Systems Administrator - Workday Financial

4rahlp1 American Homes 4 Rent, L.P.; Draper (UT); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) match

Employee stock purchase plan

Tuition reimbursement

Holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

American Homes 4 Rent is seeking a Systems Administrator – Workday Financial to manage and optimize our Workday Financial modules, including Accounting Center, Payroll, Adaptive Planning, and integrations. You will lead configuration projects, ensure data integrity, and collaborate across accounting and IT teams to deliver reliable, compliant financial systems.

The role requires 5+ years in financial systems and 3+ years in Workday administration, with strong accounting knowledge, excellent

Qualifications

• Five years of experience in Financial Systems and Applications management.
• Three years of Financial System Administration with accounting concepts.
• Hands-on configuring Workday Accounting Center and Prism.
• Strong communication and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Manages, maintains, configures, and implements applications and systems including support.
• Troubleshoots incidents and ensures security and licensing compliance.
• Creates and maintains system documentation, procedures and policies.
• Performs Workday configuration changes and tests against goals.
• Leads projects, gathers statuses, and communicates progress.
• Acts as SME for Workday and coordinates semi-annual releases.
• Monitors performance and drives process improvements.
• Coordinates upgrades and change management processes.
• Investigates escalated issues and conducts root cause analysis.
• Manages vendors during incidents or maintenance.

Skills

Workday

Financial systems

System administration

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business/Accounting/Information Systems or Computer Science

CPA preferred

Workday Certifications preferred

Tools

Workday Accounting Center

Prism

Data integrations

Job description

Job Overview

The Systems Administrator – Workday Financial is responsible for managing and maintaining the financial systems. This involves configuring and maintaining various modules such as accounting center, payroll, adaptive planning, spend management, reporting, analytics, and integrations. The role ensures the system is up‑to‑date, secure, compliant, and functions correctly, providing system support analysis and facilitating technology solutions for the accounting and financial departments and system users. The administrator leads, evaluates, analyzes, designs, and implements complex projects within Workday and other applications, resolves system‑related inquiries and troubleshooting problems with platform, data integrity, and integrations, and collaborates in a cross‑functional team environment to enhance the overall user experience.

Responsibilities

• Manages, maintains, configures, and implements applications and systems including support.
• Troubleshoots incidents.
• Ensures system compliance, security, and licensing.
• Creates and maintains system documentation, procedures, and policies.
• Performs complex Workday configuration changes, creates test scripts, and tests to ensure all processes work according to the pre‑determined goals.
• Researches, designs, tests and implements configuration changes resulting in process improvements.
• Serves as a lead subject matter expert for Workday and applies knowledge to maintain effective system utilization and accuracy.
• Supports assigned Workday module(s) including managing Workday semi‑annual releases and regular updates.
• Monitors system performance and proactively addresses any issues, consciously seeking opportunities to enhance system process and improve user experience.
• Tracks, schedules, plans, and executes scheduled upgrades.
• Coordinates projects including managing project plans, gathering statuses, and sending status reports.
• Identifies and documents requirements for configuration changes.
• Articulates project expectations to team members.
• Identifies, tracks, monitors, and communicates on project‑related issues, including scope changes that occur during projects.
• Facilitates change management processes, including the development and execution of test scripts, communication plans, implementation plans, and rollback plans.
• Investigates, triages, and troubleshoots escalated issues and system outages.
• Performs root cause analysis and exercises appropriate problem management strategies.
• Manages vendors during incidents, enhancements, or maintenance of the application.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required.
• College degree in business administration, accounting, finance, information systems and/or computer science preferred.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred.
• Workday Module Certifications preferred.
• Minimum five (5) years of experience in Financial Systems, Applications Management, and/or related field.
• Minimum three (3) years of experience in Financial System Administration with an understanding of accounting and finance concepts, processes, and procedures.
• Minimum three (3) years of in‑depth hands‑on experience configuring and maintaining Workday Accounting Center, Prism, and other modules including but not limited to expense management and adaptive planning.
• Strong understanding of accounting and finance business process.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, planning, analysis, and organization skills.
• Excellent analytical thinking and problem solving/solution skills.

Compensation

The anticipated pay range/scale for this position is commensurate with experience. Actual starting base pay within this range will depend on factors including geographic location, education, training, skills, and relevant experience.

Additional Compensation: This position is eligible to receive a discretionary annual bonus.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Flexible spending accounts and/or health savings accounts
• Dependent savings accounts
• 401(k) with company matching contributions
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Tuition reimbursement program
• 9 paid holidays per year
• Paid time off (PTO) accrues at a rate of 0.0577 hours of PTO per hour worked, up to a maximum of 120 hours per year.

EEO Statement & Legal Information

American Homes 4 Rent, LP (“AMH”) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, age, disability (physical or mental), family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non‑merit based factors. AMH offers reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. To request an accommodation, email [e-mail].

Background check required.

AMH will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.