Workday Administrator (Finance)
College of the Holy Cross
Full Time
JREQ-000536
At Holy Cross, we are focused on creating a world-class workforce by attracting and retaining employees dedicated to fostering a culture of professionalism, pride, mutual trust, and respect-one that values appreciation and recognition, empowering each of us to flourish both individually and collectively. We seek candidates who are inspired by our mission and values, and who are eager to make a meaningful difference on our campus.
The Workday Administrator (Finance) provides day-to-day technical administration and configuration support for the College's Workday Financials platform, executing approved changes, maintaining platform stability, and supporting releases and integrations in alignment with ITS standards, governance, and separation-of-duties requirements.
Major Areas of Responsibility
- Workday Financials Administration & Configuration Support
- Execute approved Workday Financials configuration changes under established governance.
- Support ongoing maintenance across Financials functional areas with a strong focus on the Foundation Data Model (FDM) and related Worktags.
- Create and maintain basic to moderately complex custom reports, dashboards, and calculated fields.
- Operational Support / Incident & Problem Resolution
- Respond to and resolve tickets related to Workday Financials administration.
- Administer and maintain user-requested delegations for business processes.
- Assist in troubleshooting and resolving production issues.
- Provide timely and focused technical support during critical financial periods.
- Release Management Support
- Support Workday release activities by assisting with impact assessment, preparing change documentation, coordinating tenant readiness tasks.
- Security & Access Support
- Support role/access requests and security-related changes.
- Integrations & Data Movement Support
- Assist in monitoring and troubleshooting Workday Financials integrations.
- Documentation, Controls, and Continuous Improvement
- Maintain accurate documentation for completed changes.
- Collaboration with Functional Owners (Finance & Administration)
- Partner with Finance functional owners.
This position reports to the Workday Financial Systems Manager and does not have any direct reports.
Minimum Qualifications
- Associate's degree or Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- 2+ years of experience supporting enterprise applications and/or financial/ERP systems (Workday experience preferred).
- Demonstrated ability to execute system administration tasks with attention to detail.
- Basic to proficient understanding of core financial and accounting business processes.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and communicate status clearly.
The salary range for this full-time, exempt level opportunity is $88,000 - $95,000 commensurate with experience.
