Senior Adaptive Planning Analyst

University of Central Florida•Orlando, FL

1d•$89,076 - $135,000•Onsite

About The Position

UCF IT is seeking a Senior Adaptive Planning Analyst to serve as a senior-level functional and technical resource for the design, administration, enhancement, and optimization of UCF's Workday Adaptive Planning environment. The role partners with Finance, Budget, Human Resources, institutional leadership, and technology teams to translate complex planning and reporting needs into scalable, maintainable system solutions. It requires significant hands-on Adaptive Planning experience and a high degree of independence in analyzing requirements, designing and configuring planning models, troubleshooting advanced issues, improving processes, developing reporting and analytics, supporting major planning cycles, and providing subject-matter expertise and guidance. The analyst configures and maintains planning models and structures; supports financial and operational planning and forecasting; helps integrate and reconcile planning data across enterprise systems; and designs reporting, dashboards, and analytics for decision support. The position also leads business analysis and process optimization, supports testing and production validation, creates documentation and training materials, and contributes to governance, knowledge transfer, and the long-term Adaptive Planning roadmap. This position requires a valid Class E driver’s license and may involve driving to locations on and off campus for University business. The primary work location is on-site at UCF, and on-site presence is an essential function. The work schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Applicants must be authorized to work for any U.S. employer; visa sponsorship and H-1B transfers are not available. The anticipated salary range is $89,076 to $135,000, with the final salary based on qualifications, experience, and internal equity.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of relevant experience; or a high school diploma or equivalent and 9 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a degree; or an equivalent combination of education and experience pursuant to Fla. Stat. 112.219(6).
Significant hands-on Workday Adaptive Planning experience.
Valid Class E driver’s license; the position may involve driving to locations on and off campus for University business.
Must be authorized to work for any U.S. employer; visa sponsorship and H-1B transfers or employment-based visa processing for individuals sponsored by another employer are not available.
Must work on-site at UCF as the primary work location.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting integrations among Workday Adaptive Planning, Workday Financial Management, Workday HCM, and other enterprise systems.
Demonstrated experience evaluating existing configurations and recommending improvements that support organizational goals, increase efficiency, and support annual budget activities.
Ability to collaborate and engage with stakeholders at various leadership levels from partner offices across the university.
Experience designing and maintaining reports, dashboards, and management reporting solutions.

Responsibilities

Independently configure, maintain, and enhance Workday Adaptive Planning models, sheets, dimensions, levels, accounts, attributes, assumptions, versions, planning structures, calculations, allocations, and business rules.
Evaluate existing configurations and recommend improvements to simplify models, improve performance, and increase maintainability.
Support annual budget, forecast, multi-year planning, scenario modeling, and other planning cycles.
Troubleshoot complex configuration, calculation, security, data, and performance issues, and maintain configuration and planning standards under governance and change control.
Partner with Finance and Budget leadership to design and maintain financial and operational planning models for operating budgets, personnel and position planning, revenue and expense forecasting, organizational planning, and long-range projections.
Build scenario and sensitivity models; develop and maintain institutional assumptions, planning drivers, and standardized methodologies; analyze budget, forecast, actual, and prior-period results; and automate manual planning activities.
Support integrations among Workday Adaptive Planning, Workday Financial Management, Workday HCM, and other enterprise systems by partnering with technical teams on data requirements, mappings, transformations, schedules, and validation processes.
Validate inbound and outbound data; reconcile financial, personnel, position, organizational, and planning data; diagnose discrepancies; coordinate resolution; and establish repeatable reconciliation and data-quality controls.
Design and maintain Adaptive Planning reports, dashboards, matrices, and management reporting solutions for budgets, forecasts, actuals, variances, trends, scenarios, and planning assumptions.
Translate complex financial information into decision-support tools, determine reporting requirements with stakeholders, and improve self-service reporting capabilities.
Lead requirements discussions and document current-state processes, business needs, pain points, and desired outcomes.
Translate requirements into Adaptive Planning configuration, solution designs, and technical specifications; identify opportunities to streamline, standardize, automate, or eliminate manual planning activities; and evaluate enhancements for business value, platform capabilities, maintainability, controls, and downstream impact.
Lead or support unit, user acceptance, regression, and production validation; develop process and configuration documentation, test scripts, procedures, and training materials.
Serve as a subject-matter expert and trusted advisor on Workday Adaptive Planning capabilities and recommended practices.
Provide functional and technical guidance, knowledge transfer, mentoring, and training to analysts, business users, and project teams.
Help establish design standards, governance, documentation expectations, and change-control procedures; review proposed changes for downstream and architectural impacts; maintain awareness of releases and emerging capabilities; and contribute to the long-term Adaptive Planning roadmap and operating model.