Sr. Financial Analyst - IT Admin

Your work days are brighter here.

At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That’s why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don’t need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, it's what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.

About the Team

Do you like working in a fast-paced environment? Does it excite you to work for a company that utilizes its own technology on a daily basis and has vast reporting capabilities to provide valuable insights and analytics to help shape your thinking and direction? 
Workday Business Finance team balances critical thinking with operational excellence that helps guide and scale team operations to support the company strive towards $10B of revenue and beyond. We are a diverse group of workmates with an invaluable combination of experience that fosters a collaborative environment, drives innovative solutions, and able to mix in a little fun along the way.

About the Role

Workday is looking for an experienced professional to join the team as a Senior Financial Variable Compensation Analyst. You will be a part of a growing Sales Finance IT team as we support both the Sales and Customer Experience (CX) compensation side of Workday’s business. We’re looking for someone with strong business partnering skills, who is a self-starter, a great communicator and who enjoys collaborating with people with a diverse set of talents, in a dynamic fast-paced environment. 

Responsibilities:

• Act as a hands-on, subject matter expert in the effective design and solutioning of logic that is to be applied within our Xactly platform.

• Responsible for troubleshooting and resolving existing items and providing a level of effort to resolve future enhancements.

• Responsible for supporting all change management related duties to development work being deployed across environments.

• Recognizes patterns across commission-related inquiries to drive enhancement and updates in Xactly to improve data accuracy and user experience.

• Design, configure and test system changes identified by both the sales design and compensation team.

• Utilize advanced excel skills to model code that will drive project results.

• Demonstrates the ability to learn about tools and systems to build on existing knowledge.

• Highly detail driven with an emphasis on completeness and accuracy.

• Develop and maintain existing reports used to advise business partners in Sales, Strategy, and Finance.

• Identify and escalate system and process gaps that require additional review or management support.

• Ability to see the bigger picture and solution for the root cause.

• Perform other ad hoc tasks as needed. 

About You

Basic Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in variable compensation administration.

• Demonstrated ability to retrieve and manipulate large and complex data sets from internal systems.

• 3+ years’ experience using Salesforce.

• 2+ years’ experience using Snowflake.

• 2+ years’ experience SQL or Python scripting.

• Experience performing all elements within the SDLC life cycle.

Other Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or other Business-related field preferred.

• Previous experience with ICM tools Xactly (Incent, Connect, and Analytics) and Varicent (Composer, Presenter Adaptive, Scheduler, Saved Imports).

• Software and/or internet industry experience is a plus.

• Xactly and Varicent commission system experience is desired.

• Ability to manage processes globally, managing multiple projects simultaneously while adhering to strict deadlines.

• Advanced Excel skills (proficient in building models and tools).

• Strong communication and customer satisfaction skills, ability to drive initiatives and projects with management.

• Ability to adapt to the rapid business and organizational changes that accompany a high-growth environment.

Our Approach to Flexible Work
 

With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

Are you being referred to one of our roles? If so, ask your connection at Workday about our Employee Referral process!