Financial Applications Sr. Analysts
About The Position
Financial Applications Sr. Analysts for various and unanticipated worksites throughout the U.S. (HQ: Chicago, IL). Provide financial application support to the overall Finance organization, identifying root causes of Finance related incidents and carrying out process improvements and break fixes. Will serve as primary resolution point for all issues regarding assigned applications, including support and administration of Workday Financials, configuring business process workflows, system notifications, the underlying system reports, and for General Accounting, Business Assets, Projects, Grants, Gifts, Accounts Payable and Financial Reporting modules. Provide cross-functional understanding of financial data and its intersections and inter-dependencies across the assigned application platform/ecosystem, including healthcare and research accounting. Oversee internal roadmap and project management and execution of upcoming application deliverables. Collaborate with technology and security. Review system upgrades and release notes to determine overall impact on existing processes. Develop and perform regression testing scenarios to demonstrate system effectiveness. Make recommendations of future enhancements/functionalities with an eye towards improving the overall platform and user experience. Lead and/or support in the review and documentation of new and revised report requirements and implementation plans. Provide technical guidance around reports and dashboards to business and technical teams. Workday Report Writing including complex calculated fields. Design, develop, configure, and test simple to complex reports (advanced, matrix, composite) and dashboards. Technical Environment: Workday: HCM, Finance, SCM, Reporting, Studio.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology/Systems, Finance or related field plus 5 years of progressive experience in systems analysis/design required.
- 4 years with each: support and administration of Workday Financials; Workday Report Writing including complex calculated fields.
- Experience must include: working with payroll, general ledger, budgeting and financial accounting concepts; healthcare/research accounting; related project management experience; Workday: HCM, Finance, SCM, Reporting, Studio.
- Drug screen and background check required.
Responsibilities
- Provide financial application support to the overall Finance organization, identifying root causes of Finance related incidents and carrying out process improvements and break fixes.
- Serve as primary resolution point for all issues regarding assigned applications, including support and administration of Workday Financials, configuring business process workflows, system notifications, the underlying system reports, and for General Accounting, Business Assets, Projects, Grants, Gifts, Accounts Payable and Financial Reporting modules.
- Provide cross-functional understanding of financial data and its intersections and inter-dependencies across the assigned application platform/ecosystem, including healthcare and research accounting.
- Oversee internal roadmap and project management and execution of upcoming application deliverables.
- Collaborate with technology and security.
- Review system upgrades and release notes to determine overall impact on existing processes.
- Develop and perform regression testing scenarios to demonstrate system effectiveness.
- Make recommendations of future enhancements/functionalities with an eye towards improving the overall platform and user experience.
- Lead and/or support in the review and documentation of new and revised report requirements and implementation plans.
- Provide technical guidance around reports and dashboards to business and technical teams.
- Workday Report Writing including complex calculated fields.
- Design, develop, configure, and test simple to complex reports (advanced, matrix, composite) and dashboards.
Benefits
- Health, Dental, Vision, PTO, 403(b)
- Medical, dental and vision insurance
- Employer paid group term life and disability
- Employer contribution toward Health Savings Account
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Paid Time Off (PTO), Paid Holidays and Paid Parental Leave
- 403(b) with a 5% employer match
- Supplemental Life, AD&D and Disability
- Critical Illness, Accident and Hospital Indemnity coverage
- Tuition assistance
- Student loan servicing and support
- Adoption benefits
- Backup Childcare and Eldercare
- Employee Assistance Program, and other specialized behavioral health services and resources for employees and family members
- Discount on services at Lurie Children’s facilities
- Discount purchasing program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
