The Workday Academic Foundation Business Functional Lead serves as a Workday Student functional expert within the Office of the University Registrar OUR This is a leadership role partnering with a cross functional team working on the universitys Workday Student implementation project The Academic Foundation Lead has experienced knowledge of all institutional academic calendars regulations and requirements of program and course offerings by all Colleges and Departments and of transfer programs and course articulations with the university The incumbent understands institutional structure Colleges Departments etc which programs and courses belong to which areas The incumbent has in depth knowledge of institutional transfer credit policies and procedures including processes for course evaluation approvals This leadership position has the ability to adapt to new technology and has experienced knowledge in the management of functional requirements set up in systems and the operationalization of procedures and processes in a student information system The incumbent also possesses experienced knowledge in the use of third party program and course articulation systems eg Quottly CollegeSource Transferology and is able to assess and propose functional integrations between systems This position has demonstrated expertise in systems configuration and the management of functions building academic calendars terms and programs of study and evaluating and processing transfer credit in a student information system The incumbent oversees all processes related to the design configuration and testing of the academic foundation workstreams in partnership with the Workday Analysts in the universitys Division of Information Technology DIT and with Huron implementation consultants This vital role is a key decision maker in OUR that navigates inter departmental operations leads cross functional requirements discussions and liaises with the universitys Workday project team Elevate analyzing and conveying business needs and requirements In particular the Academic Foundation Lead must critically analyze and assess proposed future state process designs and discuss and consult with and counsel OUR to enable decision making This role bridges functional and technical teams to ensure alignment between business requirements and technology solutions This 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 Following Workday Student implementation the incumbent will continue as a permanent full time position and serve as a member of the OUR leadership team in providing post implementation leadership and support to Office staff and stakeholdersthe position will evaluate system upgrades operationalize changes support configurations lead continuous process improvements collaborate with DIT and provide guidance as a Workday Student OUR expert