About the role
As a Workday Financials Test Lead, you will make an impact by leading end-to-end quality assurance and testing activities for Workday Financials implementations, tenant upgrades, feature releases, and enhancements. You will be a valued member of the Quality Engineering team and work collaboratively with Workday functional consultants, business subject matter experts, integration teams, and Workday HCM and Payroll teams to support high-quality, audit-ready releases.
In this role, you will
Lead end-to-end test planning, strategy, estimation, and execution for Workday Financials implementations, tenant upgrades, enhancements, and biannual feature releases.
Design, review, and manage test scenarios and test cases across Workday Financials modules, including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash Management, Banking, Procurement, Supplier Accounts, Customer Accounts, Projects, and Financial Reporting.
Establish and manage the test governance model, including entry and exit criteria, requirements traceability, RAID logs, defect triage, test metrics, and go-live readiness.
Coordinate System Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing, regression, integration, and performance testing while ensuring appropriate test coverage across business and technical requirements.
Validate Workday Financials integrations with banking interfaces, tax engines, procurement platforms, payroll systems, and reporting tools using EIBs, Core Connectors, Workday Studio, and Workday Web Services.
Lead and mentor test analysts by assigning responsibilities, reviewing test artifacts, monitoring execution, and maintaining quality standards.
Prepare test status reports, dashboards, quality metrics, and risk updates for project leadership and steering committees.
Support compliance testing for SOX, internal controls, and audit requirements, and contribute to automation initiatives using Tricentis Tosca, Selenium, or similar tools.
Work model
At Cognizant, we strive to provide flexibility wherever possible, and we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is an onsite position at Addison, Texas.
The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you are engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured, we will always be clear about role expectations.
What you need to have to be considered
10+ years of extensive experience leading testing activities for Workday Financials implementations, upgrades, enhancements, or feature releases.
Strong functional testing experience across Workday Financials modules such as General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash Management, Banking, Procurement, Supplier Accounts, Customer Accounts, Projects, and Financial Reporting.
Experience developing test strategies, test plans, test scenarios, test cases, traceability matrices, entry and exit criteria, and go-live readiness assessments.
Demonstrated experience managing System Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing, regression, integration, and defect management cycles.
Experience validating Workday integrations using EIBs, Core Connectors, Workday Studio, Workday Web Services, or related integration technologies.
Proficiency with test management and defect-tracking tools such as Jira, Zephyr, qTest, HP ALM, or Quality Center.
Experience leading test teams, reviewing test deliverables, coordinating with cross-functional stakeholders, and providing test status reporting to leadership.
Experience with test automation tools such as Tricentis Tosca, Selenium, or comparable automation solutions.
These will help you stand out
Experience testing cross-functional dependencies between Workday Financials, HCM, Payroll, Procurement, and external platforms.
Experience supporting Workday biannual feature release testing and tenant configuration validation.
Knowledge of SOX compliance, financial controls, internal audit requirements, and evidence-based testing.
Experience creating executive-level dashboards, quality metrics, defect trends, and testing risk reports.
Experience implementing or expanding automated regression testing for Workday Financials processes.
We’re excited to meet people who share our mission and can make an impact in a variety of ways. Don’t hesitate to apply, even if you only meet the minimum requirements listed. Think about your transferable experiences and unique skills that make you stand out as someone who can bring new and exciting things to this role.
Benefits
• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Cognizant will only consider applicants for this position who are legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.
*Please note, this role is not able to offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future*
À propos de Cognizant
Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) est un AI Builder et une entreprise de services numériques (ESN) élaborant des solutions complètes d’IA maximisant les investissements pour des résultats concrets. Sa profonde expertise des métiers, des processus et des technologies lui permet d’intégrer dans les systèmes technologiques le contexte unique de chaque organisation de l’ingénierie à la production à l’échelle. Son objectif: améliorer l’efficacité des équipes, créer de la valeur et permettre aux grandes entreprises de rester performantes dans un monde qui évolue rapidement. Pour en savoir plus: cognizant.ai ou @cognizant.
À savoir avant de postuler
- Autorisation de travail: Cognizant ne prendra en considération que les candidats à ce poste qui sont légalement autorisés à travailler au Canada sans avoir besoin d'un parrainage de l'employeur, aujourd'hui ou à l'avenir.
- Mesures d’adaptation: Si vous avez un handicap qui nécessite des mesures d’adaptation raisonnable pour effectuer une recherche d’emploi ou poser une candidature, veuillez envoyer un courriel à [email protected] avec votre demande et vos coordonnées.
- L’IA dans notre processus de recrutement: Nous utilisons des outils d'intelligence artificielle (IA) pour trier et évaluer les candidatures efficacement. Notre équipe examine ensuite les candidatures et décide qui passe à l’étape suivante.
- Poste à pourvoir: Sauf indication contraire, ce poste est actuellement vacant et nous cherchons à le pourvoir.
- Exigences linguistiques: Nous demandons à tous les candidats de posséder une connaissance de base de l’anglais afin de faciliter les communications internes. Pour les postes au Québec, la capacité à communiquer efficacement en anglais est requise car vous fournirez des services à et collaborerez avec des parties prenantes anglophones situées hors de la province.
- Inclusion: Cognizant est un employeur souscrivant au principe de l’égalité d’accès à l’emploi. Votre candidature et votre dossier ne seront pas examinés en fonction de la race, de la couleur, du sexe, de la religion, des croyances, de l'orientation sexuelle, de l'identité de genre, de l'origine nationale, du handicap, des renseignements génétiques, de la grossesse, du statut d'ancien combattant ou de toute autre caractéristique protégée par les lois fédérales, provinciales ou locales.
