Manager, Workday Adaptive Financial Systems

Job Description:

The Manager, Workday Adaptive Financial Systems will lead the budgeting, forecasting, and board reporting processes for NextGen Healthcare. In partnership with the senior leadership, this is a critical role in strengthening NextGen’s financial performance by ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the data used in the strategic decision-making process. This role will develop and manage financial models within Adaptive Planning and provide analysis, guidance, and support to maximize the value derived from the software.

• Perform Adaptive Planning administration, which includes access rights, technical configuration, workflow management, custom fields/validations, data governance, and departmental structure.
• Develop and manage improved integrations, between Adaptive Planning and other systems such as Workday, Snowflake, PowerBI, and others, to minimize the level of manual intervention.
• Manage the financial planning process with Adaptive Planning as the primary tool in annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, and Board of Directors updates.
• Build reports and dashboards in Adaptive Planning and its Office Connect Excel add-on to increase the productivity of the team and to deliver more timely actionable insights.
• Review offline spreadsheet financial models and then implement the equivalent functionality into Adaptive Planning to strengthen workflow automation.
• Collaborate closely with department leaders to understand business needs and challenges while proactively identifying opportunities to enhance performance and mitigate risks.
• Analyze variances between financial results and budget/forecast to identify key performance drivers.
• Travel up to 10% annually.
• Perform other duties that support the overall objective of the position.

Education Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Information Technology, or related field.
• Master’s degree in Finance or other preferred.
• Or, any combination of education and experience which would provide the required qualifications for the position.

Experience Required:

• 6+ years of experience with Adaptive Planning administration, implementation, and integrations.
• 6+ years of Finance experience, with an active knowledge of financial planning, workforce management, GAAP, and revenue recognition.
• Proven track record of distilling complex data into actionable insights and recommendations.

License/Certification Required:

• Workday Adaptive Planning Certification preferred.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Knowledge of: Designing, developing, testing, and delivering Workday Adaptive models. Workday integrations.  Administration of Adaptive Planning. Strong proficiency with a variety of analytics tools and resources.
• Skill in: Passion for using technology to drive innovation and the strong interpersonal skills necessary to influence cross-functional stakeholders. Skilled at multi-tasking between model management, day to day support, team management and project management. Strong analytical, financial modeling, and problem-solving skills. Excellent organizational skills and expertise managing multiple large projects simultaneously. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills both oral and written.
• Ability to: Manage multiple tasks in a fast paced, dynamic environment. Convert complex information into understandable and persuasive oral and written presentations. Meet multiple deadlines across a variety of initiatives with a high degree of accuracy and efficiency. Apply expertise and knowledge to improve efficiencies of processes and/or teams. Establish and maintain relationships with cross-functional stakeholders to understand goals, translate those into business requirements, and design and execute analyses that drive actionable insights.

The company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent a contract of employment, and the company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the company may deem appropriate.

NextGen Healthcare is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.