Financial Planning/Support Specialist
Kingston Rhode Island
Hybrid – 3 days a week on site / 2 remote
18 month assignment with potential extensions
40 to 49 per hour pay rate – DOE
Purpose
The purpose of this engagement is to obtain temporary supplemental staffing to support the Financial Strategy and Planning Office Workday Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation. The resource will provide essential support across ERP implementation initiatives and core financial functions including budgeting, planning, and financial analysis, with assignments and priorities established by department leadership. The ideal candidate will have Workday experience preferably with Financial Data Management (FDM) and Adaptive Planning solutions. The resource should be prepared to work collaboratively across functional areas and demonstrate adaptability in a fast-paced implementation environment.
Required:
- 3-5+ years of experience in financial analysis, planning, or budgeting
- Experience with ERP implementation
- Strong documentation written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work across multiple functional areas and manage concurrent assignments independently
- Comfortable with business technology (email, web conferencing, collaboration tools)
- Team player who promotes collaboration and can offer guidance where required to move the project forward.
- Foster the acceptance of a new experience following the transition from PeopleSoft into Workday,
Preferred:
- Experience with Workday Financials
- Experience with Oracle PBCS or similar cloud based application
- PeopleSoft-to-Workday migration experience
Scope of Work
The ideal candidate will demonstrate proven experience across three core competencies: ERP implementation, proficiency in budget management practices, and demonstrated capability in financial analysis. Activities may include:
Project Coordination
- Track project milestones, deadlines, and deliverables assigned to the department
- Coordinate and schedule meetings
- Support analysis and decision making between the current business processes and system functionality through documentation, workflow analysis, and shared experience.
Implementation Support and Tasks
The following are the areas that have been identified where support would be ideally focused. Final tasks will be determined based on the candidate’s level of experience in these areas.
- Assist with updating standard operating procedures and process documentation related to new ERP processes.
- Assist with analysis and research tasks as assigned.
- Assist with legacy data clean up prior to migration.
- Assist with testing of integrations and functionality.
Administrative & Reporting Training and Documentation Support
- Support training development and training materials
- Maintain organized project files and documentation
- Assist with documenting the necessary reports, dashboards, and status updates
- Support internal training activities, meeting coordination, and documentation development.
Budgeting, Financial Planning and Financial Analysis Support
- Perform detailed financial analysis to support decision-making
- Reconcile budget data across multiple systems and sources
- Partner with finance team on budgeting cycles and reporting
- Ensure data accuracy across all deliverables
- Support ad-hoc financial analysis requests
- Execute prescribed test scripts to validate budget allocation processes and system functionality in Oracle PBCS (existing budget platform).
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