Workday Adaptive Planning Engineer

Description:
Hybrid 3 days onsite / 2 days remote in Rockville, MD

Our client is seeking a Workday Adaptive Planning Engineer to design, build, and maintain financial planning and forecasting solutions. The role partners with FP&A, Accounting, and Finance Systems to translate planning and budgeting requirements into scalable Adaptive Planning models. The engineer will own Adaptive Planning technical health, model design, integrations with Workday Financials, and data accuracy and timeliness across the organization.

We can facilitate w2 and corp-to-corp consultants. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $65.00 to $75.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate FINRA values while collaborating in-person and virtually to support investor protection and market integrity.
• Design, configure, and maintain Workday Adaptive Planning models, sheets, and dimensions for budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning.
• Build and maintain data flows between Workday Financials and Adaptive Planning to ensure accurate and reliable actuals loading.
• Develop and optimize formulas, calculated accounts, allocations, and modeled sheets with performance and maintainability in mind.
• Own data accuracy, refresh cadence, and reconciliation. Identify and resolve data discrepancies across source systems and Adaptive.
• Partner with FP&A to translate planning requirements into scalable model designs with clear options and tradeoffs.
• Configure and maintain security, user access, and workflow within Adaptive Planning.
• Assess and test impacts of Workday and Adaptive semi-annual releases. Maintain regression testing for models and integrations.
• Build dashboards and reports to provide visibility into plan versus actuals and forecast accuracy.
• Document model design, data flows, and configuration to support continuity and knowledge transfer.
• Provide production support during planning cycles, including month-end and budget season.

Experience Requirements:

• 3+ years configuring and maintaining Workday Adaptive Planning, including model design, sheets, dimensions, formulas, and allocations.
• Solid understanding of financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes.
• Experience integrating Adaptive Planning with Workday Financials or other systems, including actuals loading and reconciliation.
• Working knowledge of Workday Financials data model including ledger accounts, worktags, and company or cost center structures.
• Reporting experience with OfficeConnect and Adaptive Matrix reporting and dashboards.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with ability to trace data issues to root cause across systems.
• Clear communication skills to translate stakeholder requirements into technical solutions and articulate tradeoffs.
• Experience supporting planning models through peak cycles such as budget season, forecast refreshes, and month-end.
• Preferred: Workday Adaptive Planning Pro Certification.
• Preferred: Workday Finance Pro Certification or equivalent experience, especially FDM and Projects.
• Preferred: Experience with Adaptive CCL, Workday integrations (EIBs, Core Connectors), Workday Studio or Extend.
• Preferred: Experience in regulated or financial-services environments and exposure to data governance and controls.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent experience.

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Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients' capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.

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