Workday Adaptive Configuration and System Administrator – remote

Job Description

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We are seeking a detail-oriented and technically proficient

Workday Adaptive Configuration and System Administrator

contractor to manage and optimize our client’s Workday Adaptive Planning platform. This role is responsible for system configuration, maintenance, integration, and user support, ensuring the platform meets the evolving needs of our financial planning and analysis (FP&A) teams.

Key Responsibilities:

System Administration & Configuration: o Platform Ownership:
Act as the primary system administrator for Workday Adaptive Planning, ensuring the platform is configured to support business needs and is operating efficiently.

Maintain overall system integrity, including data accuracy, model structure, and user access. o User Access and Security Management:

Experience with user access, security profiles, roles and privileges and work with defined levels and dimensions

Regularly audit user access to ensure compliance with internal controls and security protocols. o Model and Structure Configuration:
Design, build, and maintain planning models, including dimensions, levels, versions, accounts, and organizational structures.

Configure sheets (standard, modeled, and cube), assumptions, and formulas to support budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes. o Data Management and Validation:
Oversee data imports and exports, ensuring data integrity and consistency across systems.

Develop and maintain validation rules and checks to ensure data quality and accuracy. o System Monitoring and Maintenance:
Monitor system performance and usage metrics to proactively identify and resolve issues. Perform regular system maintenance tasks, including backups, updates, and patch management. o Documentation and Change Control:
Maintain detailed documentation of system configurations, changes, and administrative procedures.

Follow change management protocols for implementing updates or enhancements to the system. o Collaboration and Support:
Work closely with finance, IT, and business stakeholders to align system configuration with business requirements.

Provide technical support and guidance to end-users, resolving issues and answering configuration-related questions. o Integration & Automation:
Design and maintain integrations with ERP systems (., Net Suite, Workday HCM), HR Systems (, UKG, Success Factors, Workday).and other finance and business applications.

Automate data imports/exports and reporting processes using scripting or ETL tools and/or integration platform.

Integration experience with integration platforms (, Mule Soft, Dell Boomi) and vendor provided connectors to integrate with revenue systems, data warehouses including Snowflake o Support & Training:
Provide technical support to end-users and troubleshoot system issues.

Develop and deliver training materials and sessions for new users.

Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams using Confluence, Slack and Teams

Experience with ticketing and issue tracking applications (., Jira, Service Now, Zendesk)

Experience with Office Connect and reporting and ability to link to Dashboards and load/link tables and data as needed Process Improvement: o Identify Optimization Opportunities:
Collaborate with finance, accounting, and business operations teams to understand current planning and reporting workflows.

Analyze existing processes to identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, or manual tasks that can be automated or streamlined within Workday Adaptive Planning. o Design and Implement Enhancements:
Translate business requirements into scalable system configurations and enhancements.

Develop and maintain custom sheets, assumptions, and allocation logic to support evolving business needs.

Implement version control and scenario planning features to improve forecasting accuracy and agility. o Standardization and Document Best Practices:
Establish and enforce standardized procedures for data entry, model building, and reporting.

Create and maintain comprehensive documentation…