Senior Workday ERP Analyst

Overview

This role serves as a functional and technical partner to Accounting and Finance teams, owning complex configuration, support, and continuous improvement across:

• Workday Financials
• Workday Adaptive Planning
• Workday Payroll
• Enterprise reporting

The analyst translates business requirements into scalable solutions, reliable financial data, effective controls, and clear reporting. Responsibilities include leading enhancements and cross-functional initiatives, resolving complex production issues, guiding testing and release readiness, and mentoring other analysts.

Responsibilities

Workday Adaptive Planning Support

• Serve as a senior functional administrator and subject matter expert for Workday Adaptive Planning.
• Design, configure, and maintain planning models, workforce planning, sheets, cube sheets, dimensions, accounts, versions, scenarios, allocations, dashboards, reports, and OfficeConnect outputs.
• Partner with FP&A and Accounting to translate budgeting, forecasting, revenue planning, workforce planning, and driver-based planning requirements into sustainable solutions.
• Maintain model integrity, data mappings, assumptions, access controls, and integration processes between Workday Financials, payroll data, and Adaptive Planning.
• Troubleshoot data loads, mapping issues, calculation logic, model performance, and reporting discrepancies; reconcile planning results to source systems and financial statements.
• Establish modeling standards and documentation to support accuracy, scalability, auditability, and consistent use across Finance.

Workday Payroll Support

• Provide senior-level functional support for Workday Payroll processes and their impact on Accounting and Finance, including payroll accounting, costing, accruals, settlements, and general ledger posting.
• Partner with Payroll, Accounting and HRIS to analyze requirements, resolve production issues, and deliver approved configuration changes.
• Investigate payroll calculation, deduction, earning, tax, costing, and accounting discrepancies by tracing configuration and transactions through downstream financial results.
• Support payroll integrations (inbound and outbound files), data validation, reconciliation controls, and issue resolution in coordination with integration resources and vendors.
• Develop and execute test strategies for payroll changes, regulatory updates, releases, and year-end activities; document outcomes and obtain business signoff.
• Maintain appropriate security, segregation of duties, data privacy, and change controls for sensitive payroll information.

Workday Reporting and Analytics

• Lead the design and delivery of complex Workday reports for Accounting, Finance, Payroll, and business stakeholders.
• Build and maintain Advanced, Matrix, and Composite reports, calculated fields, dashboards, worksheets, and other reporting solutions.
• Translate reporting requirements into accurate definitions, data sources, prompts, filters, calculations, and security configurations.
• Validate report outputs against the general ledger, subledgers, payroll results, and planning data; identify root causes for variances and data-quality issues.
• Improve reporting governance through standards, documentation, performance optimization, controlled distribution, and retirement of redundant reports.
• Evaluate appropriate reporting technologies, including Workday-delivered functionality and Prism Analytics where applicable.

Workday Financials and Accounting Support

• Apply strong knowledge of Workday Financials and accounting principles to support financial close, reconciliations, audit requests, controls, and daily operations.
• Configure and support complex business processes, condition rules, validations, notifications, security, and approval routing.
• Support capabilities across Financial Accounting, Banking and Settlement, Supplier Accounts, Customer Accounts, Procurement, Expenses, Projects, Project Billing, Customer Contracts, Revenue Recognition, Fixed Assets, and related integrations.
• Assess the accounting and operational impact of proposed changes before configuration, including effects on worktags, ledgers, subledgers, reporting, integrations, and downstream planning models.
• Diagnose complex production issues, recommend durable solutions, and coordinate resolution with internal teams and external partners.
• Support data loads and maintenance activities using EIBs and other approved Workday tools.

Projects Leadership and Governance

• Help lead major enhancements, new capability deployments, business process redesign, requirements workshops, testing strategy, and release readiness activities.
• Develop clear requirements, solution designs, test plans, support documentation, training materials, and change communications.
• Manage assigned work from discovery through stabilization, including scope, risks, dependencies, decisions, status, and stakeholder expectations.
• Mentor analysts, share technical knowledge, lead workshops, and promote disciplined configuration and support practices.
• Monitor Workday releases and recommend features that improve controls, efficiency, user experience, and scalability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field with 4 to 7 years of experience supporting Workday Financials, Adaptive Planning, Workday Payroll, and financial reporting.
• Workday or Adaptive Planning certifications or Workday Pro accreditation in relevant areas or an equivalent combination of education and experience required.
• Demonstrated Workday Financials experience and a strong understanding of accounting fundamentals, including journal entries, general ledger activity, subledgers, accruals, reconciliations, financial statements, and period close.
• Hands-on experience administering or configuring Workday Adaptive Planning, including models, dimensions, accounts, versions, scenarios, sheets, reports, dashboards, and OfficeConnect.
• Experience supporting Workday Payroll processes and payroll accounting, with the ability to analyze complex results and explain their financial impact.
• Advanced Workday reporting experience, including calculated fields and Advanced, Matrix, or Composite reports.
• Experience configuring business processes, security, and integrations or data loads in a controlled production environment.
• Proven ability to lead complex initiatives, facilitate requirements sessions, develop testing strategies, and deliver solutions with limited oversight.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, documentation, and stakeholder-management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting US and Canadian payroll, multi-company operations, multiple currencies, or complex organizational structures.
• Experience with Workday Payroll, Financial Accounting, Banking and Settlement, Projects, Project Billing, Revenue, Procurement, Expenses, or Fixed Assets.
• Experience with Prism Analytics, Workday Worksheets, EIBs, web services, or finance and payroll integrations.
• Experience in a regulated, life sciences, clinical research, contract research, or professional services environment.

Compensation & Benefits

Benefits

• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance Plans
• 401(k)/RRSP with Employer Match
• Paid Vacation and Holidays
• Paid Sick and Bereavement Leave
• Employee Assistance & Telehealth Programs
• Telework when applicable

Incentive Programs

• Training & Development Programs
• Employee Referral Bonus Program

Location

Not specified in the provided job description.