Workday Finance Product Analyst – Chicago

Huron is redefining what a global consulting organization can be. Advancing new ideas every day to build even stronger clients, individuals and communities. We’re helping our clients find new ways to drive growth, enhance business performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. And, we’re developing strategies and implementing solutions that enable the transformative change they need to own their future.

As a member of the Huron corporate team, you’ll help to evolve our business model to stay ahead of market forces, industry trends and client needs. Our accounting, finance, human resources, IT, legal, marketing and facilities management professionals work collaboratively to support Huron’s collective strategies and enable real transformation to produce sustainable business results.

Join our team and create your future.

Huron’s Enterprise Workday team is comprised of business-minded technology professionals responsible for the ongoing optimizing of our portfolio through product strategy, solution delivery, and support. Our team partners closely with our business stakeholders to identify challenges and opportunities to drive efficiencies and create real outcomes for our business. The Product portfolios focus primarily on Workday but also contain integrations to various supporting systems and other complementary solutions.

Our Enterprise Workday Product Team is an experienced group of technology professionals responsible for the full product lifecycle empowering our business through partnership, product strategy, solution delivery, and support.

• Operate as a Workday Financials Product Developer (configuring and optimizing our Workday Financials and build reporting focused on the Adaptive, Budgets, General Ledger, Treasury, and Business Assets modules). 

• Support our internal stakeholders across Huron’s Finance and Accounting teams to understand their needs and develop solutions.  

• Implement new functionality and fixes made available by the weekly and bi-annual Workday releases.  Leverage Workday Community to research and contribute solutions. Ensure internal systems stay on the cutting edge of Workday functionality, working towards continuous optimization.   

• Troubleshoot system issues and support end-users. 

• Partner with other cross-functional and technical teams including Integrations and Security to support and optimize current offerings.  

Qualifications:  

• 1+ years of experience (including internships) in the areas of the business adjacent to Workday FIN required.  This could include financial planning and analysis, finance operations, accounting, or economics. 

• Workday configuration experience a plus, but candidates with the appropriate business knowledge who are proficient at learning and adopting complex systems would also be considered for this role. 

• Good analytical and problem resolution skills. Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills. Flexibility and adaptability to meet deadlines. 

• Authorization to work in the US. 

Preferred:  

• Report Writer experience is a plus. This position will require report writing and building Office Connect reports. 

• Excel skills a plus. While most of the work will be in Workday and Adaptive, Excel skills are necessary for assessing load files. 

• Experience with Agile scrum methodology.  

  

Competencies:   

Developing Product Expertise:   

• Continuously Learn – identify and actively participate in learning activities in ways that make the most of the learning experience, keeping on-the-job application in mind, seek and use feedback, critically analyze information, and complete required tasks   

• Technical Skill – comprehend and be able to explain technical terminology and system advances, use technical knowledge to complete tasks effectively and efficiently, know how and when to apply technical skills or procedures, use technical expertise to take advantage of new opportunities, solve more difficult problems and accomplish challenging goals  

• Be Bold & Brave – take on unfamiliar or uncomfortable situations in order to learn, ask questions, be fast to fail, demonstrating progress ahead of perfection, be agile & quick to iterate, always focused on how to create value for the business   

Driving Value:   

• Establish & Deliver on High Levels of Customer Service - adhere to established SLAs, focus on positive Customer interactions, demonstrated through positive feedback  

Delivery:   

• Work Standards – set high standards of performance by establishing criteria and/o