Sr Workday Solutions Analyst - Financials

AllianceBernstein Holding LP • Nashville, TN

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About The Position

Join our Finance Technology Team as our Senior Workday Financials Analyst, a newly established position at AllianceBernstein within our Global Technology & Operations Business Unit. Collaborating alongside a passionate team of analysts and developers as well as finance business leaders and teams, you'll have the chance to make a significant impact as we begin our post-implementation journey with Workday Financials. This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic and ambitious problem solver to lead and innovate within a global organization. Following the established implementation of Workday HCM and all associated products, we will go live with the implementation of Workday Financials, Expenses, Procurement, Account Center, Prism, and Adaptive Planning which will enable this role with the unique opportunity to be on the frontend of our global Finance Transformation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, finance, accounting or a related field.
• +4 years of combined experience with Core Financials, Expenses, and Procurement as well as accounting principles and practices.
• Workday certifications or additional experience supporting other Workday Products such as Accounting Center, Prism, Adaptive Planning, Advanced Financial Reporting, or Payroll.
• Demonstrated ability to work with cross-functional teams, including business users and technology teams to gather, analyze, and document requirements.
• Ability to research, diagnose, and resolve configuration issues both as an individual contributor and in partnership with multiple stakeholder teams.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills to work with various stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred experience with a shared Workday HCM environment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Senior Workday Financials Analyst and expert within the team.
• Support continuous development and upskill of peers and partners within the newly implemented products.
• Align with functional leads for Financials, Expenses, Procurement, and Prism/Accounting Center for execution of planned work.
• Validate prioritization and categorization of tickets, changes, and enhancements with the business/functional leads.
• Resolve high-priority incidents and act as tier 2 escalation.
• Maintain a deep understanding of Workday's data model, corporate system architecture, interfaces, reporting, and data loading procedures.
• Provide Workday and subject matter expertise to business process owners and colleagues.
• Stay updated on Workday functionality, training, and best practices.
• Perform impact assessments for Workday upgrades and cross application enhancements.
• Facilitate user acceptance and validation of functionality with the business.
• Assist with testing integration and security cases.
• Develop QA Strategy in partnership with other product leads and solutions analysts.
• Work with Functional Leads and Process Owners to develop requirements for Workday changes.
• Manage the configurations of Workday applications.
• Coordinate feature/function cases with Workday.
• Identify areas for process improvement and sponsor improvement activities.
• Create tier 2 escalated, advanced Workday reports as needed by business users.

Benefits

• Inclusive culture that rewards hard work.
• Opportunities for professional development and career growth.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees