Senior Financial Analyst (Workday Adaptive Developer)

Job description

We’re a growing team, and as we scale, so does our need to focus on expanding our FP&A team. You’ll be joining a people-focused company, and as a **Senior Financial Analyst**, you will partner with the Finance and Accounting teams and with business partners across all levels of the organization, making key contributions to maintaining the financial health of Vendavo and influencing strategic decision-making. The Senior Financial Analyst, working specifically with Workday Adaptive Planning, bridges finance and technology. They will design, build, and maintain dynamic financial models, data integrations, and enterprise reports. There is an emphasis on being able to build and maintain complex systems within Adaptive with little to no technical assistance. They will act as the technical and functional subject matter expert for enterprise budgeting, forecasting and financial modeling. They will partner directly with Finance and other stakeholders to translate complex business needs into scalable, driver-based planning solutions. ### THE OPPORTUNITY - Model Design & Configuration Architect: Maintain complex Adaptive Planning models including personnel, expense, revenue and capital sheets. - Configure versions, attributes, dimensions, levels, and advanced formulas to support dynamic business scenarios. - Develop driver-based logic and allocation rules to streamline annual budgeting and ongoing forecasting cycles. - Data Integration & Accuracy: Design, build, and troubleshoot data integrations (ETL processes) between Workday Adaptive Planning and enterprise systems (Workday Financials, HCM or external ERPs). Validate and reconcile data across source platforms to ensure consistency and accuracy. Deep knowledge of NetSuite and integrating that platform’s data into Adaptive. - Govern the Workday Financial Data Model (FDM) and hierarchy structures within the planning environment. - Reporting & Analytics: Build executive dashboards, scorecards, and management reports for strategic decision-making. - Manage and develop robust reporting packages using Adaptive Office Connect. - Configure workflows, approval processes and user security/role-based access. - Continually assess and improve financial processes. - Work across the Finance and Accounting teams on ad-hoc projects as needed. - Other duties as assigned. ### THE SKILL SET - 5+ years of experience in FP&A required. - 5+ years of dedicated, hands-on experience implementing and configuring Workday Adaptive Planning with very little oversight. - Prefer a bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance and/or Business Intelligence. - Experience with Salesforce, and OpenAir is desired but not required. - Experience with Netsuite and Workday is required - Strong analytical skills, with the ability to understand and structure sometimes ambiguous data to create repeatable analyses to help identify business problems and deliver creative solutions. - Experience partnering and working with senior managers and executives in a complex environment. - Experience planning in a multi-entity, multi-currency environment, including allocations and consolidations - Familiarity with SaaS financial metrics (ARR, bookings, retention, deferred revenue). - Demonstrated ability to gather requirements from finance stakeholders and translate them into documented technical specifications, with disciplined testing and change management before release. - Ability to anticipate potential questions and issues and influence senior management decisions. - Superior MS Excel skills. - Workday Pro Adaptive Planning certification, or equivalent demonstrated implementation experience. - Hands-on experience with Workday integration tooling (EIB, Core Connectors, Data Designer, or Workday Studio) and with Adaptive Office Connect reporting and building out associated financial templates and dashboards. - Working knowledge of SQL and data transformation concepts, and experience with generative AI tools. - Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills - Attention to detail with the ability to self-start, multitask, and meet deadlines with accuracy ### THE BENEFITS - Professional growth and Development opportunities. - Working within a team of friendly, skilled people where help is always within reach - Flexible working hours - 4 recharge days, where the entire company goes on a brief pause in all geographies for 1 day each quarter. This day can be spent in whatever way helps you recharge, to regain energy, and dive back into the next workday - High-end laptop (Windows or Mac) - Competitive pay and bonus - 18 vacation days in a year in addition to 15 days Sick Leave/ Casual leave per calendar year. - 16 hours of paid volunteer time off per year - Wedding gift and newborn gift allowance for employees. - 26 weeks of paid maternity leave and one week of paid paternity leave. - 12 wellness leaves for women employees - Health Insurance of up to 7 lacs for self, spouse, 4 dependent children, and parents. 100% of the premium is paid by Vendavo and it covers the employee, spouse, children, and their parents. - Group Term Insurance coverage up to three times of their Annual CTC . Dependents are not covered. - Group Personal Accident coverage up to three times of Annual CTC. Dependents are not covered. - Provident fund contributions