Enterprise Systems Analyst, Finance

About the role

The Operations team at The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) is a key partner in enabling groundbreaking work in frontier AI and biology to solve disease and in building AI infrastructure that aligns how students learn with their learning experiences. This role will play a key role in streamlining, securing, and optimizing our Projects and Customer Accounts management processes through the Workday platform.

Responsibilities

• Gather and analyze business requirements: Partner with Procurement, Finance, Accounting Operations, and other stakeholders to understand business needs, pain points, and desired outcomes. Document and prioritize requirements.
• Evaluate solutions: Translate business needs into technical specifications and scalable solutions.
• Lead or contribute to the design and integration of Workday functionality, evaluating tools, performing risk assessments, and recommending optimal approaches, including configurations and enhancements.
• Implement solutions: Develop, test, and deploy solutions, including integration and test plans.
• Coordinate user acceptance testing, ensure solutions meet intended outcomes, and deliver end-user training and documentation.
• Manage projects and workstreams: Plan and execute workstreams across a diverse portfolio of projects. Monitor progress, communicate updates, and recommend adjustments to ensure successful delivery.
• Analyze and solve problems: Proactively identify risks and integration challenges, anticipate issues, and develop effective solutions. Break down complex problems, conduct analysis, and recommend improvements to systems, tools, and processes.
• Drive continuous improvement: Evaluate existing processes and systems, recommending enhancements to improve efficiency, scalability, and performance.
• Stay current with trends and innovations within Workday ecosystems.
• Collaborate: Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Explain technical and application capabilities to the business teams. Translate business requirements to the technical teams.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on Workday Projects and Customer Accounts functional design, implementation and support experience in a rapidly scaling organization.
• 5+ years of Workday Core Finance (General Ledger, Assets) or Expenses functional design, implementation and support experience in a rapidly scaling organization (nice to have).
• Best practice knowledge of Projects and Accounts Receivable/Billing Management processes.
• Ability to distill and simplify complex business requests into clear and actionable projects, with a proven ability to navigate ambiguity and to persevere through project road bumps.
• Strong interpersonal skills to establish strong partnerships with business stakeholders and technology teams.
• Organized, methodical, and detail-oriented, with a passion for data analysis and problem-solving, leveraging organizational awareness to empower others to accomplish project objectives.
• Comfortable taking on additional job responsibilities as needed, demonstrated willingness to get involved in the details to achieve the team's end goals.
• Security and compliance awareness for enterprise data management.
• Experience in Agile methodologies.

Qualifications

• Functional Implementation Consulting experience is preferred.

Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including:

• A generous employer match on employee 401(k) contributions.
• Paid time off to volunteer at an organization of your choice.
• Funding for select family-forming benefits.
• Relocation support for employees who need assistance moving.

Pay

The Redwood City, CA base pay range for a new hire in this role is $138,000 - $189,000. New hires are typically hired into the lower portion of the range, enabling employee growth in the range over time. Actual placement in range is based on job-related skills and experience, as evaluated throughout the interview process.

Schedule

This role is a hybrid position requiring you to be onsite for at least 60% of the working month, approximately 3 days a week, with specific in-office days determined by the team’s manager. The exact schedule will be at the hiring manager's discretion and communicated during the interview process.