Workday
Principal Business Analyst, Source to Pay
$138K–$245K
USA, CA, Pleasanton +2 · Flex · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 13, 2026
- Location
- USA, CA, Pleasanton
USA, GA, Atlanta
USA, UT, Salt Lake City - Experience
- At least 8 years; progressive experience in Source to Pay, Finance Transformation, or a related discipline.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, Business, or a related field.
About the job
Leads the design, governance, testing, and transformation of Workday’s global Source to Pay processes, coordinating stakeholders and improving compliance, efficiency, and system adoption.
What you'll do
- Define and evolve global Source to Pay processes; translate business, policy, and regulatory needs into process designs, requirements, and Jira stories.
- Develop and lead end-to-end testing and UAT, track defects and sign-offs, and validate transactions and downstream accounting outcomes.
- Drive process performance and adoption through KPI monitoring, compliance and audit coordination, and piloting Workday features and AI capabilities.
What they ask for
- At least 8 years of progressive experience in Source to Pay, Finance Transformation, or a related discipline, including ownership of complex end-to-end processes in a global environment.
- Deep functional knowledge of supplier management, sourcing, procurement, purchase orders, invoice processing, expense management, payments, and related accounting, tax, controls, and working-capital implications.
- Experience using or deploying ERPs, sourcing, or procurement platforms.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, Business, or a related field.
Nice to have
- Workday Financial Management, Workday Strategic Sourcing, or Evisort experience.
- CPA, CIPS, CPSM, PMP, Lean Six Sigma, or comparable certification.
Pay
$163,400 USD - $245,000 USD (base salary); $137,900 USD - $245,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Workday Financial Management, Workday Strategic Sourcing, Evisort, Workday Financials, Spend Management, Accounting Center, Jira
AI focus
Champion, test, and pilot Workday features and AI capabilities; promote adoption of AI tools to improve the consistency and quality of transformation project outputs.
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