Senior Manager 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 is one of the country's largest owners and operators of multifamily housing, managing high-quality communities across the country! At AIR, we value integrity, respect, collaboration, customer focus, and performance. These values are brought to life by our teammates, who are ultimately responsible for our success. When you join our team, you'll work alongside the most dedicated professionals in the industry and open the door to unlimited career opportunities.

We seek motivated professionals who excel in customer service, and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. If you're inclined towards more challenging tasks and aspire to exceed expectations, our environment may align better with your ambitions, join us!

Job Description

At AIR Communities, we believe great decisions start with great data, smart planning, and the right technology. We're looking for a Senior Manager, Financial Systems to lead and evolve our Workday Adaptive Planning platform, driving the systems, processes, and reporting that support strategic decision-making across the organization.

This is more than a system administration role. You'll serve as a trusted partner to Finance, Accounting, and business leaders, helping transform business needs into scalable planning solutions while shaping the future of our financial systems landscape.

If you're passionate about financial planning technology, enjoy solving complex business challenges, and thrive in collaborative environments where you can make a visible impact, we'd love to hear from you.

Qualifications

What You'll Do

Lead Our Adaptive Planning Environment

This role is perfect for a finance systems professional who enjoys being both strategic and hands-on. You're comfortable building models and reports yourself, but you also understand the broader business impact of financial systems decisions. You thrive in environments where you can influence stakeholders, improve processes, and help organizations make smarter decisions through technology. As the functional owner of Workday Adaptive Planning, you'll oversee the platform's administration, design, governance, and ongoing optimization.

You'll:

• 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.

Partner with Business Leaders

You'll work closely with Finance, Accounting, and executive stakeholders to understand challenges, identify opportunities, and deliver solutions that improve business performance.

You'll:

• 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.

Drive Reporting & Analytics Excellence

You'll play a critical role in delivering the insights our leaders rely on to make informed decisions.

You'll:

• 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.

Champion Governance & Continuous Improvement

We're looking for someone who thinks strategically about systems and processes.

You'll:

• 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.

Empower and Support Users

You'll be a resource and leader for business users across the organization.

You'll:

• 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.

What We're Looking For

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience supporting enterprise financial systems, planning applications, or EPM platforms.
• 5+ years of hands-on Workday Adaptive Planning administration experience.
• Expertise with dimensions, attributes, levels, modeled sheets, cube sheets, formulas, and reporting structures.
• Experience designing and supporting complex financial and operational planning models.
• Advanced Excel skills and strong experience with OfficeConnect reporting.
• Strong understanding of budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and reporting processes.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.