Workday Financials (Adaptive & P2P) – Analyst

Huron•Chicago, IL

1d•Remote

About The Position

Huron's Corporate Workday team is comprised of business-minded technology professionals responsible for the ongoing optimizing of our portfolio through product strategy, solution delivery, and support. Our team partners closely with our business stakeholders to identify challenges and opportunities to drive efficiencies and create real outcomes for our business. The Product portfolios focus primarily on Workday but also contain integrations, bots, and other complementary solutions. We partner closely with our client-facing counterparts to share best practices and ensure Huron is at the cutting edge of Workday capabilities.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree
Up to 2 years of experience (including internships) in the areas of the business adjacent to Workday FIN required. This could include financial planning and analysis, finance operations, accounting, or economics.
Workday configuration experience a plus, but candidates with the appropriate business knowledge who are proficient at learning and adopting complex systems would also be considered for this role.
Excel skills a plus. While most of the work will be in Workday and Adaptive, Excel skills are necessary for assessing load files.
Authorization to work in the US
Flexible living location, remote position with up to 1 week of travel yearly.

Nice To Haves

Workday training and/or certifications desirable but not required.
Good analytical and problem resolution skills.
Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
Flexibility and adaptability to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

Operate as a Workday Financials Product Developer - Understand Finance functional areas (Adaptive, Budgets, Procurement, Expenses, and Accounts Payable) and their interconnectivity to other modules, implement solutions to leverage, configure and connect features, functions, and systems.
Support our business owners in FP&A, Operations, Procurement, Expenses, Accounts Payable, and other associated teams to understand their needs and develop solutions.
Implement new functionality and fixes made available by the weekly and bi-annual Workday releases.
Leverage Workday Community to research solutions, contribute Brainstorms, and seek help.
Configure and optimize our Workday FIN modules (Adaptive, Budgets, Procurement, Expenses, and Accounts Payable).
Troubleshoot system issues and support end-users.
Be comfortable working on EIB file loads in Excel
Partner with our Integrations, Security, and Reporting teams to support and optimize current offerings and to continue to rollout new functionality.
Continuously Learn – identify and actively participate in learning activities in ways that make the most of the learning experience, keeping on-the-job application in mind, seek and use feedback, critically analyze information, and complete required tasks
Comprehend and be able to explain technical terminology and system advances, use technical knowledge to complete tasks effectively and efficiently, know how and when to apply technical skills or procedures, use technical expertise to take advantage of new opportunities, solve more difficult problems and accomplish challenging goals
Be Bold & Brave – take on unfamiliar or uncomfortable situations in order to learn, ask questions, be fast to fail, demonstrating progress ahead of perfection, be agile & quick to iterate, always focused on how to create value for the business
Establish & Deliver on High Levels of Customer Service - adhere to established SLAs, focus on positive Customer interactions, demonstrated through positive feedback
Understand & Influence Impact – work with Product Owners to understand impact of planned work and recommend potential value drivers and how best to improve end user experience
Work Standards – set high standards of performance by establishing criteria and/or work procedures to achieve a high level of quality, productivity and service, dedicate required time and energy to assignments and work to overcome obstacles to completion
Managing Work – provide appropriate levels of support based on capacity, raising opportunities for additional work or modified priorities to maximize velocity and impact
Risk Mitigation – raise risks & issues timely, recommend solutions
Earn & Foster Trust – Own outcomes and demonstrate accountability for successes and failures of the team, use learnings to further growth in self and team, demonstrate authenticity with team and business users, embrace individual and collective differences add to our success.
Spark Positivity – seek to inspire the team to be their best and work together to have a lasting impact, be creative in adding business value, and strive to have fun and build on our success
Adopt Agile Principles & Methodology – be knowledgeable and follow Agile development processes
PI Planning & Sprint Reviews – meet with core team to understand capacity, plan work, and review Sprint results, contributing to positive velocity and burndown.

Benefits

medical, dental and vision coverage
401(k) plan with a generous employer match
employee stock purchase plan
generous Paid Time Off policy
paid parental leave
adoption assistance
free annual health screenings and coaching
bank at work
on-site workshops
ongoing programs recognizing major events in the lives of our employees throughout the year.