Sr ERP Application Analyst

Apex Systems; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401K with company match

ESPP and HSA

Job summary

Everforth Apex is seeking a Senior Analyst for ERP Applications - Grants to optimize and support the Workday ERP environment. You will research, recommend, and implement best-practice solutions, integrations, and processes to deliver scalable systems.

You will collaborate with stakeholders, vendors, and leadership to align technology with organizational goals while driving automation and workflow optimization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, Accounting, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Seven or more years with ERP systems; at least five specifically in Workday Grants, Finance, and Payroll.
• Deep understanding of grant administration lifecycle, compliance, and reporting; experience with Workday configurations and integrations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic technology partner for Grant teams to align Workday with enterprise objectives.
• Optimize processes and reporting accuracy per policies and regulatory standards.
• Configure and optimize Workday Grants components (grants, sponsors, awards, budgets, invoicing, reporting).
• Configure Workday Payroll Accounting for accurate cost distribution to grants and cost centers.
• Provide Tier 2/3 production support, root cause analysis and data integrity.
• Identify opportunities to apply machine learning and intelligent workflow automation.
• Oversee enhancement and release lifecycle, including planning, testing, deployment, and adoption.
• Ensure change control and release processes are followed; participate in off-hour rotations.

Skills

Workday Grants

Workday Payroll

Workday Integrations

Workday Reporting

Security Models

Data Integrity

Root Cause Analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in CS/IS/Finance/Accounting

Tools

Workday Studio

Core Connectors

EIBs

Job description

Job Description

Senior Analyst, ERP Applications - Grants

Job# 3056384

Job Description

Senior Analyst, ERP Applications - Grants

Location

REMOTE

Role Overview

The Senior Analyst, ERP Applications - Grants optimizes, enhances, and supports the organization's Workday ERP environment. This position plays a pivotal role in researching, recommending, and implementing best practice solutions, integrations, and business processes to deliver scalable and efficient systems. Collaborative engagement with stakeholders, vendors, and leadership ensures technology aligns with organizational objectives while driving operational excellence through automation, machine learning, and intelligent workflow optimization.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic technology partner for the Grant and Grant Financial teams to align Workday and related systems with enterprise objectives.
• Optimize business processes and reporting accuracy in compliance with research policies and regulatory standards.
• Design, configure, and optimize Workday Grants components, including grants, sponsors, awards, budgets, billing schedules, effort certification, invoicing, and reporting.
• Configure and maintain Workday Payroll Accounting to ensure payroll costs distribute accurately to grants, projects, and cost centers.
• Provide Tier 2 and Tier 3 production support, performing root cause analysis, maintaining data integrity, and securing compliance across integrated systems.
• Execute recurring operational tasks and actively identify opportunities to integrate machine learning and intelligent workflow automation.
• Manage the full lifecycle of enhancement and release activities, including planning, execution, testing, deployment, and adoption.
• Ensure all system requests adhere to the established change control and release processes, participating in off-hour support rotations as needed.

Required Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, Accounting, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Experience: Seven or more years of experience working with enterprise resource planning systems, with a minimum of five years specializing in Workday Grants, Finance, and Payroll. Experience within complex, matrixed healthcare environments is preferred.

Technical Skills: Deep understanding of the grant administration lifecycle, sponsored project compliance, and indirect cost recovery. Hands-on configuration experience with Workday business processes, custom validations, security models, and custom reporting. Proven ability to support and troubleshoot Workday integrations, including EIBs, Core Connectors, and Studio-based solutions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Workday Certified Administrator credential.
• Familiarity with Workday Extend for building custom applications within the Workday ecosystem.
• Strong technical writing skills with the ability to translate complex system functionality into clear documentation for non-technical stakeholders.

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

If you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to participate in an interview with a virtual recruiter or to use our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [e-mail] or 804-523-8228. Please note that this contact information is strictly to be used for medical ADA accommodations and that no other inquiries will be answered.

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Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [e-mail] or 804-523-8228. (Do not submit resumes or solicit consultants to this email address). UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Apex.