Sr Financial Analyst

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We’re obsessed with making hard work pay off, for our people, our customers, and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, we’re shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join, you’ll feel it. Not just in the products we build, but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm. We’re in this together, tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether you're building smarter solutions, supporting customers, or creating a space where everyone belongs, you’ll do meaningful work with Workmates who’ve got your back. In return, we’ll give you the trust to take risks, the tools to grow, the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So, if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone, including yourself, you’ve found a match in Workday, and we hope to be a match for you too.

About the Team

Do you like working in a fast-paced environment? Does it excite you to work for a company that utilizes its own technology on a daily basis and has vast reporting capabilities to provide valuable insights and analytics to help shape your thinking and direction?

Workday Business Finance team balances critical thinking with operational excellence that helps guide and scale team operations to support the company strive towards $10B of revenue and beyond. We are a diverse group of workmates with an invaluable combination of experience that fosters a collaborative environment, drives innovative solutions, and able to mix in a little fun along the way.

About the Role

Workday is looking for an experienced professional to join the team as a Senior Financial Variable Compensation Analyst. You will be a part of a growing Sales Finance IT team as we support both the Sales and Customer Experience (CX) compensation side of Workday’s business. We’re looking for someone with strong business partnering skills, who is a self-starter, a great communicator and who enjoys collaborating with people with a diverse set of talents, in a dynamic fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities:

·       Act as a hands-on, subject matter expert in the effective design and solutioning of logic that is to be applied within our Xactly platform.

·       Responsible for troubleshooting and resolving existing items and providing a level of effort to resolve future enhancements.

·       Responsible for supporting all change management related duties to development work being deployed across environments.

·       Recognizes patterns across commission-related inquiries to drive enhancement and updates in Xactly to improve data accuracy and user experience.

·       Design, configure and test system changes identified by both the sales design and compensation team.

·       Utilize advanced excel skills to model code that will drive project results.

·       Demonstrates the ability to learn about tools and systems to build on existing knowledge.

·       Highly detail driven with an emphasis on completeness and accuracy.

·       Develop and maintain existing reports used to advise business partners in Sales, Strategy, and Finance.

·       Identify and escalate system and process gaps that require additional review or management support.

·       Ability to see the bigger picture and solution for the root cause.

·       Perform other ad hoc tasks as needed. 

 

About You

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in variable compensation administration.
• Demonstrated ability to retrieve and manipulate large and complex data sets from internal systems.
• 3+ years’ experience using Salesforce.
• 2+ years’ experience using Snowflake.
• 2+ years’ experience SQL or Python scripting.
• Experience performing all elements within the SDLC life cycle.

Other Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or other Business-related field preferred.
• Previous experience with ICM tools Xactly (Incent, Connect, and Analytics) and Varicent (Composer, Presenter Adaptive, Scheduler, Saved Imports).
• Software and/or internet industry experience is a plus.
• Xactly and Varicent commission system experience is desired.
• Ability to manage processes globally, managing multiple projects simultaneously while adhering to strict deadlines.
• Advanced Excel skills (proficient in building models and tools).
• Strong communication and customer satisfaction skills, ability to drive initiatives and projects with management.
• Ability to adapt to the rapid business and organizational changes that accompany a high-growth environment.

Our Approach to Flexible Work
 

With Flex Work, we’re combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections, maintain a strong community, and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways, so rather than a number of required days in-office each week, we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers, prospects, and partners (depending on role). This means you'll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business, team, and personal needs, while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote "home office" roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

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