Senior Workday Finance Analyst — Remote (CA)

Foundation for California Community Colleges; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 110,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

PTO & holidays

Medical/Dental/Vision

FSA/HSA

EAP & Wellness

CalPERS retirement

403(b)/457 Retirement plans

Tuition reimbursement

Public Service Loan Forgiveness

Job summary

FoundationCCC seeks a Senior Workday Analyst, Finance to guide payroll, financial management, and planning within California while operating in a remote-first model. You will partner with Finance IT and business systems to design, implement, and optimize Workday solutions that support large-scale state education programs.

You will lead payroll configurations, manage data-intensive reporting, and drive cross-functional collaboration to ensure accuracy, regulatory compliance, and scalable

Qualifications

• Hands-on expertise in Workday Payroll, Workday Financial Management, and Workday Adaptive Planning.
• Advanced data skills: Excel or SQL, building advanced and composite Workday reports and calculated fields.
• Experience in a high-growth or organizational transformation environment and capability to scale finance processes and systems.
• Consensus-building advisor able to work across Finance IT and Business Systems and align stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the accountable platform resource for Workday Payroll and ensure payroll readiness for year-end and tax filings.
• Lead technical design and regression testing for Workday Financial Management and administer Workday Adaptive Planning.
• Manage large financial data sets and select appropriate data movement integrations.
• Serve as escalation point for complex Finance, Payroll, and Adaptive tickets and mentor Finance team members.

Skills

Workday Payroll

Workday Financial Management

Workday Adaptive Planning

Advanced data skills

Excel

SQL

GAAP

Month-end close

Data analysis

Tools

EIB loads

Job description

FoundationCCC seeks a Senior Workday Analyst, Finance to guide payroll, financial management, and planning within California while operating in a remote-first model. You will partner with Finance IT and business systems to design, implement, and optimize Workday solutions that support large-scale state education programs.

You will lead payroll configurations, manage data-intensive reporting, and drive cross-functional collaboration to ensure accuracy, regulatory compliance, and scalable