Sr Financial Analyst - Workday Financials - REMOTE

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago provides superior pediatric care in a setting that offers the latest benefits and innovations in medical technology, research and family-friendly design. As the largest pediatric provider in the region with a 140-year legacy of excellence, kids and their families are at the center of all we do. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is ranked in all 10 specialties by the U.S. News & World Report.

The Financial Systems Management Workday Sr Analyst (NOT HCM) will primarily support the Finance organization’s reporting needs across all sub-workstreams including, but not limited to, general accounting, accounts payable, budgeting, grants, gifts, and payroll cost allocations.  This position will play a significant role in developing, designing, standardizing, and maintaining the Finance related custom reports repository and related dashboards.  Custom report development will include the development and modification of advanced, matrix, and composite reports while ensuring adequate data integrity and proper governance.  The Financial Systems Management Workday Sr Analyst will also support the overall administration and governance of the Finance related business processes, security and related tasks to those aforementioned areas.

Job Duties:

• Monitor, train, and implement future enhancements around the Payroll Cost Allocation (PCA) and Payroll Accounting Adjustment (PAA) processes
• Collaborate across business and technical teams, with a focus on delivering transformational reports, in support of the Finance organization’s business goals and initiatives.
• Design, develop, configure, and test simple to complex Workday reports (advanced, matrix, composite) and dashboards utilizing Workday Report Writer access, as well as other organizational tools and available technologies.
• Evolve to deliver against changing business needs and future Workday Reporting available functionalities.
• Provide cross-functional understanding of financial data and its intersections and inter-dependencies across the overall Workday platform/ecosystem.
• Provide technical guidance and ultimately become the subject matter expert around reports and dashboards to business and technical teams across the Finance organization.
• Collaborate with technology and security teams to define and create calculated fields, edit security domain policies and other Workday objects to achieve the transformational reporting needs of the Finance organization.
• Review Workday system upgrades and releases to determine overall impact on existing processes.  Conduct regression testing and make recommendations for future enhancements/functionality with an eye to improve the overall platform and user experience.
• Provide support to the overall Financial System Management team in identifying root cause issues of Finance related incidents and carrying out process improvements and break fixes while adhering to the organization’s internal control policies.
• Engage with Workday Community to understand technology capabilities and recommend solutions that address business needs.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Accounting, or Finance required. 

• 5+ years of experience in the support and administration of Workday Financials (Required)

• 3+ years of experience in Workday Report Writing including complex calculated fields.  A thorough understanding of the security dependencies related to Workday modules/data sources/data filters is also critical.

• 3+ years working knowledge of payroll, general ledger, budgeting, and financial accounting concepts.

• 2+ years relevant work experience in healthcare/research accounting preferred.

• Working knowledge of personal computers and Microsoft Windows OS and applications.

• Strong organization skills. Ability to demonstrate a strong commitment to customer relationships by taking ownership of issues and ensuring effective outcomes.

• Excellent facilitation and project management skills. Ability to manage assigned projects to specified budget and timeline with minimal supervision. Must be able to prioritize, organize and assess work in order to meet aggressive deadlines and cope in fast-paced environment.

• Ability to identify root cause problems, conceptualize resolutions, and implement change.

• Ability to interpret and apply complex policies and procedures, develop innovative approaches and adapt to changes in policies and technologies.  

• Ability to create detailed work plans, timelines, and other appropriate project management documentation, that clearly illustrates resource needs/gaps and project status.

• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills, analytical skills, ability to meet deadlines, and to manage projects across programs.  Demonstrated ability to proactively solve problems.

Education

Pay Range

At Lurie Children’s, we are committed to competitive and fair compensation aligned with market rates and internal equity, reflecting individual contributions, experience, and expertise. The pay range for this job indicates minimum and maximum targets for the position. Ranges are regularly reviewed to stay aligned with market conditions. In addition to base salary, Lurie Children’s offer a comprehensive rewards package that may include differentials for some hourly employees, leadership incentives for select roles, health and retirement benefits, and wellbeing programs. For more details on other compensation, consult your recruiter or click the following link to learn more about our benefits.

Benefit Statement

For full time and part time employees who work 20 or more hours per week we offer a generous benefits package that includes:

Medical, dental and vision insurance

Employer paid group term life and disability

Employer contribution toward Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Paid Time Off (PTO), Paid Holidays and Paid Parental Leave

403(b) with a 5% employer match

Various voluntary benefits:

• Supplemental Life, AD&D and Disability
• Critical Illness, Accident and Hospital Indemnity coverage
• Tuition assistance
• Student loan servicing and support
• Adoption benefits
• Backup Childcare and Eldercare
• Employee Assistance Program, and other specialized behavioral health services and resources for employees and family members
• Discount on services at Lurie Children’s facilities
• Discount purchasing program

There’s a Place for You with Us

At Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and its affiliates (collectively “Lurie Children’s”), we embrace and celebrate diversity and equity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, skills, and viewpoints — recognizing that diverse identities strengthen our workplace and the care we can provide to the Chicago community and beyond. We treat everyone fairly, appreciate differences, and make meaningful connections that foster belonging and allyship. This is a place where you can be your best, so we can give our best to the patients and families who trust us with their care.  

Lurie Children’s and its affiliates are equal employment opportunity employers.  We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, order of protection status, protected genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

For questions about how to request an accommodation please contact: [email protected]

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