Senior Financial Systems Analyst - Adaptive Planning

Who We Are

AIR Communities owns and operates best-in-class apartment communities in major markets across the country. Our communities are managed by team members who are passionate about providing world class customer service to our residents. At AIR, we value integrity, respect, collaboration, customer focus, and performance. These values are brought to life by our teammates, who are ultimately responsible for our success. When you join our team, you'll work alongside the most dedicated professionals in the industry and open the door to unlimited career opportunities.

Where You Will Work:

Our corporate office is located in the Denver Tech Center. Our office spans the top two floors of the building and features expansive views of the mountains and the downtown skyline. 

AIR values relationships and the benefits from working side by side with teammates, therefore this position will be in-office 5 days a week to support the team.

AIR Communities is seeking a Senior Financial Systems Analyst to support, govern, and continuously improve our Workday Adaptive Planning environment. This role serves as a key partner to Finance and Accounting teams, ensuring planning processes are supported by scalable system solutions, reliable reporting, and strong operational practices.

This is a functional administration role focused on system design, model building, business process support, and reporting. We are looking for a collaborative professional with strong communication skills who wants to grow with our new team and the company. The ideal candidate understands not only how to configure Adaptive Planning, but also how system decisions impact business processes, reporting, and organizational outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

System Administration & Support

• Core Administration: Act as the primary functional administrator for Adaptive Planning, managing dimensions, attributes, levels, and organizational hierarchies.
• Model & Formula Development: Hands-on ownership of model architecture, including building and optimizing financial models and writing complex system formulas.
• Sheet Management: Design, configure, and maintain both modeled sheets and cube sheets, demonstrating a deep understanding of when and how to utilize each structure for optimal performance.
• Data Flow & Integrations: Maintain a strong conceptual understanding of how backend integrations and staging tables connect to the front-end application to ensure data integrity (direct developer/ETL coding experience is not required).
• Platform Support: Provide day-to-day support for users, troubleshooting system, data, and sheet performance issues during core planning cycles.

Business Partnership & Communication

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner directly with Finance, Accounting, and leadership to translate complex business requirements into scalable system logic.
• Clear Communication: Translate technical system capabilities into clear, actionable business concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
• Training & Enablement: Help users across the organization understand system capabilities, features, and modeling best practices.

Process Improvement, Governance, & Reporting

• Reporting Ownership: Develop, maintain, and optimize OfficeConnect/HTML reports and automated reporting packages.
• System Governance: Evaluate upstream and downstream impacts of configuration changes and follow established testing and change management practices.

Documentation: Create and maintain clear documentation for system configurations, model logic, and formula structures to support cross-training and continuity

• Experience: Around 5 years of experience supporting financial systems, planning applications, or enterprise EPM environments (10+ years is not required; we are targeting a growing professional looking to scale with the team).
• Adaptive Expertise: Hands-on administrative experience with Workday Adaptive Planning, including clear proficiency with dimensions, attributes, levels, and sheets.
• Technical Skills: Demonstrated experience building operational models and writing formulas within a planning platform. Advanced Excel skills (including experience with reporting add-ins like OfficeConnect) are required.
• Integration Understanding: Conceptual knowledge of how staging tables and automated data pipelines feed EPM systems.
• Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with a proven ability to build relationships, collaborate across teams, and articulate technical solutions clearly.
• Finance Acumen: Solid understanding of core budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting workflows.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting or participating in Workday Adaptive Planning implementations or optimization phase.
• Experience designing, maintaining, and optimizing OfficeConnect reporting solutions.
• Experience working within ERP, financial systems, or enterprise application environments.
• Exposure to system governance, change management, and process improvement initiatives.
• Experience supporting Finance and Accounting organizations in a publicly traded or multi-entity environment.

Core Competencies

• Adaptive Planning System Architecture (Modeled vs. Cube sheets, levels, and attributes)
• Financial Model & Formula Building
• Strong Communication & Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Analytical Problem Solving & Data Integrity
• Growth Mindset & Adaptability

What Success Looks Like

• Builds trusted relationships across the Finance and Accounting organizations through proactive and transparent communication.
• Takes functional ownership of the Adaptive environment, building efficient models and formulas that scale with business needs.
• Understands the full data life cycle, successfully collaborating with IT/data teams by understanding the connection between backend tables and frontend sheets.
• Grows with the organization, bringing fresh ideas to the team while continuously developing their technical and leadership capabilities.

What We Offer

AIR offers attractive total compensation packages designed to recognize and reward performance including:

• Expected pay rate of $100,000-$120,000 plus annual target bonus. You will be provided a pay rate that is in line with your skills and experience as they relate to the requirements of the job.
• 25% Rent Discount at any AIR community (a rental application is required, and certain exclusions apply).
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options, HSA/FSA plans, short and long-term disability paid by the company.
• 401(k) plan with employer contribution of a 6% match.
• Paid time off including vacation, sick time, and 14 holidays.
• Paid parental leave of up to 16 weeks.
• Tuition assistance program and up to 100% reimbursement for job-related certifications and licenses.
• 15 hours of paid time annually for community service.
• Commuter benefits and pet insurance.
• Consumer discounts on various products and services.
• Opportunities for ongoing professional development, leadership training, and career growth.

What You Need to Know

Application Deadline: The initial deadline for applications is 06/15/2026. Applications submitted after this date may still be considered on a rolling basis until the position/program is filled. We encourage all interested candidates to apply as early as possible. If a final decision has not been made by the initial deadline, subsequent applications will be reviewed as they are received.

Candidates extended an offer will be required to undergo pre-employment screening that includes checking references, a four-panel drug screening that excludes marijuana testing, employment verification & criminal background check.

AIR values diversity and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. AIR prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.