Finance Workday Administrator: Configuration & Reporting

College of the Holy Cross; College Hill (MA); On-site; USD 88,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts is seeking a Workday Administrator (Finance) to provide day-to-day technical administration and configuration support for the Workday Financials platform. The role focuses on stability, governance, and alignment with ITS standards, including releases and integrations.

The ideal candidate will have 2+ years in enterprise applications or ERP systems, familiarity with Workday, and a detail‑oriented approach to change control, documentation, and security

Qualifications

• Associate’s/Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field or equivalent 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 and change control.
• Strong understanding of core financial processes and ability to partner with stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and communicate status clearly.

Responsibilities

• Execute approved Workday Financials configuration changes under governance and approvals.
• Maintain and support ongoing Financials configurations with focus on Foundation Data Model and Worktags.
• Create and maintain basic to moderately complex reports, dashboards, and calculated fields for validation and troubleshooting.
• Respond to and resolve tickets related to Workday Financials administration and data access issues; escalate complex problems.
• Manage user delegations for business processes in line with security best practices.
• Assist in troubleshooting production issues, including root‑cause analysis and preventative fixes.
• Provide technical support during month‑end, quarter‑end, and year‑end close.
• Support change documentation, tenant readiness, regression planning, and deployment readiness activities.
• Support security-related changes and follow least-privilege practices; document security work.
• Monitor and troubleshoot Workday Financials integrations and data loads per standards.
• Maintain documentation and runbooks; contribute to SOPs and repeatable processes.

Skills

Dependability

Flexibility

Service oriented

Communication

Problem solving

Risk awareness

Teamwork

Interpersonal skills

Diversity respect

Education

Associate’s/Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field

Tools

Workday

ERP systems

Job description

College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts is seeking a Workday Administrator (Finance) to provide day-to-day technical administration and configuration support for the Workday Financials platform. The role focuses on stability, governance, and alignment with ITS standards, including releases and integrations.

The ideal candidate will have 2+ years in enterprise applications or ERP systems, familiarity with Workday, and a detail‑oriented approach to change control, documentation, and security