Finance Systems Lead: Workday Adaptive Planning

AIR Communities; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

AIR Communities seeks aSenior Manager, Financial Systems to lead and evolve the Workday Adaptive Planning platform, driving planning models, reports, and governance. You’ll partner with Finance, Accounting, and executives to translate business needs into scalable solutions and enable strategic decision-making across the organization.

You will own administration of the planning environment, build models, ensure data integrity, and drive reporting excellence while championing continuous

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience supporting enterprise financial systems, planning applications, or EPM platforms.
• 5+ years of hands-on Workday Adaptive Planning administration experience.
• Advanced Excel skills and strong experience with OfficeConnect reporting.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Own administration of dimensions, attributes, levels, hierarchies, and planning structures.
• Design, build, and enhance financial and operational planning models.
• Develop and maintain modeled sheets, cube sheets, assumptions, and reporting structures.
• Ensure system performance, scalability, and data integrity across planning processes.
• Evaluate enhancement opportunities and recommend system improvements that align with business priorities.
• Translate business requirements into practical, scalable system designs.
• Act as a trusted advisor on planning processes, reporting capabilities, and best practices.
• Communicate complex technical concepts in a clear and business-friendly way.
• Build strong cross-functional partnerships throughout the organization.
• Develop and optimize OfficeConnect reports, executive dashboards, and automated reporting packages.
• Improve reporting efficiency and consistency across the organization.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, strategic planning, and financial reporting initiatives.
• Partner with stakeholders to define and enhance key metrics and reporting capabilities.
• Lead testing, change management, and release governance activities.
• Assess upstream and downstream impacts of system changes.
• Establish documentation, standards, and best practices.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes and improve user experience.
• Support ongoing innovation within our financial systems ecosystem.
• Provide expert support during budgeting, forecasting, and planning cycles.
• Troubleshoot complex system and reporting issues.
• Develop training materials and facilitate user education.
• Promote adoption of system capabilities and planning best practices.

Skills

Workday Adaptive Planning

Excel

OfficeConnect reporting

Budgeting & forecasting

Stakeholder management

Communication & presentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Business Administration, or related field

Tools

Workday Adaptive Planning

OfficeConnect

Excel

Job description

AIR Communities seeks aSenior Manager, Financial Systems to lead and evolve the Workday Adaptive Planning platform, driving planning models, reports, and governance. You’ll partner with Finance, Accounting, and executives to translate business needs into scalable solutions and enable strategic decision-making across the organization.

You will own administration of the planning environment, build models, ensure data integrity, and drive reporting excellence while championing continuous