Overview
An educational institution's Information Technology Services (ITS) department is seeking an Analyst to support its ecosystem of Finance Enterprise Applications, specifically focusing on Workday Financials and Adaptive Planning. The role reports to the Assistant Director of Workday HCM/Finance and involves configuration, maintenance, and enhancement of Workday Financials, including business processes, reporting, integrations, and Foundation Data Model components.
Responsibilities
- Configure and maintain Workday Financials business processes, including condition rules, notifications, and alerts.
- Configure and maintain the Adaptive Planning instance in partnership with the Financial Planning Department.
- Configure and support Financial Accounting and Foundation Data Model (FDM)/worktag structures within established design standards.
- Collaborate with functional offices to gather requirements, understand financial processes, and implement system solutions.
- Develop and support integrations using Workday APIs, EIBs, vendor APIs, and tools such as SnapLogic.
- Build and maintain Workday reports and dashboards to support financial and operational needs.
- Support Workday release cycles by reviewing updates, assisting with impact analysis, and participating in testing and deployment.
- Troubleshoot and resolve Workday Financials issues across business processes, integrations, and reporting; escalate complex issues as needed.
- Support Workday security configuration using foundational knowledge of security groups, domain security, and role-based access.
- Monitor and support data integrity by validating financial data and understanding data flows across systems and processes.
- Create and maintain documentation for configurations, integrations, business processes, and financial data structures.
- Support Finance operations including journal entries, adjustments, reporting, and related processes within the system.
- Provide end-user support and guidance for Workday Financials functionality.
- Identify opportunities for system improvements and contribute to enhancements within assigned scope.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or a related field.
- Minimum of two years of post-production support experience with Workday Financials or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Experience configuring Workday business processes, including condition rules, notifications, or alerts.
- Experience supporting Workday’s Foundation Data Model (FDM), reorganization process, and role assignments.
- Experience developing and/or maintaining Workday Finance integrations using Core Connectors, EIB templates, and Workday Studio.
- Experience building advanced, matrix, composite Workday Finance reports, dashboards, and discovery boards.
- Experience supporting Workday releases, including reviewing updates and participating in testing activities.
- Ability to troubleshoot system issues across business processes, integrations, or reporting using structured problem-solving approaches.
- Knowledge of financial data flows and ability to ensure data accuracy across systems.
- Knowledge of foundational Workday security concepts (security groups, domain security, role-based access).
- Ability to create and maintain clear technical and business process documentation.
- Effective communication skills with both technical and functional stakeholders, including translating technical concepts for non-technical users.
- Ability to gather, clarify, and document business requirements from functional users.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver work within established timelines.
- Ability to work independently within defined scope and escalate appropriately when needed.
- Ability to collaborate effectively within cross-functional teams.
- Demonstrated curiosity, adaptability, and willingness to learn and expand technical skills across Workday functional areas.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience using Workday Extend to build apps and integrate with the Workday platform.
- Experience with Workday Prism Analytics.
- Experience in Adaptive Planning.
- Experience in higher education or similar complex organizations.
- Workday certification in a Finance domain or technical area.
Compensation & Benefits
Salary offers consider experience. The organization offers a broad range of employee benefits and development opportunities, including comprehensive group insurance plans, wellness programs and incentives, generous paid time off, retirement plans, flexible work schedules, and employee and dependent tuition programs for those who qualify.
Location
This is a remote position. Remote work is only considered for residents of Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, or New York. Relocation assistance to Connecticut may be available for qualified candidates. All positions may require on-campus meetings.
Additional Information
All offers to external applicants are contingent on the candidate’s completion of a pre-employment background check screening to the satisfaction of the employer.
The employer is an equal opportunity organization and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, age, gender, gender identity or expression, national origin, marital status, ancestry, mental or physical disability, political belief, veteran status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or non-position-related criminal record. Applications from women and historically underrepresented minority groups are encouraged.
The organization complies with the Clery Act and maintains records of campus crime statistics and security policies. Copies of the Clery Act Report are available upon request.
The position is open until filled. For full consideration, applications should be submitted by July 1, when the first review of applications will begin.