Workday Financials Functional Analyst

ApplyBoard simplifies the study abroad application process by connecting international students, international student advisors, and educational institutions on one personalized platform. For more than a decade, ApplyBoard's team members have been dedicated to breaking down barriers to international education, while thriving at a company that invests in their career growth. Our six core values guide us in our mission to educate the world, and are the foundation of our company culture. As an organization built on diversity, our team members are representative of the students we support. The Opportunity: ApplyBoard is seeking a Workday Financials Functional Analyst to help support one of our school partners in Florida. This role will be part of our Finance team and own how financial operations run within Workday for one of our school partners.  This role will partner closely with Finance leadership and operational teams, translating business needs into scalable, compliant system configurations. You will ensure data integrity, enforce controls, and continuously improve how financial processes operate. What You’ll Be Doing Every Day:  Foundation Data Model and financial accounting (record-to-report) Foundation Data Model governance: ledgers, cost centers, worktags, and accounting structures Journal sources, accounting rules, period close, and consolidation support Business Process Framework: routing, approvals, conditions, and validations across financial events Procure-to-pay and supplier management Requisitions, purchase orders, supplier invoices, supplier accounts and settlement Spend authorization, approval hierarchies and Delegation of Authority enforcement Expenses Expense business processes, policy configuration, and corporate card integrations Business assets Asset lifecycle: acquisition, depreciation, transfers, and disposals, with reconciliation to the general ledger Projects, customer accounts, and billing (as applicable) Project costing and billing, including grant and sponsored-project tracking where relevant Customer invoices, customer payments and related revenue processes Banking and settlement Bank account configuration, payment runs, and settlement processes, coordinated with banking integrations Reporting, analytics, and governance Build financial reports, calculated fields, and dashboards for Finance and leadership Stand up reconciliation and audit-readiness reporting, with SOX control support and Delegation of Authority validation Own role-based security and segregation of duties for Finance, partnering with IT on access and compliance Protect data quality through EIB and Core Connector loads, Foundation Data Model integrity, and reconciliation work Release readiness and continuous improvement Own bi-annual Workday release readiness for Financials: regression testing, impact assessment, and feature adoption Maintain configuration documentation, quick…