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KēSTA I.T. is actively seeking a Sr. Solutions and Data Analyst for our industry leading client.

Are you on the lookout for a unique career opportunity that offers leadership, responsibility, and the chance to make a significant impact? If you're eager to contribute to a thriving and stable organization while maintaining your confidentiality, continue reading.

The Senior Adaptive Planning Solutions Analyst is a hands-on, independently operating individual contributor responsible for the design, build, and support of Workday Adaptive Planning solutions across key planning domains. This role partners closely with FP&A, Operations, and other business stakeholders to translate planning requirements into scalable, high-performing models that support enterprise planning and execution.

This individual owns solution delivery for assigned planning areas, applies Adaptive Planning best practices, and collaborates closely with senior planning architecture leadership to extend the organization’s planning capabilities and drive a more connected planning ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Independently lead requirements gathering and working sessions with FP&A, Operations, and other stakeholders
• Translate business needs into clear user stories, functional requirements, and UAT scenarios
• Partner and collaborate with senior planning architecture leadership
• Provide recommendations on planning model design, assumptions, and trade-offs
• Design, build, and enhance Adaptive Planning models, including sheets, dimensions, calculations, and assumptions
• Own solution design for assigned planning areas with a focus on performance, scalability, and maintainability
• Apply Adaptive Planning best practices to ensure consistent, user-friendly, and efficient models
• Support enhancements, redesigns, and ongoing optimization of existing models
• Monitor data integrations and model outputs to ensure data accuracy and integrity
• Troubleshoot and resolve data quality, mapping, and reconciliation issues
• Partner with data engineering and integration teams on end-to-end data flows
• Apply foundational data modeling concepts including hierarchies, mappings, and star schema principles
• Plan and participate in UAT testing and deployment activities
• Follow established change management and release processes
• Support production issues and post-deployment stabilization
• Incorporate user feedback and evolving business needs into solutions
• Develop and maintain model documentation, technical specifications, and user guides
• Participate in design and build reviews
• Stay current on Workday Adaptive Planning capabilities and industry trends
• Identify opportunities to improve planning processes, model design, and user experience
• Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Technology, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience) required
• 5+ years of experience in IT, Finance, or a related business function required
• 3+ years of experience with Workday Adaptive Planning (Adaptive Insights) or similar EPM / planning platforms required
• Proven experience building and supporting budgeting, forecasting, or workforce planning solutions required
• Experience leading requirements discussions and working sessions with business stakeholders required
• Experience supporting data integrations, ETL processes, or upstream source systems preferred
• Exposure to other EPM platforms (e.g., Oracle Hyperion, Oracle Cloud EPM, SAP BPC, SAP SAC) preferred
• Experience working across multiple planning domains (Finance, Commercial, Supply Chain, HR) preferred
• Strong understanding of planning processes across Finance and related business functions
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and conceptual thinking skills
• Advanced Excel skills for analysis, validation, and reconciliation
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for business audiences
• Familiarity with Agile delivery practices
• Interest in growing toward broader solution design or platform leadership responsibilities

About KēSTA I.T.:

Our name says it all; KēSTA I.T. (Keys-to-I.T.) AND our people are our keys to our success!

KēSTA I.T. is a premier Utah-based technical staffing and consulting services firm. We specialize in temporary and permanent placement of Software, Hardware, Network, Cloud, CRM/ERP, Data, End-User support, Web and Executive / leadership-based positions on a full time and consulting basis. If you're interested in a role where top performance is rewarded, personal time is valued, and excellence is demanded at every level we want to talk to you today!

Where do you want to go? We've got the keys! ~ KēSTA I.T.

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