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Senior Manager Platform Engineer, Workday - Functional (HCM/Finance)

at Discover Financial Services

📍 8 Locations Unknown 💰 $200K – $229K USD / year Posted April 17, 2026
Salary $200K – $229K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience executive
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Not specified
Category ERP & CRM Systems

Lead Workday functional platform engineering work across Human Capital Management (HCM) and Financials (FIN) while driving data governance and data quality. You will manage configuration activities, resolve HR/Finance configuration conflicts, and ensure the Foundation Data Model (FDM) remains aligned across modules and integrations.

  • Lead and develop Workday functional analysts
  • Ensure Foundation Data Model (FDM) alignment across Workday HCM and Workday Financials (FIN)
  • Resolve configuration conflicts between HR and Finance teams
  • Implement safeguards to prevent bad data from entering Workday
  • Oversee reporting and audit processes tied to data governance

This role is a Workday functional leadership position covering cross-domain configuration, Business Processes (BPs), intersection security groups, and custom organizations. You will govern the Foundation Data Model (FDM), oversee condition rules and routing logic, and ensure downstream impacts to data warehouses and Identity and access management (IAM) are controlled via functional safeguards.

The ideal candidate is a senior Workday functional leader who has supported Workday HCM and Workday Financials with deep ownership of the Foundation Data Model (FDM). They have led teams of functional analysts, resolved configuration conflicts across HR and Finance, and implemented data quality safeguards that protect downstream systems like data warehouses and IAM.

Lead and develop a team of Workday functional analystsExecute cross-domainfoundationaland high-complexity configurationEnsure Foundation Data Model (FDM) alignment across Workday HCM and Workday Financials (FIN)Serve as functional authority on data quality and how data flows in and out of WorkdayMaintain understanding of how functional configuration impacts downstream data warehouses and IAM systemsDesign and implement functional safeguards to prevent bad data from entering the system at the source
WorkdayWorkday Human Capital Management (HCM)Workday Financials (FIN)Identity and access managementdata warehouses
Workday functional configurationWorkday HCMWorkday FinancialsFoundation Data Model (FDM)data governancedata qualityBusiness Processes (BPs)condition rulesrouting logicintegrationsIdentity and access managementoperational reportingaudit processesleadership
Workday functional configurationWorkday Human Capital Management (HCM)Workday Financials (FIN)Workday platformFoundation Data Model (FDM)data governancedata qualityBusiness Processes (BPs)intersection security groupscustom organizationscondition rulesrouting logicintegrationsworkforce managementIdentity and access managementproductivity toolingenterprise data model understandingdata warehousing downstream impactautomation of functional and technical processesoperational reportingaudit processesfunctional safeguards to prevent bad data from entering the systemconfiguration conflict resolutioncross-domain configuration
lead and develop a teamcross-functional collaborationstakeholder communicationescalation managementdecision makingconflict resolutionleadershiptechnical authority
Industry Fintech
Job Function Provide Workday functional leadership for enterprise platform configuration and data governance.
Role Subtype Workday Consultant
Tech Domains Workday, PeopleSoft, Active Directory, Microsoft 365
Senior Manager Platform EngineerWorkdayWorkday FunctionalHCMHuman Capital ManagementFINWorkday FinancialsWorkday Platform & Data Governance TeamFoundation Data ModelFDMBusiness ProcessesBPsintersection security groupscustom organizationscondition rulesrouting logicintegrationsdata qualitydata governanceworkforce managementIdentity and access managementoperational reportingaudit processesWorkday functional analystscross-domain configurationfunctional safeguardsconfiguration conflictsWorkday platformWorkday Human Capital Management (HCM)Workday Financials (FIN)Foundation Data Model (FDM)Business Processes (BPs)

Must have Workday functional configuration experience across HCM and Financials (FIN)

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