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Posted 20 hours agoBusiness Analyst, Accounting Growth Support Team
at Workday
Costa RicaOn-site
Responsibilities
- Support key operational cycles such as period-close, high-volume processing (e.g., quarter-end, year-end, compensation cycles), and coverage for planned or unplanned absences.
- Collaborate effectively with global teams across time zones, ensuring alignment on priorities and expectations.
- Process Stewardship & Optimization Own and maintain process documentation for assigned activities, including creating or updating Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and checklists.
- Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, or improve processes and raise recommendations to functional leaders and the Growth Support Team.
- Support the implementation of agreed process changes (e.g., updates to templates, controls, handoffs, and metrics).
- Ensure thorough knowledge transfer at the end of each assignment so that process and system knowledge remains with the functional team.
- Support a culture of collaboration, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement within the Growth Support Team and the broader Accounting organization. About You Required
Requirements
- 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.
- Professional Capability & Readiness Participate in required training, shadowing, and cross-functional learning sessions across CAO functional areas.
- experience in accounting operations roles with high-volume processing, specifically in areas such as Record to Report, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Revenue Accounting, Purchasing/Procure-to-Pay, and/or Expenses within a corporate, shared services, or Global Capability Center environment.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Business (related fields may be considered with strong, demonstrable accounting operations experience). Proven
- What You’ll Bring: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to quickly understand new processes and identify key risks and improvement opportunities.
- Demonstrated ability to operate in a dynamic environment with evolving priorities and multiple stakeholders.