Remote Workday Adaptive Planning Engineer

Eliassen Group; Dover (DE); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 103,000; Part time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Workday Adaptive Planning Engineer for a contract role, primarily remote with a hybrid model (3 days onsite in Rockville, MD). The engineer will design, build, and maintain planning models linked to Workday Financials, ensuring data accuracy, and driving budgeting and forecasting processes across FP&A, Accounting, and Finance Systems.

Applicants should have 3+ years with Workday Adaptive Planning, strong analytical and communication skills, and a Bachelor’s degree in

Qualifications

• 3+ years configuring and maintaining Workday Adaptive Planning, including model design, sheets, dimensions, formulas, and allocations.
• Solid understanding of financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes.
• Experience integrating Adaptive Planning with Workday Financials or other systems, including actuals loading and reconciliation.
• Working knowledge of Workday Financials data model including ledger accounts, worktags, and company or cost center structures.
• Reporting experience with OfficeConnect and Adaptive Matrix reporting and dashboards.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with ability to trace data issues to root cause across systems.
• Clear communication skills to translate stakeholder requirements into technical solutions and articulate tradeoffs.
• Experience supporting planning models through peak cycles such as budget season, forecast refreshes, and month-end.
• Preferred: Workday Adaptive Planning Pro Certification.
• Preferred: Workday Finance Pro Certification or equivalent experience, especially FDM and Projects.
• Preferred: Experience with Adaptive CCL, Workday integrations (EIBs, Core Connectors), Workday Studio or Extend.
• Preferred: Experience in regulated or financial-services environments and exposure to data governance and controls.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate FINRA values while collaborating in-person and virtually to support investor protection and market integrity.
• Design, configure, and maintain Workday Adaptive Planning models, sheets, and dimensions for budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning.
• Build and maintain data flows between Workday Financials and Adaptive Planning to ensure accurate and reliable actuals loading.
• Develop and optimize formulas, calculated accounts, allocations, and modeled sheets with performance and maintainability in mind.
• Own data accuracy, refresh cadence, and reconciliation. Identify and resolve data discrepancies across source systems and Adaptive.
• Partner with FP&A to translate planning requirements into scalable model designs with clear options and tradeoffs.
• Configure and maintain security, user access, and workflow within Adaptive Planning.
• Assess and test impacts of Workday and Adaptive semi-annual releases. Maintain regression testing for models and integrations.
• Build dashboards and reports to provide visibility into plan versus actuals and forecast accuracy.
• Document model design, data flows, and configuration to support continuity and knowledge transfer.
• Provide production support during planning cycles, including month-end and budget season.

Skills

Financial planning

Data reconciliation

Stakeholder communication

Analytical troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance or related

Tools

Workday Adaptive Planning

Workday Financials

OfficeConnect

Adaptive Matrix reporting

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Workday Adaptive Planning Engineer for a contract role, primarily remote with a hybrid model (3 days onsite in Rockville, MD). The engineer will design, build, and maintain planning models linked to Workday Financials, ensuring data accuracy, and driving budgeting and forecasting processes across FP&A, Accounting, and Finance Systems.

Applicants should have 3+ years with Workday Adaptive Planning, strong analytical and communication skills, and a Bachelor’s degree in