Security Role Services

Security roles define a person's specific responsibilities and permissions in Workday. They:

Determine who can initiate, approve, and act on business processes
Determine what information an individual can view via reports, profiles, and other informational screens
Can be assigned to any position, and positions can hold multiple security roles depending on their job function
Sometimes require additional training, depending on their level of access

AST assists in the management of security roles in Workday, which includes the authority to grant, delegate, or remove Workday Finance and Human Capital Management (HCM) roles on behalf of units.

Resources

Training resources for Workday Finance security roles can be found in the UW Connect Finance Portal (NetID login required). HCM security role trainings are managed by Employee Workday Help (EWH) and can be found in the Workday Learning Library.

Requesting a security role? Ensure ensured the Assignee(s) has completed the required training for all security roles requested.

Common Workday Finance Security Roles

Role	What they do	What they can see
Cost Center Financial Analyst	Perform financial reporting functions for assigned cost centers; view-only, no approval authority.	Accounting adjustments, accounting journals, ad hoc payments, purchase orders, requisitions, supplier invoices and supplier invoice requests for assigned cost center(s).
Cost Center Manager	Approve purchases and manage cost center funds.	Transactions pending funding approval from the cost center manager for assigned cost center(s).
Expense Data Entry Specialist	Perform expense report data entry functions for assigned organizations such as creating expense reports for other workers.	Expense reports, CTAs in progress and to be approved.
Finance Analyst	View all financial setup and operational data for organization and subordinates.	Accounting adjustments, accounting journals, ad hoc payments, goods delivery, purchase orders and requisitions, expense reports, customer and supplier invoices and invoice requests, etc.
Internal Service Delivery Data Entry Specialist	Create, change, and edit internal service delivery documents.	Transactions associated with their unit’s individual ISP(s).
Grant Manager	Primary manager for assigned grants, serves as approver for associated financial business processes, and completes award tasks.	Transactions pending funding approval from the grant manager.
Grant Financial Analyst	Perform financial reporting functions for assigned grants; view-only, no approval authority.	Accounting adjustments, accounting journals, ad hoc payments, purchase orders, requisitions, supplier invoices and supplier invoice requests for assigned grant(s).
Procurement Data Entry Specialist	Perform procurement data entry functions for assigned organizations.	ProCard transactions and verifications for workers; authority to verify transactions.
Requisition Requester	Create and maintain requisitions and receipts, as well as create non-purchase order supplier invoices.	View access to purchase orders, PO acknowledgements and advance ship notifications.
Requisition Requester < $3500	Create and maintain requisitions and receipts, as well as create non-purchase order supplier invoices. Requisitions up to $3500 do not need cost center manager approval.	View access to purchase orders, PO acknowledgements and advance ship notifications.
Unit Asset Coordinator	Responsible for asset maintenance at the unit level, including issuing, transferring, and reporting on assets	View asset adjustment, disposal, registration, removal, and useful life update.

Common Workday HCM Security Roles

Role	What they do
HR Partner*	Review and approve hiring and staffing processes for all non-academic personnel in assigned supervisory organization(s).
Academic Partner*	Review and approve hiring and staffing processes for academic personnel in assigned supervisory organization(s).
Time & Absence Approver*	Approve employee’s or team of employee’s timesheets and time off requests.

*These listed roles all view the same information, including employee personal details, compensation details and worker history.

To learn more about HCM security roles, visit the EWH ’s resources on HCM security roles.

Frequently Asked Questions

How to create a Workday inbox filter for a specific security role?

Step by step instructions can be found in the ‘Workday Inbox Filtering’ page. This page also includes answers to some common Workday filtering questions, in addition to resources and helpful tips.

How do I find out which security roles I hold in Workday?

To check your security roles, go to your profile, then open the Actions menu. Toward the bottom of the menu, hover over Security Profile, and select View Role Assignments for Worker Position.

Or simply run Role Assignments for Worker Position.

Note: Once in the report you can select any of the headers to filter and/or sort based on your needs.

How do I find out which security roles have access this report?

Search for Workday Finance reports using the BI Portal Catalog or for Workday HCM reports search BI Portal Workday HCM Reports, filter for Reports under Sort and filter catalog, then search based on the report name or number. After you've selected a report, then select Security Information under Overview on the left hand side. Then you will see a list of all roles with access to this report.

Which Workday reports can I run, based on my security role?

Run Reports I Can Run in Workday

Note: Once in the report you can select any of the headers to filter and/or sort based on your needs.

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