Workday Administrator

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Job description

Position Overview: Experienced administrator will be responsible for assisting with maintaining, supporting, and customizing Workday, including Workday Core Financials, Workday Adaptive Planning, and HCM. The role will involve improving workflows and business processes, performing design and system updates, implementing new features and bi-annual releases, creating financial reports, and making appropriate recommendations to key stakeholders that will positively impact operational effectiveness.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

Perform as the primary business process administrator for the Workday platform, responsible for configuration, maintenance, monitoring, integrations, technical support, and optimization of Financial, Payroll, and HR modules

Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to analyze business processes and provide recommendations for improvement

Remain up to date with new Workday products, features, and enhancements, evaluating their potential impact on the organization, and making recommendations for their adoption

Identify and recommend production customizations

Coordinate with key stakeholders to implement new features, customizations, new functionality, best practices, and process improvements, including business wide communications and training to end-users

Implement and manage standard testing procedures for Workday release updates, including creating, reviewing, executing and tracking test plan and results

Collaborate with IT for data security and legal governance processes to ensure compliance with SOX requirements, including documentation of internal controls and coordinating audits with external and internal auditors

Develop custom reports and dashboards for various business stakeholders

Work with software vendors and internal resources to install, configure, and test applications that integrate with Workday

Troubleshoot issues, providing expert level support and ownership until resolution

Lead the Workday Steering Committee, including scheduling quarterly meetings, working with key stakeholders to prepare the agenda and presentation, taking meeting notes, and following up on actions items

Lead Accounting & Finance Workday Task Force, including scheduling bi-weekly meetings, working with members to prepare the agenda, taking meeting notes, and following up on action items

Maintain and/or develop documentation related to system configurations, processes, and training guides

Provide similar levels of support for Yardi, our real estate ERP

Work on special projects as assigned

The ideal candidate will possess:

3+ years' experience as a Workday Administrator, with expertise in financial modules and Workday functionality, including configuration, security, business processes, and reporting.

Experience with Adaptive Planning and HCM a plus, but not required

Bachelor's Degree required in computer science, information systems, business administration or finance

Exposure to XML, XSLT, Java, and Web Services (SOAP and REST)

Experience with Workday integration tools and technologies (Workday Studio, Report Writer, EIBs, etc.)

Proficient in Workday reporting and analytics, including report writing and creating dashboards

Workday Pro Certification(s) in relevant modules

Experience with large scale project management and Workday implementation experience

Strong experience and understanding of accounting and financial processes, policies, and best practices

Experience with SOX compliance preferred

Demonstrated success working in cross-functional teams to meet business objectives

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, demonstrated by the ability to work well with others

Ability to lead process improvement and productivity projects with innovative solutions driving continuous advancement in the accounting and finance functional areas through documentation, cross-training and automation

Attention to detail, focused on accuracy, and possesses strong analytical and problem-solving skills to be able to troubleshoot and resolve system-related issues

Ability to work under pressure, independently and in collaboration with others, to meet deadlines

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