If you are driven to deliver exceptional fan experiences that are beyond anything possible elsewhere and interested in working alongside a team of innovators and enthusiastic over-achievers, you will enjoy working with us!
Company Overview: The Atlanta Braves are seeking passionate, driven individuals to join the Front Office of the longest continuously operating franchise in Major League Baseball. The Braves Front Office has innovative, diverse individuals, who share the passion of Braves baseball and are excited to uphold the highest standards of excellence while supporting our ballpark and entertainment experience. As a Front Office employee, you will be working with a first-of-its kind Major League Baseball Park with a world-class mixed-use development and community. Braves employees enjoy a fast-paced, dynamic company culture focused on contributing to the community we work and live in.
Position Overview: Experienced administrator will be responsible for assisting with maintaining, supporting, and customizing Workday, including Workday Core Financials, Workday Adaptive Planning, and HCM. The role will involve improving workflows and business processes, performing design and system updates, implementing new features and bi-annual releases, creating financial reports, and making appropriate recommendations to key stakeholders that will positively impact operational effectiveness.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
- Perform as the primary business process administrator for the Workday platform, responsible for configuration, maintenance, monitoring, integrations, technical support, and optimization of Financial, Payroll, and HR modules
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to analyze business processes and provide recommendations for improvement
- Remain up to date with new Workday products, features, and enhancements, evaluating their potential impact on the organization, and making recommendations for their adoption
- Identify and recommend production customizations
- Coordinate with key stakeholders to implement new features, customizations, new functionality, best practices, and process improvements, including business wide communications and training to end-users
- Implement and manage standard testing procedures for Workday release updates, including creating, reviewing, executing and tracking test plan and results
- Collaborate with IT for data security and legal governance processes to ensure compliance with SOX requirements, including documentation of internal controls and coordinating audits with external and internal auditors
- Develop custom reports and dashboards for various business stakeholders
- Work with software vendors and internal resources to install, configure, and test applications that integrate with Workday
- Troubleshoot issues, providing expert level support and ownership until resolution
- Lead the Workday Steering Committee, including scheduling quarterly meetings, working with key stakeholders to prepare the agenda and presentation, taking meeting notes, and following up on actions items
- Lead Accounting & Finance Workday Task Force, including scheduling bi-weekly meetings, working with members to prepare the agenda, taking meeting notes, and following up on action items
- Maintain and/or develop documentation related to system configurations, processes, and training guides
- Provide similar levels of support for Yardi, our real estate ERP
- Work on special projects as assigned
The ideal candidate will possess:
- 3+ years’ experience as a Workday Administrator, with expertise in financial modules and Workday functionality, including configuration, security, business processes, and reporting.
- Experience with Adaptive Planning and HCM a plus, but not required
- Bachelor’s Degree required in computer science, information systems, business administration or finance
- Exposure to XML, XSLT, Java, and Web Services (SOAP and REST)
- Experience with Workday integration tools and technologies (Workday Studio, Report Writer, EIBs, etc.)
- Proficient in Workday reporting and analytics, including report writing and creating dashboards
- Workday Pro Certification(s) in relevant modules
- Experience with large scale project management and Workday implementation experience
- Strong experience and understanding of accounting and financial processes, policies, and best practices
- Experience with SOX compliance preferred
- Demonstrated success working in cross-functional teams to meet business objectives
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, demonstrated by the ability to work well with others
- Ability to lead process improvement and productivity projects with innovative solutions driving continuous advancement in the accounting and finance functional areas through documentation, cross-training and automation
- Attention to detail, focused on accuracy, and possesses strong analytical and problem-solving skills to be able to troubleshoot and resolve system-related issues
- Ability to work under pressure, independently and in collaboration with others, to meet deadlines
The Atlanta National League Baseball Club, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. A diverse workforce representing varied backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences is key to delivering on our business promise to our fans and the communities we serve. All qualified candidates are welcome to apply.
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