Business Transition Lead - Workday (Management Analyst 4)

State of Washington•Lakewood, WA

35d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Washington Military Department (WMD) is seeking a highly skilled and forward-thinking Business Transition Lead - Workday (Management Analyst 4) to support the successful implementation of the new statewide financial system - Workday. This position plays a critical role in guiding WMD through large-scale organizational change, ensuring business readiness, and aligning operational practices with the new system's processes and capabilities. The ideal candidate brings strong experience in business process transformation, cross-agency coordination, and change management with complex governmental enterprise environments. This is a unique opportunity to drive a modernization effort that will strengthen financial management, improve operational efficiency, and enhance transparency across state government. This is a project position that is anticipated to be funded through June 30, 2027, and reports to the Accounting Manager to ensure agency successful implementation of the Workday accounting system. This is a civilian position and does not require military service affiliation. About the Washington Military Department Protecting people is our passion. At the Washington Military Department, we combine our unique talents to create safer communities and ensure our neighbors and loved ones can recover from whatever emergency might arise. Our agency unites civilian employees with members of the Washington National Guard, creating a team that is deeply committed to public service. We go home at night knowing that our day-to-day work supports activities that truly make a difference. Whether that's partnering with our communities to prepare for a disaster, leading an emergency response, hiring top-notch talent or supporting at-risk kids at our Washington Youth ChalleNGe Academy - the Washington Military Department seeks to safeguard our way of life and those that call Washington home.

Requirements

Five years of professional level accounting-related experience.
A higher education degree (Associate's or Bachelor's) in accounting, auditing, budgeting, business administration or related field may substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis.
Education to experience equivalency:
Associate's degree = 2 years.
Bachelor's degree = 4 years.

Nice To Haves

Working with Workday (cloud-based enterprise resource planning system).
Developing, analyzing, and updating processes and procedures related to financial operations.
Utilizing Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, TEAMS, Outlook, etc.) to complete complex documents.
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
State Financial Reporting System (AFRS), Enterprise Reporting system, and the AFRS financial toolbox.
Accounting system workflows and processes.
Project management and organization change methods.
Possess excellent communication skills and the ability to communicate complex fiscal issues to a variety of audiences.
Prepare, reconcile, and analyze worksheets, reports and data.
Demonstrates a willingness to take action to understand and meet the needs of others.
The ability to take action to learn and grow.

Responsibilities

Provide expert direction and guidance for business process re-engineering for each identified task performed to account for financial transactions in preparation for system conversion to Workday.
Collaborate with various subject matter experts and process participants to identify separate tasks requiring unique processes.
Develop strategies, set goals and monitor progress of each task identified.
Coordinate staff to assign work and monitor progress of each activity.
Develop and monitor organization change management plans and act as liaison in collaboration with OFM OneWA team, agency staff as Workday stakeholders.
Develop and monitor organizational readiness assessments, gap analysis and resistance management plans that support agency readiness for the Workday transition.
Develop and manage plans, including communication and performance progress metrics.
Consult with OneWA team to provide support to Accounting Manager and other leads with overall progress status to maintain deadline goals for system conversion and track overall agency cohesion.
Monitor and report on OneWA deadlines and due dates on various assignments and tasks.
Communicate expected delays and collaborate with methods to stay on track.
Monitor system discrepancies and collaborate with staff to work toward solutions.