Senior Workday Adaptive Planning Analyst — Remote

Southern New Hampshire University; Lansing (MI); Remote; USD 80,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental plan

Vision plan

Paid time off

Retirement plan

Tuition assistance

Parental leave

Mental health resources

Job summary

Southern New Hampshire University is expanding its Finance Analytics and Insights team and seeks a Senior Business Systems Analyst – Workday Adaptive Planning. You will administer, model-build, and report within Workday Adaptive Planning, translating complex financial needs into scalable planning solutions.

The role partners with Finance, HR, IT, and other stakeholders to optimize budgeting, forecasting, and workforce planning.

Qualifications

• Experience administering Workday Adaptive Planning and building scalable Adaptive models.
• Proven ability to translate complex financial/operational requirements into Adaptive Planning solutions.
• Experience in FP&A reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.

Responsibilities

• Be the primary Workday Adaptive Planning administrator and SME for day-to-day administration, configuration, maintenance, and optimization of the platform.
• Own and maintain Adaptive Planning structures: models, dimensions, accounts, versions, sheets, assumptions, formulas, and security.
• Translate business requirements into scalable Adaptive configurations and reporting solutions for budgeting, forecasting, and workforce planning.
• Manage user access, roles, permissions, and data governance while monitoring performance and data integrity.
• Create and maintain system documentation, training materials, and administer procedures; conduct user training and knowledge transfers.
• Design and build Adaptive models and planning solutions balancing flexibility, controls, and long-term maintainability.
• Partner with Finance to define reporting requirements and translate them into Adaptive reporting (budgets, actuals, variances, trends).
• Collaborate with HR to develop workforce planning models and reports within Adaptive Planning.
• Develop, monitor, reconcile, and troubleshoot integrations between Workday modules and Adaptive Planning.
• Collaborate with IT, HRIS, and other teams on integrations, data architecture, and APIs.
• Facilitate discussions with stakeholders to identify needs and propose scalable solutions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Adaptive Planning administration

Reporting & dashboards

FP&A processes

Data governance

Systems thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Information Systems, Data Analytics

Tools

Workday Adaptive Planning

OfficeConnect

Job description

Southern New Hampshire University is expanding its Finance Analytics and Insights team and seeks a Senior Business Systems Analyst – Workday Adaptive Planning. You will administer, model-build, and report within Workday Adaptive Planning, translating complex financial needs into scalable planning solutions.

The role partners with Finance, HR, IT, and other stakeholders to optimize budgeting, forecasting, and workforce planning.