Director Product development Engineering

Job Description- Workday Financials Position Title-Director Product development Engineering (Workday Financials Specialist) Reports to (Responsibility Level): AVP Product Development engineering Supervises: Yes Location: Hyderabad/Pune * 16+ years of total experience in ERP, proven 10+ years of experience in Workday mostly in financial area. * Hands-on experience with Workday Financial Management functional areas. * Strong expertise in Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, Workday Web Services (SOAP/REST). * Working experience with Prism Analytics from data ingestion to creation of dataset pipelines, data blending, transformation, configuring Prism data source security and publishing it. * Strong hands-on experience with discovery boards and reports based on Prism data sources. * Experience with Accounting Center setup, including accounting rules, mapping logic, posting configurations, and transformations. * Proficient with data flows, reconciling subledger data to GL postings, and investigate discrepancies. * Good knowledge of business processes such as Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Expenses, and Supplier Management. * Proficiency in XML, XSLT, XPATH, Java, JSON for integration development. * Possess good knowledge in Workday Orchestration. * Experience in cloud financial systems, ERP integrations, or large-scale Workday deployments. * Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting skills. * Strong communication skills to work with business and technical stakeholders. * Proven track record in partnering with the business to deliver mission critical transformation via Agile approach. * Workday Integration Core Certified or Workday Financials Certified. * Understanding of PeopleSoft or similar ERP platforms is preferred. * Strong understanding of data lake concepts and modern data architecture to support scalable and efficient integrations. Job Responsibilities * People Management - Managing software engineers located across multiple locations, upskilling/reskilling, hiring / retention agenda and adoption of engineering culture. * Stakeholder Management - Managing key business stakeholders to deliver the required technological capabilities to support the digital transformation agenda. Driving prioritization of the product backlog. * Lead and support E2E Software Lifecycle Management for Workday Financials (Architecture, Design, Development, Testing & Production). * Collaborate with finance, compliance, IT, and implementation partners for alignment. * Guide integrations with banks, treasury systems, and financial service providers. * Guide and support peer reviews of solution designs and related code, ensuring adherence to best practice guidelines and compliance with security and privacy mandates. * Document system architecture, specifications, and integration frameworks. * Design and deploy Workday integrations, focusing on Financials & related areas. * Build and maintain integrations using Workday Studio, EIB (Enterprise Interface Builder), Core Connectors, and Workday Web Services (SOAP/REST APIs). * Possess hands-on knowledge of security models, reporting, and calculated fields in Workday. * Ensure integrations security, error handling, and compliance with organizational policies. * Partner with cross-functional IT and business teams to manage data migrations, third-party system integrations, and interface enhancements. * Identify opportunities for process automation and system optimization within integrations. Soft Skills: * Strong leadership and project management capabilities. * Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills. * Ability to balance technical innovation with business value delivery. * Communication: Ability to influence and help communicate the organization's direction and ensure results are achieved. * Collaboration: Proven track record of building collaborative partnerships and ability to operate effectively in a global environment. * People Management: Inspiring, motivating and leading diverse and distributed teams. * Diverse environment: Can-do attitude and ability to work in a high paced environment Education, Technical Skills & Other Critical Requirement Education Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Finance, or related field. (B.Tech./B.E./BCA/MCA) Experience (In Years) 16-18 years Technical Skills * Strong expertise in Workday Studio, EIB, Core Connectors, Workday Web Services (SOAP/REST). * Strong experience with Workday Prism Analytics and Accounting center. * Hands-on experience with Workday Financial Management functional areas. * Good knowledge of business processes such as Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Expenses, Supplier Management, Project Accounting and General Ledger. * Proficiency in XML, XSLT, XPATH, Java, JSON for integration development. * Experience with integration of middleware and third-party systems (e.g. banks, suppliers). * Familiar with Azure DevOps tool. * Understanding of PeopleSoft or similar ERP platforms is preferred. Other Critical Requirements Like Voice/ Non-Voice for Insurance Ops