Senior Workday Analyst, Finance

Foundation for California Community Colleges; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

Competitive benefits

PTO & holidays

CalPERS/Retirement plans

Job summary

FoundationCCC is seeking a Senior Workday Analyst, Finance to lead the Workday Finance function with a strong emphasis on Payroll. The position supports a 100% remote setup within California and requires residency in the state.

You will work across Payroll, GAAP close, and internal controls to ensure accurate, scalable financial processes. You’ll partner with Accounting, Payroll, and FP&A teams to optimize Workday configurations, data movements, and reporting, while leading readiness for

Qualifications

• Hands-on Workday experience in Finance, payroll, and close processes.
• Ability to configure and optimize Workday modules to support finance operations.
• Strong data analysis skills and experience with reports and integrations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior Workday Finance lead, focusing on payroll configurations and tax filings.
• Collaborate with Accounting, Payroll, and FP&A to ensure accurate data movements and reporting.
• Own platform readiness for year-end activities and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with HRIS for cross-domain items like worktags and costing allocations.

Skills

Workday Payroll

Workday Financial Management

Workday Adaptive Planning

Excel/SQL

Tools

EIB Loads

SQL

Job description

Senior Workday Analyst, Finance 100% Remote within California, must reside in California We are seeking a Senior Workday Analyst, Finance to join FoundationCCC in its mission of benefiting, supporting, and enhancing the California Community Colleges—the largest and most diverse system of higher education in the nation. Together, we are building stronger communities by getting students and colleges the resources they need to succeed and expanding pathways to economic and social mobility across California. Join us as we continue this important work to uphold the value of community colleges in building a brighter future.

What You’ll Do

FoundationCCC supports the California Community College system by reducing barriers to opportunity, strengthening communities, and accelerating pathways to economic and social mobility for students and Californians. The Business Systems team supports the Foundation’s strategic goals by implementing, optimizing, and maturing the systems and digital tools used across the organization. This position within Business Systems is accountable for Workday’s Finance function, with a heavy emphasis on Payroll. We are looking for a finance professional with hands-on Workday experience: someone who understands how payroll, close, and controls actually work, and how to make the platform support them. Transaction processing stays with the Accounting and Payroll teams, and planning models stay with Financial Planning and Analysis; this role makes sure the platforms and the processes built on them are right, serving as the escalation point for complex issues and partnering with the Senior Workday Analyst, HRIS on cross-domain items such as worktags, benefits, and costing allocations.

Payroll and Benefits Serves as the accountable platform resource for Workday Payroll Partners with the Senior Workday Analyst, HRIS on employee benefit configurations and leads resolution of complex payroll calculation, retro, and posting issues and carries payroll readiness for year-end and tax filings.

Workday Finance and Adaptive Planning Serves as technical lead for Workday Financial Management (Financial Accounting, procurement, expenses, banking and settlement, budgets, grants, and reporting) and administers Workday Adaptive Planning as a platform Leads Finance-domain design for configuration changes and regression testing.

Data Management and Integrations Works confidently with large financial data sets and selects the right method for each data movement integration.

Support and Partnerships Serves as the escalation point for complex Finance, Payroll, and Adaptive tickets received Serves as a cross-functional mentor and subject matter expert to the Workday Analyst, Finance and Finance team members.

Attributes for Success

Strong, practical command of finance fundamentals: payroll and payroll accounting, GAAP, month-end and year-end close, reconciliation, internal controls, and audit readiness Hands-on expertise in Workday Payroll, Workday Financial Management, and Workday Adaptive Planning Advanced data skills: manipulating large data sets in Excel or SQL, building advanced and composite Workday reports and calculated fields, and executing EIB loads accurately. Experience in a high-growth or organizational transformation environment, with judgment for how finance processes and systems need to scale together. A consensus-building advisor able to work across Finance IT, and Business Systems, aligning stakeholders with competing priorities and earning trust without direct authority. Our work holds great weight and responsibility, and the opportunity to impact the lives of millions of individuals in California Innovation, creativity, collaboration, and entrepreneurship are encouraged as employees work to achieve organizational goals.

What we Offer

FoundationCCC is fully committed to a “remote-first” philosophy, and recruits and hires talent across the state in fully remote positions, where virtual work is possible. Our headquarters are located in Downtown Sacramento, just blocks from California’s State Capitol.

Benefits

Competitive compensation, generous PTO, and paid holidays Medical, dental, and vision plans, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts (HSA), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and Wellness offerings CalPERS retirement program and optional 403(b) and 457 Retirement plans Carrot reproductive health and fertility support Tuition reimbursement Public Service Loan Forgiveness certified employer

Budgeted Annual Salary Pay Range: $110,000.00 - $135,000.00 Final salary and rates are based on education, experience, skills relevant to the role, and internal equity.

The Foundation for California Community Colleges is the official nonprofit partner to the California Community Colleges, the largest and most diverse system of higher education in the nation. Our work reaches all 116 California Community Colleges across 73 districts and is designed to help improve the student experience and expand pathways to economic and social mobility across California. More specifically, we exist to benefit: Students: We believe in ensuring students from all backgrounds succeed in reaching their goals and improving their lives and their communities; Community Colleges: We believe in lifting up the California Community College system as the greatest gateway to a better future; and Communities: We believe in the power of community colleges to help their communities thrive. Our projects and services seek to be at the forefront of innovation and excellence in higher education across five areas of impact: student success, workforce development, equity, community impact, and system support. To date, we’ve delivered hundreds of millions in grants, support, and cost savings to colleges and students to make this possible, with 85 cents of every dollar raised directly allocated to programs and services. We’re proud of our role in helping Californians build a better future for themselves and their families, but we know there’s more to be done. Join us. Learn more about working at the Foundation > Read the Foundation's Double Impact Strategic Plan > Location The Foundation’s main headquarters are based in Sacramento, California, though we offer remote opportunities throughout the entire state. We aim to hire a workforce reflective of the California communities we serve.