• Lead Workday Financials & Grants Management Solutions • Serve as a functional lead for Workday Financials and Workday Grants Management, partnering closely with GCS, Research Administration, and Finance & Accounting in a higher education and research environment • Analyze, design, and optimize WHOI’s Financial and Grants Management systems and processes, leveraging Workday best practices • Partner closely with GCS to ensure Workday configurations support sponsor terms, institutional policies, and regulatory requirements • Support the full sponsored research lifecycle in Workday, including award setup, budgeting, amendments, cost sharing, F&A, billing, revenue recognition, and closeout • Support core financial management processes across General Ledger/Financial Reporting, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Procurement, Assets, Cash Management and Financial Planning & Analysis ensuring alignment with institution accounting policies and best practices • Collaborate with Finance & Accounting leadership and business process owners to design, optimize, and govern Workday Financials configurations and controls • Act as a key functional lead and trusted advisor during Workday implementations, enhancements, and optimization initiatives • Collaborate with Finance & Accounting, GCS, Research Administration, Information Systems, HRIS, and other institution partners to design efficient, compliant, and user-friendly processes • Lead requirements gathering, business process mapping, and future-state design for financial and grants workflows • Coordinate and support system testing, user acceptance testing, and issue resolution in partnership with business and technical teams • Support integrations between Workday and other institutional systems and tools • Design and maintain Workday Financials and Grants reports, including standard, custom, and composite reports • Develop dashboards and metrics that support research administration, financial management, grants oversight, audit readiness, and leadership decision-making • Provide ongoing functional support to Finance & Accounting, GCS & Research Administration, and the broader WHOI Workday user community • Develop clear user guides, training materials, and process documentation tailored to a research environment • Support internal and external audits, compliance reviews, and sponsor inquiries • Proactively identify opportunities to improve system usability, productivity, and user experience