization, automation, and technology adoption across our finance systems and connected solutions. The team partners across various departments including IT, HR, Legal, Procurement, Third Party Management, Business Operations, Compliance, Data and others, to ensure financial processes remain integrated, governed, efficient, and strategically aligned with business goals.

The Workday Financials Business Analyst plays a key role in designing, configuring, and optimizing finance processes within Workday Financials. This is a hands‑on role focused on end‑to‑end process ownership, system configuration, and continuous improvement. The role acts as a functional bridge between Finance and IT, translating business needs into well‑designed, scalable system solutions while actively contributing to system build, testing, and optimization activities.

Role and Responsibilities

• Partner with Finance stakeholders (Accounting, FP&A, Operations) to understand, document, and improve core finance processes (e.g., Procure‑to‑Pay, Record‑to‑Report).
• Design and document end‑to‑end process flows, future‑state solutions, and functional specifications.
• Configure and maintain Workday Financials modules, including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Procurement, Expenses, and Projects.
• Maintain and optimize Workday Business Process Frameworks (BPFs), security roles, and configuration settings.
• Build and enhance Workday reports and dashboards to support financial and operational decision‑making.
• Support integrations between Workday and upstream/downstream systems by defining functional requirements, validating data flows, and supporting testing activities.
• Participate in system releases, user acceptance testing (UAT), regression testing, and issue resolution.
• Own day‑to‑day system enhancements, defect management, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Maintain accurate documentation of processes, configurations, data flows, and standard operating procedures.
• Contribute to broader ERP initiatives including rollouts, enhancements, and post‑implementation optimization.