The Lead Finance Analyst, Adaptive is responsible for administration, and continuous optimization of the Adaptive Workday planning platform. This role ensures that models are accurate, scalable, standardized, and aligned with business needs while enabling financial planning teams to maximize efficiency and insight.
This role performs work under minimal supervision and handles complex issues and problems, referring only the most complex issues to higher-level staff.
Experience is Everything.
At LCS, experience is everything. We provide you the opportunity to use your talents in a progressive, growing organization that makes a positive difference in the lives of the seniors we serve. If you are seeking an organization that gives back, you’ll love working here. Our principles and hospitality promises define our company culture. LCS employees can be found participating in volunteer activities, getting involved in our committees or collaborating with team members in our innovative workspace. You’ll find several opportunities to grow as a professional, serve the community, and enhance the lives of seniors.
What You’ll Do:
- Lead Adaptive model architecture, including assumptions, formulas, hierarchies, versions, and performance optimization.
- Lead model back testing and diagnostics to identify opportunities for structural, logical, or accuracy improvements.
- Identify and implement automation, AI, and machine learning enhancements to reduce manual planning effort and improve forecast quality.
- Develop efficiency strategies that increase the number of communities supported per financial planning resource.
- Enforce standard model usage, identify non standard configurations, and partner with stakeholders to remediate inconsistencies.
- Serve as primary owner of exception reporting, including identification, root cause analysis, and resolution of system variances.
- Manage data integrations into and out of Adaptive; validate data integrity and reconciliation to source systems.
- Perform full Adaptive administration: user access, security, interfaces, performance tuning, upgrades, and adoption of new functionality.
- Support budget and forecast cycles, providing hands on model support during peak planning periods.
- Lead onboarding new communities, including model setup, validation, and coordination with training resources.
- Expand platform capabilities to support valuation, underwriting, and advanced scenario models as needed.
- Assess and implement ERP related impacts to planning models, structures, and data flows.
- Own the corporate Adaptive instance, ensuring reliability, governance, documentation, and operational discipline.
- Partner with Corporate Planning & Reporting COE to ensure consistent outputs, assumptions, and reporting alignment.
- Monitor and communicate significant software enhancements by Workday as to make certain that enhancement value is realized.
What We’re Looking For:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Analytics, or related field; or equivalent years of experience
- 4 - 6 years of experience in Finance with focused experience on FP&A systems, Adaptive Planning administration, financial modeling, or planning enablement roles
- Deep hands on expertise with Adaptive Workday, including model design, formulas, integrations, and administration
- Strong analytical mindset with ability to translate business needs into scalable model solutions
- Experience supporting enterprise planning cycles and complex, multi entity environments
- Advanced analytical, problem solving, and decision support skills
- Strong understanding of financial processes, controls, and enterprise operating models
- Proven ability to operate independently and manage competing priorities
- Strong communication skills with the ability to influence without authority
- Possesses comprehensive knowledge of subject matter
Why Join Us?
Industry Leader.
Inclusive & collaborative culture.
Top Workplace USA.
Top Workplace Iowa.
Charity and community involvement.
Outstanding advancement opportunities.
Ongoing career development.
Benefits
Competitive pay, great benefits and vacation time. We are an equal opportunity employer with benefits including medical, dental, life insurance, disability, 401(K) with company match and paid parental leave.
Our Commitment
LCS creates living experiences that enhance the lives of seniors. You’ll see this commitment in our people. They’re talented, dedicated professionals who truly care about residents, with each conducting his or her work with integrity, honesty and transparency according to the principles of LCS. We strive to help every community succeed—strengthening available resources, establishing proven practices that lead to long-term growth and value for those living in, working for and affiliated with the community. Check us out on our website: https://www.lcsliving.com
Additional Information
Travel frequency: 0-10%
Estimated Salary: $85,000 - $106,000
The actual title & salary will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and other relevant factors.
A POST-OFFER BACKGROUND CHECK, INCLUDING REFERENCES IS REQUIRED.
LCS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Analytics, or related field; or equivalent experience
- 4 - 6 years of experience in Finance with focused experience on FP&A systems, Adaptive Planning administration, financial modeling, or planning enablement roles
- Deep hands-on expertise with Adaptive Workday, including model design, formulas, integrations, and administration
- Experience supporting enterprise planning cycles and complex, multi-entity environments
- Advanced analytical, problem solving, and decision support skills
- Strong understanding of financial processes, controls, and enterprise operating models
- Proven ability to operate independently and manage competing priorities
- Strong communication skills with the ability to influence without authority
- Experience with Adaptive administration tasks: user access, security, interfaces, performance tuning, upgrades, and adoption
Vi Living Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Vi Living and has not been reviewed or approved by Vi Living.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage is complemented by optional protections such as life, disability, accident/critical illness, and hospital indemnity, plus access to mental‑health resources. Coverage typically begins the first day of the month after hire, reinforcing strong baseline healthcare support.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO, paid holidays, sick time where applicable, bereavement, jury duty, parental bonding, and caregiving leave create a broad time‑off portfolio. Some locations add paid volunteer time and anniversary holidays, extending flexibility for time away.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company match anchors retirement readiness, supported by tools like FSAs and commuter benefits that aid overall financial planning. Access to a credit union and early wage access provide additional day‑to‑day financial support within the total rewards mix.
Vi Living Insights
What We Do
Vi is dedicated to providing quality environments, services, and programs to enrich the lives of older adults. Our goal is for our residents to continually experience the finest in senior living. Throughout Vi’s history, we have maintained our commitment to not only help seniors live independent lives on their terms, but also provide a nurturing environment for our employees to build fulfilling careers of service and care. Today, we support more than 2,900 employees in our corporate and community offices who are deeply committed to the care of our residents. The future success of Vi depends on maintaining a standard of excellence in all phases of resident services and relations.
Why Work With Us
At Vi, we go beyond words; respect, equity, diversity, and inclusion are the foundations of our culture. We're devoted to fostering an environment where every employee feels a genuine sense of belonging, appreciation, and empowerment.
