Senior Workday Analyst, Finance

Foundation for California Community Colleges

. Serve as the accountable platform resource for Workday Payroll .

Posted 10/27/2026full-timeRemote • California • United StatesSenior💰 $110,000 - $135,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Workday Payroll, Workday Financial Management, and Workday Adaptive Planning, with strong capabilities in finance fundamentals, data manipulation, and stakeholder alignment. Proven ability to lead complex payroll and finance processes while mentoring team members and managing cross-domain configurations.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Workday Payroll ExpertiseWorkday Financial ManagementWorkday Adaptive PlanningAdvanced Data SkillsFinance Fundamentals

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Hard Skills

Payroll AccountingGAAPMonth-End CloseYear-End CloseReconciliationInternal ControlsAudit ReadinessExcel Data ManipulationSQL Data ManipulationWorkday Reporting

Soft Skills

Stakeholder AlignmentTrust BuildingJudgmentMentoring

Tools & Technologies

WorkdayExcelSQL

Industry Keywords

PayrollFinanceFinancial DataHigh-Growth EnvironmentOrganizational Transformation

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

SQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as the accountable platform resource for Workday Payroll
Partner on employee benefit configurations
Lead resolution of complex payroll calculation, retro, and posting issues
Carry payroll readiness for year-end and tax filings
Serve as technical lead for Workday Financial Management, including Financial Accounting, procurement, expenses, banking and settlement, budgets, grants, and reporting
Administer Workday Adaptive Planning as a platform
Lead Finance-domain design for configuration changes and regression testing
Work with large financial data sets and select appropriate data movement integration methods
Serve as escalation point for complex Finance, Payroll, and Adaptive tickets
Mentor Workday Analyst, Finance and Finance team members
Partner with the Senior Workday Analyst, HRIS on cross-domain items such as worktags, benefits, and costing allocations

Requirements

What you’ll need

Must reside in California
Strong, practical command of finance fundamentals: payroll and payroll accounting, GAAP, month-end and year-end close, reconciliation, internal controls, and audit readiness
Hands-on expertise in Workday Payroll, Workday Financial Management, and Workday Adaptive Planning
Advanced data skills: manipulating large data sets in Excel or SQL, building advanced and composite Workday reports and calculated fields, and executing EIB loads accurately
Experience in a high-growth or organizational transformation environment
Judgment for how finance processes and systems need to scale together
Ability to work across Finance, IT, and Business Systems
Ability to align stakeholders with competing priorities and earn trust without direct authority

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation
Generous PTO
Paid holidays
Medical, dental, and vision plans
Flexible Spending Accounts
Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Wellness offerings
CalPERS retirement program
Optional 403(b) and 457 Retirement plans
Carrot reproductive health and fertility support
Tuition reimbursement
Public Service Loan Forgiveness certified employer
Fully remote positions across California