Systems Administrator - Workday Financial

AMH•Las Vegas, NV

About The Position

Since 2012, AMH has grown to become one of the leading single-family rental companies and homebuilders in the country, recognized as a top employer by Fortune and Great Place To Work®. Their goal is to simplify the experience of leasing a home through professional management and maintenance support. The Systems Administrator - Workday Financial is responsible for managing and maintaining the financial systems, including configuring and maintaining various modules such as accounting center, payroll, adaptive planning, spend management, reporting, analytics, and integrations. This role ensures the system is up-to-date, secure, compliant, and functions correctly. The administrator provides system support analysis and facilitates leveraging technology solutions to meet the needs of the accounting and financial departments and users of the systems. They lead, evaluate, analyze, design, and implement complex projects within Workday and other applications, addressing inquiries to resolve system-related issues and troubleshooting problems related to the platform, data integrity, and system integrations. The position requires working in a cross-functional team environment and collaborating effectively to implement and maintain solutions, ensuring the efficient and effective use of the Workday platform to support accounting and financial processes while enhancing the overall user experience.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED required.
Minimum five (5) years of experience in Financial Systems, Applications Management, and/or related field.
Minimum three (3) years of experience in Financial System Administration with an understanding of accounting and finance concepts, processes, and procedures.
Minimum of three (3) years of in-depth hands-on experience configuring and maintaining Workday Accounting Center, Prism, and other modules including but not limited to expense management, adaptive planning.
Strong understanding of accounting and finance business process.
Excellent verbal and written communication, planning, analysis, and organization skills.
Excellent analytical thinking and problem solving/solution skills.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, finance, information systems and/or computer science preferred.
Certified Public Accountant/CPA preferred.
Workday Module Certifications preferred.

Responsibilities

Manages, maintains, configures, and implements applications and systems including support.
Troubleshooting of incidents.
Ensures system compliance, security, and licensing.
Creates and maintains system documentation, procedures, and policies.
Performs complex Workday configuration changes, creates test scripts, and tests to ensure all processes work according to the pre-determined goals.
Research, design, test and implement configuration changes resulting in process improvements.
Serves as a lead subject matter expert for Workday and applies knowledge to maintain effective system utilization and accuracy.
Supports assigned Workday module(s) including managing Workday semi-annual releases and regular updates.
Monitors system performance and proactively addresses any issues, coconsciously seek opportunities to enhance system process and improve user experience.
Track, schedule, plan, and execute scheduled upgrades.
Coordinates projects including managing project plans, gathering statuses, and sending status reports.
Identify and document requirements for configuration changes.
Articulates project expectations to team members.
Identifies, tracks, monitors, and communicates on project-related issues, including scope changes that occur during projects.
Facilitates change management processes, including the development and execution of test scripts, communication plans, implementation plans, and rollback plans.
Investigates, triages, and troubleshoots escalated issues and system outages.
Performs root cause analysis and exercises appropriate problem management strategies.
Manages vendors during incidents, enhancements, or maintenance of the application.

Benefits

Discretionary annual bonus.
Medical insurance.
Dental insurance.
Vision insurance.
Flexible spending accounts.
Health savings accounts.
Dependent savings accounts.
401(k) with company matching contributions.
Employee stock purchase plan.
Tuition reimbursement program.
9 paid holidays per year.
Paid time off (PTO) at a rate of 0.0577 hours of PTO per hour worked, up to a maximum of 120 hours per year.