Workday Adaptive Planning Engineer - Hybrid/Remote

Eliassen Group; Augusta (ME); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 103,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits

401k with company matching

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Workday Adaptive Planning Engineer to design, build, and maintain budgeting, forecasting, and planning models across the organization. The role collaborates with FP&A, Accounting and Finance Systems to translate requirements into scalable Adaptive Planning configurations.

The engineer will own the technical health of Adaptive Planning, manage data flows with Workday Financials, and ensure accuracy and timely loading of actuals, with W2 benefits and a competitive

Qualifications

• 3+ years configuring and maintaining Workday Adaptive Planning, including model design, sheets, dimensions, formulas, and allocations.
• Solid understanding of financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes.
• Experience integrating Adaptive Planning with Workday Financials or other systems, including actuals loading and reconciliation.
• Working knowledge of Workday Financials data model including ledger accounts, worktags, and company or cost center structures.
• Reporting experience with OfficeConnect and Adaptive Matrix reporting and dashboards.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with ability to trace data issues to root cause across systems.
• Clear communication skills to translate stakeholder requirements into technical solutions and articulate tradeoffs.
• Experience supporting planning models through peak cycles such as budget season, forecast refreshes, and month-end.
• Preferred: Workday Adaptive Planning Pro Certification.
• Preferred: Workday Finance Pro Certification or equivalent experience, especially FDM and Projects.
• Preferred: Experience with Adaptive CCL, Workday integrations (EIBs, Core Connectors), Workday Studio or Extend.
• Preferred: Experience in regulated or financial-services environments and exposure to data governance and controls.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, and maintain Workday Adaptive Planning models, sheets, and dimensions for budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning.
• Build and maintain data flows between Workday Financials and Adaptive Planning to ensure accurate and reliable actuals loading.
• Develop and optimize formulas, calculated accounts, allocations, and modeled sheets with performance and maintainability in mind.
• Own data accuracy, refresh cadence, and reconciliation across source systems and Adaptive.
• Partner with FP&A to translate planning requirements into scalable model designs with clear options and tradeoffs.
• Configure and maintain security, user access, and workflow within Adaptive Planning.
• Assess and test impacts of Workday and Adaptive semi-annual releases; maintain regression testing for models and integrations.
• Build dashboards and reports to provide visibility into plan vs actuals and forecast accuracy.
• Document model design, data flows, and configuration to support continuity and knowledge transfer.
• Provide production support during planning cycles, including month-end and budget season.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Workday Adaptive Planning

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Workday Adaptive Planning Engineer to design, build, and maintain budgeting, forecasting, and planning models across the organization. The role collaborates with FP&A, Accounting and Finance Systems to translate requirements into scalable Adaptive Planning configurations.

The engineer will own the technical health of Adaptive Planning, manage data flows with Workday Financials, and ensure accuracy and timely loading of actuals, with W2 benefits and a competitive