Fast Facts
The College Board is seeking a Senior Workday Financials Analyst to drive technical solutions and optimizations for their financial systems, focusing on enhancing functionality and cross-departmental collaboration in a fully remote role.
Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include prioritizing and implementing Workday Financials solutions, managing project deliverables, maintaining system integrity, and developing comprehensive reporting and dashboard solutions.
Skills: Candidates should have expertise in Workday Financials, project management experience, proficiency in data analytics tools, and strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
Qualifications: A Bachelor's degree in a related field is required, along with 5-8 years of experience in finance operations, particularly within Workday Financials.
Location: This is a fully remote role; however, candidates living near College Board offices have the option for a hybrid work model.
Compensation: $88000 - $160000 / Annually
External:Senior Workday Financials Analyst
Internal:Director, Finance Systems Strategy & Optimization
College Board - Finance
Location: This is a fully remote role.
Candidates who live near CB offices have theoptionof being hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office).
Type:This is afull-timeposition
About the Team
The Operational Excellence (OX) function at the College Board is a high-performing team, serving as acenter of excellencein the Finance Division, led by the Executive Director, Operational Excellence. Situated directly under the Chief Financial Officer (CFO),OX brings deepexpertisein project management, process architecture, product strategy, data analytics, and strategic communications. We are committed to driving organizational excellence by designing andoptimizingintegrated systems, enhancing cross-functional collaboration, streamlining complex workflows, and fortifying policy and communication frameworks. Our mission is to empower every function within the Finance Division tooperateat peak performance—delivering exceptional value and measurable impact to the College Board.
Aboutthe Opportunity
As theDirector, Finance Systems Strategy & Optimization,you will serve as the execution leader responsible for translating strategic vision into tangible system improvements across the College Board’s core financial platforms—Workday Financials, Adaptive Planning, and Strategic Sourcing– Workday Financials,Adaptive Planning, and Strategic Sourcing.You will focus on driving end-to-end delivery of technical solutions, coordinating complex projects, and ensuring our financial systemsoperateefficiently, accurately, and in alignment with business needs.
You will partner withAccounting, Procurement, Strategic Finance,Investments, Technology, and Talent to ensure these systems are fullyleveragedto deliver maximum value.You will play a critical role in owning thesystemroadmaps—taking full responsibility forexecuting both immediate and long-term action plans. You will lead the investigation and implementation of new functionality, ensuring alignment with the needs and priorities of all major stakeholders.You will have a special focus on AI integration, ensuring our systemsutilizethe latest and greatest technologies to automate and innovate so Finance teams can work faster and most efficiently and produce more critical insights with ease. Teams will rely on you to build custom dashboards in Workday Financials andmaintainfinancial data integrity tohelp todrive business decisions.You willbe responsible fordeveloping enhanced reporting solutions.You will create andmaintaina suite of staff-friendly resources to ensure system processes are clear and known to all users.
Our ideal candidate is passionate about technology, along with prioritizing and simplifying – implementing the most impactful things and finding powerful solutions for complex problems. The ideal candidate hasWorkday Financialsexpertise, an excellent ability toanticipateuser needs, an obsession with data, and the ability to manage the technical and people components of projects with attention to detailand speed.
In this role, you will:
Prioritize and implement technical solutions in Workday Financials to meet business needs (40%)
- Translate functional needs into solutions, ensuring that our Workday Financials solutions meet business needs and are scalable, repeatable, automated,leverageAI and new and emerging technologies, etc.
- Projectmanagethe implementation of new features and enhancements, overseeing configuration, testing,deployment,and change management
- Engage and manageexternal consultants, as needed
- Manage the intake and prioritization of product/systems requests, working closely with stakeholders to ensure we prioritize the most impactful work
Maintain andoptimizeWorkday Financials from a technological and usage perspective (25%)
- Own business process enhancementsofWorkday Financials modules to supportoptimaluser experience
- Develop andmonitorkey performance metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of Workday Financials solutions andidentifyareas for improvement
- Proactively analyze,identify, and correct technical problems and deficiencies
- Stay up to date with industry trends and best practices to ensure our Workday Financials and Adaptive instances areoptimized
- Facilitate bi-annual Workday releasesand liaise with our Workday account manager to understand their roadmap
- Work with Technology tosupport the integrative and administrative needs of Workday Financials and Adaptive
- Create andmaintaindetailed documentation and user guides on major system tasks, reports, custom BPs, etc.
Executecomprehensive data/dashboard solutions for the Finance functions (20%)
- Serve as the “go to” to develop reportingand datasolutions within WorkdayFinancials, Adaptive, and Strategic Sourcing(andin supplemental tools—i.e., Tableau orPowerBI—as needed)
- Design and implement comprehensive dashboard solutions within Workday Financials to provide actionable insights and support decision-making for Procurement, Accounting, and Investments
Lead roadmap development and drive execution across teams(15%)
- Develop andmaintainthefinanceproduct roadmaps in collaboration with functional Finance leadership, related SMEs, and Technology tooptimizesystem use
- Provide status reports and updates to Leadership, as needed
About You
You have:
- At least five to eight years working infinance operations, with at least three years specifically in Workday Financials
- ABachelor'sdegreerequiredin a related fieldrequired,Workday Financials and/or Adaptive Planning certificationis a plus
- Proficiencyin Financial Accounting, Procurement, and Expense modules within Workday Financials, as well as with Adaptive Financial Planning and Strategic Sourcing,youare eagerand ableto learn continuously and grow in your Workday skills
- Ability topivotquickly, adapt toevolving requirements,workin an Agile-adjacentenvironment
- ProficiencyinWorkdayWorksheetsand Discovery Boards; and, preferably,experiencewith Workday Prism andworking knowledge ofTableau and/orPowerBI
- Exceptional attention to detail and strong organizational skills, with the ability to manage a wide range of tasks effectivelyand see them through to the end
- Enthusiasm for data, passionate about harnessing the power of large data sets to inform business decisionsand capable ofmoving quickly to transform data
- Ability to collaborateandwork cross-functionally with different areas of an organization, and bring a team-first mentality and “no job is too small” perspective
- Confidenceinworking on both sides of the system - with our users and our engineers - and feel comfortable translating practical needs to technical solutions
- Greatverbal and written communication skills
- Excited aboutsupporting educational opportunities for millions ofstudents
- Experience with Jira and Confluence preferred
- The ability to travel 2-3 times a year to College Board offices or on behalf of College Board business
- Authorization to workfor any employerin the United States
About Our Process
- Application review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled
- While the hiring process may vary, it generallyincludes:resume and application submission, recruiter phone/video screen, hiring manager interview, performance exercise such aslive coding, a panel interview, a conversation with leadership and reference checks
About Our Benefits and Compensation
College Board offers a competitive benefits and compensation program that attracts top talent looking to make a difference in education. As a self-sustaining non-profit, we believe in compensating employees fairly in relation to each other, their qualifications, their impact, and the relevant market.
The hiring range for a new employee in this position is $88,000to $160,000.College Board differentiates salaries by location so where youlivewill narrow the portion of this range in which you can expect a salary.
Your salary will be carefully determined based on your location, relevant experience, the external labor market, and the pay of College Board employees in similar roles. College Board strives to provide our best offer up front based onthis criteria.
Your salary is only one part of all that College Board offers, including but not limited to:
- A comprehensive packagedesignedto support the well-being of employees and their families and promote education. Our robust benefits package includes health, dental, and vision insurance, generous paid time off, paid parental leave, fertility benefits, pet insurance, tuitionassistance,support for professional development,retirement benefits, and more
- Recognition of exceptional performance through annual bonuses, salary growth over time through market increases, and opportunities for merit raises and promotions based on increased scope of responsibility
- Once you’vehitthe six-month markatthe College Board, we'll contribute double the amount you put in your TIAA retirement plan each year, up to 10% of your annual salary
- A job that matters, a team that cares, and a place to learn, innovate and thrive
You can expect to have transparent conversations about benefits and compensation with our recruiters throughout your application process.
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