H-1B Visa Finance Jobs
Finance roles, including financial analysts, investment managers, and quantitative researchers, consistently rank among the most H-1B visa-sponsored positions. Most require a bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or economics, qualifying as a specialty occupation. Employers file the LCA with DOL before petitioning USCIS, and cap-subject petitions go through the annual lottery.
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- Support final deployment activities, move to production, stabilization, and transition to ongoing operations for a Workday go live.
- Serve as a senior Finance resource in the Workday program, working with other stakeholders in PMO, Supply Chain, Digital & Information Services, and operations.
- Provide hands-on support for cutover execution, financial validation, issue resolution, business readiness, and post-production stabilization.
- Provide senior functional expertise across Workday Financial Management, with particular emphasis on: accounts payable and supplier accounts, supplier invoice processing, settlement and payment processing, banking and cash management, general ledger accounting, financial accounting and reporting, procurement-to-pay processes, accounting journals and operational accounting, business assets, expenses, and other related finance functions.
- Support the execution of the Workday Finance cutover plan.
- Coordinate finance cutover activities across accounts payable, accounting, treasury, integrations, data conversion, and reporting.
- Assist with legacy-system shutdown activities, transaction freezes, final processing deadlines, data extracts, conversions, and opening balance activities.
- Support the conversion and validation of suppliers, open invoices, purchase orders, accounting balances, banking information, payment data, and other finance-related records.
- Execute or coordinate cutover reconciliations between legacy applications, conversion files, Workday, and financial control totals.
- Identify cutover risks, unresolved dependencies, and readiness gaps, and escalate them with clear recommendations.
- Provide hands-on functional support during Workday production deployment and go-live.
- Monitor critical finance business processes.
- Validate that priority transactions can be completed successfully, including supplier invoices, approvals, accounting entries, settlements, payments, and financial reporting.
- Assist users with transaction questions, process navigation, and unexpected system behavior.
- Work closely with functional, technical, integration, reporting, security, and data teams to isolate defects and determine root causes.
- Provide daily support during the defined post-go-live hypercare period.
- Facilitate or participate in finance issue-triage sessions, command center meetings, and stabilization reviews.
- Track defects, incidents, questions, workarounds, decisions, and action items through resolution.
- Analyze recurring issues to identify root causes and recommend sustainable corrective actions.
- Build effective working relationships with Finance leaders, process owners, operational teams, Workday resources, and third-party partners.
- Communicate status, risks, decisions, dependencies, and expectations clearly to both project and operational audiences.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience supporting Finance, Accounting, Accounts Payable, or financial systems.
- 2+ years of hands-on Workday Financial Management experience.
- Participation in at least one full Workday Financial Management implementation or production deployment, including cutover, go-live, or hypercare required.
- Demonstrated functional experience with Workday Finance business processes and accounting impacts.
- Strong understanding of Accounts Payable, Supplier invoicing, Payment processing, Reconciliations, Accounting controls, Procurement-to-pay processes.
- Experience executing cutover plans, validating converted data, reconciling financial information, and resolving production issues.
- Experience working with complex, integrated ERP environments and automated financial processes.
- Working knowledge of GAAP, internal controls, and financial reconciliation practices.
- Ability to analyze issues across system configuration, data, integrations, reporting, business processes, and user adoption.
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft 365, particularly Excel and Teams.
- Strong organization, prioritization, project management, and documentation skills.
Here is more information:
Position: Workday Finance Consultant
Term: 6+ month contract with possible extension
Schedule: Remote, Monday-Friday 8am-5pm CST
Location: Chicago, IL 60612
Pay: $70-100/hr
Responsibilities:
- Support final deployment activities, move to production, stabilization, and transition to ongoing operations for a Workday go live.
- Serve as a senior Finance resource in the Workday program, working with other stakeholders in PMO, Supply Chain, Digital & Information Services, and operations.
- Provide hands-on support for cutover execution, financial validation, issue resolution, business readiness, and post-production stabilization.
- Provide senior functional expertise across Workday Financial Management, with particular emphasis on: accounts payable and supplier accounts, supplier invoice processing, settlement and payment processing, banking and cash management, general ledger accounting, financial accounting and reporting, procurement-to-pay processes, accounting journals and operational accounting, business assets, expenses, and other related finance functions.
- Support the execution of the Workday Finance cutover plan.
- Coordinate finance cutover activities across accounts payable, accounting, treasury, integrations, data conversion, and reporting.
- Assist with legacy-system shutdown activities, transaction freezes, final processing deadlines, data extracts, conversions, and opening balance activities.
- Support the conversion and validation of suppliers, open invoices, purchase orders, accounting balances, banking information, payment data, and other finance-related records.
- Execute or coordinate cutover reconciliations between legacy applications, conversion files, Workday, and financial control totals.
- Identify cutover risks, unresolved dependencies, and readiness gaps, and escalate them with clear recommendations.
- Provide hands-on functional support during Workday production deployment and go-live.
- Monitor critical finance business processes.
- Validate that priority transactions can be completed successfully, including supplier invoices, approvals, accounting entries, settlements, payments, and financial reporting.
- Assist users with transaction questions, process navigation, and unexpected system behavior.
- Work closely with functional, technical, integration, reporting, security, and data teams to isolate defects and determine root causes.
- Provide daily support during the defined post-go-live hypercare period.
- Facilitate or participate in finance issue-triage sessions, command center meetings, and stabilization reviews.
- Track defects, incidents, questions, workarounds, decisions, and action items through resolution.
- Analyze recurring issues to identify root causes and recommend sustainable corrective actions.
- Build effective working relationships with Finance leaders, process owners, operational teams, Workday resources, and third-party partners.
- Communicate status, risks, decisions, dependencies, and expectations clearly to both project and operational audiences.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience supporting Finance, Accounting, Accounts Payable, or financial systems.
- 2+ years of hands-on Workday Financial Management experience.
- Participation in at least one full Workday Financial Management implementation or production deployment, including cutover, go-live, or hypercare required.
- Demonstrated functional experience with Workday Finance business processes and accounting impacts.
- Strong understanding of Accounts Payable, Supplier invoicing, Payment processing, Reconciliations, Accounting controls, Procurement-to-pay processes.
- Experience executing cutover plans, validating converted data, reconciling financial information, and resolving production issues.
- Experience working with complex, integrated ERP environments and automated financial processes.
- Working knowledge of GAAP, internal controls, and financial reconciliation practices.
- Ability to analyze issues across system configuration, data, integrations, reporting, business processes, and user adoption.
- Strong proficiency with Microsoft 365, particularly Excel and Teams.
- Strong organization, prioritization, project management, and documentation skills.
Here is more information:
Position: Workday Finance Consultant
Term: 6+ month contract with possible extension
Schedule: Remote, Monday-Friday 8am-5pm CST
Location: Chicago, IL 60612
Pay: $70-100/hr
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship in Finance
Match your degree field to the role
USCIS requires your degree to directly relate to the finance position. A business administration degree may not satisfy specialty occupation for a quantitative analyst role. Confirm the match before applying, or document how your coursework aligns to the specific job duties.
Check the prevailing wage before negotiating
Your employer must pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for your finance role and work location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the wage level before you enter salary discussions, so you know the floor your offer legally can't go below.
Target employers with cap-exempt filing history
Universities, nonprofits affiliated with higher education, and certain research institutions can file H-1B petitions outside the annual lottery cap. Finance roles at these institutions, endowment managers, treasury analysts, grant accountants, give you a path that bypasses the April registration window entirely.
Use Migrate Mate to filter finance employers by LCA filings
DOL Labor Condition Application data shows which employers have actively sponsored H-1B workers in finance roles. Migrate Mate surfaces this data by employer and occupation, so you're targeting companies with a real sponsorship track record, not guessing from job descriptions.
Time your job search around the H-1B registration window
Cap-subject H-1B registration opens each March. Finance hiring cycles often peak in fall and spring. Starting your search in January gives you time to receive an offer, have your employer register in March, and begin in October if selected, the standard cap-subject timeline.
Ask employers about their I-129 filing timeline upfront
Once USCIS selects your registration, your employer has until June 30 to file the I-129 petition. Confirm your prospective employer has in-house immigration counsel or an external firm engaged, so the petition doesn't stall after selection.
H-1B Visa Finance: Frequently Asked Questions
Do finance roles qualify as specialty occupations for H-1B purposes?
Most professional finance roles qualify because they require at minimum a bachelor's degree in a specific field such as finance, accounting, economics, or mathematics. Roles like financial analyst, portfolio manager, and credit risk analyst consistently meet USCIS specialty occupation standards. General bookkeeping or data entry positions typically don't qualify because they don't require a specific degree.
Which finance employers are most likely to sponsor H-1B visas?
Banks, asset managers, insurance companies, and financial technology firms are among the most active H-1B sponsors for finance roles. DOL Labor Condition Application disclosure data shows which employers have filed for finance-specific positions. Migrate Mate filters this data by occupation and employer, so you can identify companies that have sponsored roles matching your background rather than applying blindly.
How does the DOL prevailing wage requirement affect finance job offers?
Your employer must pay you at least the DOL-determined prevailing wage for your role and location before USCIS will approve the H-1B petition. Finance wages vary significantly by metropolitan area, so an offer that looks competitive nationally may fall below the prevailing wage in New York or San Francisco. Use the OFLC Wage Search to verify the applicable wage level before accepting any offer.
Can I work in finance on OPT while waiting for H-1B approval?
Yes. If you're on post-completion OPT or a STEM OPT extension, you can work in a qualifying finance role while your employer files your H-1B petition. If your OPT expires before October 1 and your H-1B is selected, the cap-gap rule extends your work authorization automatically until your H-1B status begins, provided your employer filed before your OPT end date.
Does the O*NET classification affect my H-1B petition for a finance role?
O*NET occupation profiles and Standard Occupational Classification codes are used by DOL when determining prevailing wages and by USCIS when evaluating whether a position qualifies as a specialty occupation. Financial analysts, securities analysts, and financial risk specialists each carry distinct SOC codes that map to different wage levels. Your employer's petition should reference the SOC code that most accurately reflects your actual job duties.