Position Summary
This position serves as a vital link between the Accounting/Finance departments and our Technical teams. This position requires detail oriented and analytic expertise, interpreting complex accounting requirements and converting them into Workday configurations. This position ensures optimization of the Financial Data Model (FDM), develops sophisticated financial reports, and assists in coordinating testing efforts for system updates and enhancements. This position works across a broad spectrum of departments, spanning the comprehensive workday financial, student and human resources platforms, and works closely with the Computing Services department.
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# Specific Job Duties and Responsibilities:
Reporting and Analytics
- Report Development: Design, build, and maintain custom reports using Workday Report Writer. This includes Advanced, Matrix, and Composite reports to support financial close and audit processes, working closely with Computing Services and Institutional Effectiveness to adhere to campus best practices and standards.
- Calculated Fields: Create and maintain complex calculated fields to manipulate data for specific reporting requirements.
- Dashboards: Configure Workday Dashboards and Scorecards to provide the CFO. Controller, Budget and other teams with real-time financial visibility
- Data Integrity: Work closely with cross functional areas to regularly audit system data to ensure accuracy across the General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), and Accounts Receivable (AR).
System Testing and Quality Assurance
- Release Management: Lead, with Computing Services, the testing strategy for the bi-annual Workday Feature Releases. Review release notes, identify impacts on accounting workflows, and configure new features. Coordinate with internal and external partners
- UAT Coordination: Develop test scenarios and coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with the team to ensure enhancements function as expected before moving to production.
- Regression Testing: Perform regression testing to ensure existing configurations (such as integrations or business processes) are not negatively impacted by new updates.
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Functional Support and Configuration
- Research tenant enhancements and unused features to optimize processes.
- Requirements Gathering: Collaborate with the Accounting team and other functional areas to understand obstacles and business requirements; translate these into technical specifications for system changes.
- Business Process Configuration: Coordinate configuration and maintenance of business processes for Financials, Procurement, Expenses, and Assets, ensuring appropriate approval workflows and segregation of duties. Troubleshoot technical errors and oversee Workday tickets as needed.
- Support and Training: Provide support for financial system processes, errors, workorders, communication with Workday on tenant issues.
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Cross Functional Responsibilities
Collaborate with Controller and other Finance Directors, Technical Business Analysts, Senior Institutional Researcher and others as appropriate
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