Senior Manager Platform Engineer, Workday - Functional (HCM/Finance)

Senior Manager Platform Engineer, Workday - Functional (HCM/Finance)
Do you love building and pioneering in the technology space? Do you enjoy solving complex technical problems in a fast-paced, collaborative, inclusive, and iterative delivery environment? At Capital One, you'll be part of a big group of makers, breakers, doers and disruptors, who love to solve real problems and meet real customer needs.
We are seeking Workday Engineers who are passionate about developing highly-resilient, fundamentally-sound objects to support the Human Resource technology driving Capital One. As part of a team that's leading the next wave of disruption on a whole new scale, you will play an integral part in advancing Capital One's Human Resource Technology, Finance Technology ecosystem and culture of technical excellence. You will champion automation of functional and technical processes and bring your expertise to drive innovative solutions.
This Senior Manager will be supporting our Workday Platform & Data Governance Team, responsible for the shared architecture across Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) and Workday Financials (FIN). This leadership role touches a broad, horizontal understanding of the Workday platform and broader enterprise systems such as workforce management, Identity and access management, productivity tooling. You will act as the functional bridge between the HR and Finance organizations, ensuring that system configurations are cohesive and that the Foundation Data Model (FDM) remains aligned across all modules. Furthermore, you will serve as the functional authority on data quality, understanding how data enters the system, how it flows through internal business processes, and how it exits to downstream enterprise systems.
Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop a team of Workday functional analysts responsible for executing cross-domain, foundational, and high-complexity configuration.
• Oversee the configuration and maintenance of intersectional platform elements, including cross-application Business Processes (BPs), intersection security groups, and custom organizations.
• Ensure that any structural changes to the Foundation Data Model (e.g., new companies, cost centers, or custom worktags) initiated by Finance are properly mapped and accounted for within HCM condition rules, routing logic, and integrations.
• Act as the central escalation point for configuration conflicts between the federated HR and Finance teams, making decisions based on overall platform stability and enterprise standards.
• Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the enterprise data model. You must understand not only how data is structured inside Workday, but how functional configuration impacts downstream data warehouses, IAM systems, and other enterprise systems.
• Design and implement functional safeguards to prevent bad data from entering the system at the source.
• Develop and oversee routine operational reporting and audit processes to identify data anomalies between HR and Financial records
• Partner directly with the Workday Technical Leader to ensure that the functional configuration supports scalable, clean data extracts. You will define the functional business rules that govern what data is sent to external systems
• Manage the intake, impact analysis, testing, and deployment of Workday's semi-annual feature releases across both HCM and Financial domains.
• Enforce strict IT General Controls (ITGC) and SOX compliance standards for all configuration changes migrating from lower tenants into Production.
• Direct the intake and prioritization of central platform requests, managing the team's sprint cycle to ensure timely delivery of configuration items.

Basic Qualifications:

• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent certification
• At least 8 years of experience with Workday functional configuration
• At least 4 years of experience in a technical leadership role overseeing strategic projects
• At least 4 years of people management experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 9+ years of experience with Workday functional configuration (Core HCM, Finance, Security, and Reporting)
• 2+ years of experience configuring SSO with Workday using SAML 2.0 and integrating with enterprise identity providers.
• Workday Pro Certification in HCM
• Workday Pro Certification in Security
• 1+ year of experience with Workday Financials security module

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization, or offer any immigration related support for this position (i.e. H1B, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, J-1, TN, E-2, E-3, L-1 and O-1, or any EADs or other forms of work authorization that require immigration support from an employer).
The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.
Cambridge, MA: $200,700 - $229,100 for Sr. Manager, Platform Engineering
Chicago, IL: $182,500 - $208,300 for Sr. Manager, Platform Engineering
McLean, VA: $200,700 - $229,100 for Sr. Manager, Platform Engineering
New York, NY: $219,000 - $249,900 for Sr. Manager, Platform Engineering
Plano, TX: $182,500 - $208,300 for Sr. Manager, Platform Engineering
Richmond, VA: $182,500 - $208,300 for Sr. Manager, Platform Engineering
San Francisco, CA: $219,000 - $249,900 for Sr. Manager, Platform Engineering
San Jose, CA: $219,000 - $249,900 for Sr. Manager, Platform Engineering
Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate's offer letter.
This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.
Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website . Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.
This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.
No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City's Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia's Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.
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