This position serves as a vital link between the Accounting/Finance departments and our Technical teams. This position requires detail oriented and analytic expertise, interpreting complex accounting requirements and converting them into Workday configurations. This position ensures optimization of the Financial Data Model (FDM), develops sophisticated financial reports, and assists in coordinating testing efforts for system updates and enhancements. This position works across a broad spectrum of departments, spanning the comprehensive workday financial, student and human resources platforms, and works closely with the Computing Services department.
Specific Job Duties and Responsibilities:
Reporting and Analytics
Report Development: Design, build, and maintain custom reports using Workday Report Writer. This includes Advanced, Matrix, and Composite reports to support financial close and audit processes, working closely with Computing Services and Institutional Effectiveness to adhere to campus best practices and standards.
Calculated Fields: Create and maintain complex calculated fields to manipulate data for specific reporting requirements.
Dashboards: Configure Workday Dashboards and Scorecards to provide the CFO. Controller, Budget and other teams with real-time financial visibility
Data Integrity: Work closely with cross functional areas to regularly audit system data to ensure accuracy across the General Ledger (GL), Accounts Payable (AP), and Accounts Receivable (AR).
System Testing & Quality Assurance
Release Management: Lead, with Computing Services, the testing strategy for the bi-annual Workday Feature Releases. Review release notes, identify impacts on accounting workflows, and configure new features. Coordinate with internal and external partners
UAT Coordination: Develop test scenarios and coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with the team to ensure enhancements function as expected before moving to production.
Regression Testing: Perform regression testing to ensure existing configurations (such as integrations or business processes) are not negatively impacted by new updates.
Functional Support & Configuration
Research tenant enhancements and unused features to optimize processes.
Requirements Gathering: Collaborate with the Accounting team and other functional areas to understand obstacles and business requirements; translate these into technical specifications for system changes.
Business Process Configuration: Coordinate configuration and maintenance of business processes for Financials, Procurement, Expenses, and Assets, ensuring appropriate approval workflows and segregation of duties. Troubleshoot technical errors and oversee Workday tickets as needed.
Support & Training: Provide support for financial system processes, errors, workorders, communication with Workday on tenant issues.
?Cross Functional Responsibilities
Collaborate with Controller and other Finance Directors, Technical Business Analysts, Senior Institutional Researcher and others as appropriate
Active in relevant task groups and committees such as Workday Connect, Finance Directors, Change Management Working Group and others as appropriate
Qualifications
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Education: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems or a related field.
3 years of experience working with Workday Financial Management (Core Finance, GL, AP, AR, Fixed Assets) or similarly complex ERP/SIS system.
Technical Skills: Experience in ERP/SIS system report writing. Strong understanding of conditional logic.
Solid understanding of Accounting Principals (GAAP) and financial close processes. Must understand debits, credits, and how financial statements are constructed.
Experience translating business needs into system solutions.
Ability to explain technical constraints to accountants and accounting requirements to developers.
Problem solving skills: Ability to troubleshoot "why" a report isn't balancing or "why" a business process is stuck.
Attention to detail: Precision in dealing with financial data and system configuration.
Ability to treat others with respect, civility, and courtesy and to work honestly, effectively, and collegially with employees, students, and the community. This includes the ability to use appropriate conflict management skills to effectively manage any disagreement that might arise or to bring the disagreement to management for assistance in productive resolution when the situation requires.
Preferred Qualifications
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3 Years of experience working with Workday Financial Management (Core Finance, AP, AR, Fixed Assets, Awards/Grants, Student).
Experience in Higher Education
Expertise in Workday Report Writer (Standard, Advanced, Matrix, Composite).
Workday Pro Certification in Financials or Reporting.
Familiarity with EIBs (Enterprise Interface Builders) for mass data loads.
Experience with Adaptive Planning.
Experience with BIRT (Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools) for formatting customer-facing documents (e.g., invoices).
CPA or relevant accounting certification.
Salary and Benefits:
The salary range for this position is $57,400-$72,500. In addition to salary, Adams State University offers a competitive benefits program including medical, dental, vision, disability insurance, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, and retirement savings plans. For detailed benefits information please visit our Human Resources Benefits Page. {rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"}
How to Apply:
All interested candidates must submit application materials electronically through Adams State University's Workday application portal.{rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"}
No other format of application material will be accepted.
Completed applications include the following:
Cover letter
Resume
Unofficial transcripts (official transcripts will be necessary at the time of appointment)
Three professional references, including phone number and email for each
For full consideration, applications should be received by 5/22/2026. Review of applications will begin immediately after this date.
The position will remain open until filled. Applications received after the priority deadline may be reviewed at the discretion of the search committee
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Questions about the position may be directed to Heather Heersink at
heather_heersink@adams.edu
Adams State University is committed to building and expanding the talent of its professional staff and actively seeks qualified applicants who bring unique perspectives, experiences, skills, and attributes that can augment the perspectives of our current faculty and staff and can contribute to serving and preparing our students to engage and thrive in their learning, leadership, and service.
We strive to create a more representative workforce that mirrors the people who study, work, and lead our institution and welcome applications from candidates from all walks of life, especially members of communities who fall within state and federally protected classes such as: women, BIPOC, LGBTQ+ individuals, veterans, and people with disabilities.
We value qualified candidates, with varied language skills, who have a record of successful experience with varied communities and student populations, and who have a deep understanding of and commitment to the unique geographical and historical characteristics of the place we are situated in and the intersecting perspectives that define our university being a low-income, first-generation, and Hispanic-serving, rural anchor university. Therefore, we seek individuals committed to intentionally supporting students a
