Jobs at Wake Forest University

Manages career-related data, reporting, dashboards, data quality, and analysis for university leadership. Administers Handshake and 12Twenty, supports users, maintains accounts and labels, verifies student data, handles vendor support tickets, and assists with system cleanup and events. Provides tutorials, data uploads, and operational support while promoting AI-informed workflow improvements.

Administers financial aid programs and operations, including eligibility, awarding, disbursement, reconciliation, reporting, compliance, and appeals. Advises assigned students and families, performs need analysis and professional judgment reviews, maintains documentation, coordinates workshops, supports process improvements, and collaborates with university departments. The role requires accurate, confidential work in a high-volume environment and occasional evening, weekend, and travel availability.

Build end-to-end data pipelines, warehouse and lakehouse models, dashboards, and analytic products while partnering with university stakeholders. Develop complex SQL and Python solutions across AWS and Microsoft Fabric, modernize integrations, evaluate warehouse technologies, retire legacy Cognos reporting, and support AI initiatives. Advise on data architecture, governance, and adoption while owning solutions through discovery, deployment, support, and iteration.

Designs, develops, and maintains Workday integrations and enterprise application solutions; translates business requirements into technical designs; troubleshoots production issues; collaborates with stakeholders; ensures security and delivers solutions using Workday integration tools and web services.

Manages capital asset accounting, capitalization and closure of capital projects, construction-in-process accounts, debt portfolio transactions, reconciliations, inventories, and ERP asset records. Provides audit support, training, customer service, policy documentation, compliance assistance, and process improvement. Collaborates with project managers and campus stakeholders while maintaining accurate financial records and supporting federal and university requirements.

Supports compensation and benefits program design, administration, reporting, benchmarking, executive compensation analysis, financial modeling, compliance, governance, and strategic projects. Partners with HR leadership, Legal, Finance, payroll, and external consultants to ensure competitive, equitable, accurate, and legally compliant total rewards programs. Produces executive-facing analyses, dashboards, recommendations, and documentation while managing compensation timelines, incentive programs, market research, and workforce planning initiatives.

Directs Wake Forest University’s compensation and classification functions, including compensation strategy, salary administration, job evaluation, pay structures, compliance, market analysis, and policy development. Leads compensation staff, advises campus leadership, supports reorganizations, collaborates with Payroll and HR, and ensures equitable, competitive, fiscally responsible compensation practices. The role also manages projects, process improvements, audits, and confidential HR information.

Supports university budget and financial planning through budget availability reviews, variance and trend analysis, forecasting, financial reporting, and Adaptive planning cycles. The role validates Workday and Adaptive transactions, assists with financial projects, trains campus partners, prepares executive presentations, researches peer data, and provides administrative office support. Requires independent judgment, strong analytical skills, and effective communication across campus departments.

Leads finance and administration for the museum, overseeing accounting, budgeting, forecasting, audits, financial reporting, restricted funds, tax coordination, facilities, and security operations. Advises executive leadership and board committees on financial matters, supervises business office staff, supports grants and advancement forecasting, coordinates with University financial services and HR, and ensures effective controls, compliance, staff development, and operational performance.

Processes and validates accounts payable, expense, invoice, and other financial transactions. Reviews documentation, tax treatment, purchase orders, and internal controls; researches discrepancies and exceptions; performs reconciliations and financial reporting support. Provides customer service and guidance to university departments, suppliers, and stakeholders, while supporting procurement and payment procedures. Identifies process improvements, assists with special projects, and ensures accurate, compliant, timely transaction processing.

Manages intake, confidential case records, communications, supportive measures, accommodations, referrals, hearings, and policy compliance for the Office of Institutional Equity. Coordinates outreach, training, reporting, vendor contracts, invoices, supplies, budgets, and annual reports. Collaborates with university offices and serves as a Maxient database operations team member. The role requires sensitive communication, accurate documentation, data analysis, independent work, and occasional evening or weekend availability.

Administer and configure enterprise applications (primarily Workday Student/HCM), manage security and business processes, troubleshoot integrations and escalated issues, support updates and tenants, collaborate with functional teams and developers, mentor staff, and leverage AI tools to improve productivity and automation.