We are seeking a dynamic highly skilled and experienced Student Financial Aid expert and leader to join our team as the Workday Functional Lead Representing the Office of Student Financial Aid OSFA the incumbent will oversee all aspects of the Student Financial Aid workstream This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the Workday Student implementation shaping the future of Student Financial Aid delivery at UMD The Workday Functional Lead for Student Financial Aid should have a deep understanding of federal aid state aid and institutional aid policies and requirements including reporting disclosure and cross functional integration requirements The incumbent oversees all processes related to the design configuration and testing of the student financial aid system scholarship awarding and processing federal and state aid program work streams in partnership with the Workday Analysts in the universitys Division of Information Technology DIT and with Huron implementation consultants In particular the Student Financial Aid Lead must critically analyze and assess proposed future state process designs and discuss and consult with and counsel OSFA to enable decision making This role bridges functional and technical teams to ensure alignment between business requirements and technology solutions In addition the incumbent should have a strong working knowledge of student financial services and student records and registrationThe Workday Functional Lead for Student Financial Aid will have the following main responsibilities Learn Workday processes and functionality to obtain expert level knowledge of Student Financial Aid Work with campus subject matter experts SMEs to identify include and represent all areas Partner with analysts to document requirements for student financial aid integration and inboundoutbound data feeds Review Workday design options and provide directions Partner with Change Management CM to develop agenda and materials Partner with a communication specialist for all Student Financial Aid presentations Assist CM with communication for the change impact Review and validate change impacts captured by the CM team Partner with the Security Lead to review and confirm that security roles will meet Student Financial Aid and other stakeholders needs Be the point of contact for providing functional directionvalidation of decisions with various campus stakeholders schools offices programs and team members eg integration developers report writers business analysts change analysts Document all decisions and prepare detailed decision recommendation documents that will need to be presented to governance Provide guidance on data mapping decisions that support functionalbusiness direction andor requirements Review testing tracker scenarios and update with institution school program and situation personas scenarios security access requirements and expected outcomes Execute testing scenarios record results document defects and re test scenarios to resolution Work with training staff to prepare training material for Student Financial Aid Conduct training with stakeholders This is a full time permanent position in OSFA Following the implementation of Workday Student the incumbent will serve as a member of the OSFA leadership team and provide support to OSFA staff and other partners evaluate upgrades operationalize changes support configurations lead continuous process improvements collaborate with others and provide guidance as the Student Financial Aid Workday expertThis position is considered essential and may be required to work at the normal work location or an alternative location during a major catastrophic event weather emergency or other operational emergencies to help maintain continuity of University services