Remote Workday Adaptive Planning Engineer

Eliassen Group; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 103,000; Part time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Workday Adaptive Planning Engineer for a contract role. The candidate will design, build, and maintain planning models, integrate with Workday Financials, and ensure data accuracy across planning cycles.

This remote-friendly position supports FP&A and Finance teams, with a emphasis on scalable model design and governance. The role requires hands-on experience with Workday Adaptive Planning, strong analytical skills, and ability to collaborate with cross-functional

Qualifications

• 3+ years configuring and maintaining Workday Adaptive Planning, including model design, sheets, dimensions, formulas, and allocations.

Responsibilities

• 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 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.
• 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

Workday Adaptive Planning

Data integration

Budgeting & forecasting

Analytical troubleshooting

Stakeholder communication

Education

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

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Workday Adaptive Planning Engineer for a contract role. The candidate will design, build, and maintain planning models, integrate with Workday Financials, and ensure data accuracy across planning cycles.

This remote-friendly position supports FP&A and Finance teams, with a emphasis on scalable model design and governance. The role requires hands-on experience with Workday Adaptive Planning, strong analytical skills, and ability to collaborate with cross-functional