Workday Finance Administrator — Shape Financial Ops

College of the Holy Cross; United States; On-site; USD 88,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

College of the Holy Cross seeks a Workday Administrator (Finance) to provide day-to-day technical administration and configuration support for the Workday Financials platform. You will implement approved changes, maintain platform stability, and support releases and integrations in alignment with ITS standards and separation of duties.

The role covers administration across General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Procurement, Expenses, Endowment, and related Worktags.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree or Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 2+ years of Workday experience supporting enterprise applications, including configuration, administration, and technical support.
• Demonstrated ability to execute system administration tasks with attention to detail, including documentation and adherence to change control.
• Basic to proficient understanding of core financial and accounting business processes (e.g., Procure-to-Pay, Record-to-Report, Grant Management) and the ability to partner effectively with functional stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and communicate status clearly.
• Experience with ticketing systems, service delivery practices, and/or release/change coordination preferred.

Responsibilities

• Execute approved Workday Financials configuration changes under established governance (e.g., business process steps/conditions, validations, calculated fields, and related setup).
• Support ongoing maintenance across Financials functional areas with focus on FDM and Worktags.
• Create and maintain basic to moderately complex custom reports, dashboards, and calculated fields to support data validation and troubleshooting.
• Respond to and resolve tickets related to Workday Financials administration and access issues.
• Administer and maintain delegations for business processes, ensuring proper setup and termination.
• Assist in troubleshooting production issues and participate in root-cause analysis.
• Provide technical support during month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close.
• Support Workday release activities and deployment readiness tasks.
• Assist with security-related changes and follow least-privilege practices.
• Monitor and troubleshoot Workday integrations and data movement.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Problem solving

Ability to manage multiple priorities

Education

Associate’s or Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business, Finance, Accounting

Tools

Workday

Job description

College of the Holy Cross seeks a Workday Administrator (Finance) to provide day-to-day technical administration and configuration support for the Workday Financials platform. You will implement approved changes, maintain platform stability, and support releases and integrations in alignment with ITS standards and separation of duties.

The role covers administration across General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Procurement, Expenses, Endowment, and related Worktags.