Senior Financial Analyst, Sales Support

Position: Senior Financial Analyst, Sales Compensation Support
Workday is looking for an experienced Financial Analyst to join the Finance org. There you will be focused on supporting the day-to-day activities for the variable compensation and Revenue Operations Teams. Were looking for someone with strong business partnering skills, who is a self-starter, a great communicator and who enjoys collaborating with people with a diverse set of talents, in a dynamic fast-paced environment.

Role & responsibilities
Support day-to-day commissions administration process including global monthly commission payout, monthly accrual and adjustments, and service now case management.
Provide timely resolution for commission-related inquiries from comp plan participants including but not limited to system access issues, transaction disputes, credits and payment calculations.
Supports the monthly close activities such as financial statement accruals, payroll, and internal controls documentation.
Highly detail driven with emphasis on accuracy, coupled with the ability to see the broader picture.
Perform research related to revenue and compensation related data validations.
QA tester for development work performed within our variable compensation system. This can include, but is not limited to, test execution, maintaining of change management documentation, communication, and production validations.
Develops written process documents needed to effectively manage all compensation related processes and ensure fair practices as business needs and circumstances evolve.
Support team as needed in providing ad hoc project deliverables.
Handling the timely and accurate integration of Sales Orders from Salesforce to Workday ensuring compliance with SLAs
Partnering with cross-functional teams (Sales Operations, Revenue Recognition, Legal, etc.) to resolve Sales Order-related issues
Finding opportunities and lead initiatives that drive departmental and cross-functional efficiencies, particularly in system improvements and scaling of processes
Contributing to Monthly/Quarterly Revenue Operations Close (Journal Entries, Reconciliations etc.)
Assisting with Quarterly preparation of supplemental reporting for Senior Management
Supporting ad hoc reporting or data management requests

Preferred candidate profile

Basic Qualifications:

7 years+ of experience in variable compensation administration.

Experience with Financial Operations /Revenue Operations environment.
Demonstrated ability to retrieve and manipulate large and complex data sets from internal systems.
3+ years experience using Salesforce.
Experience performing all elements within the SDLC life cycle.
3+ years experience partnering with audit (Internal and external) and supporting SOX related controls.
Other

Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, or other Business-related field preferred.

Experience with general ledger reconciliations, accounting research, and/or journal entries will be an added advantage
Excellent Excel skills.
Previous experience with ICM tools Xactly or Varicent.
Software and/or internet industry experience is a plus.
Experience using Service Now preferred.
Advanced Excel skills (proficient in building models and tools).
Ability to learn new concepts quickly and high degree of flexibility to adapt to the rapid organizational changes that accompany a high-growth environment.
Strong communication and customer satisfaction skills, ability to drive initiatives and projects with management.
Ability to adapt to the rapid business and organizational changes that accompany a high-growth environment.