Budget & Position Management Specialist

Role: Budget & Position Management Specialist - Remote

Client-Florida Agriculture & Mechanical University(FAMU)
Long Term Contract

Job Description:

●           Primary Specialty: Workday (Advanced) with PeopleSoft Financials (Contextual)
●           Key Skills: * Deep expertise in Workday Position Management and Commitment Accounting.
○           Configuration of budget checking, encumbrances, and fringe benefit calculations.
○           Advanced Workday Reporting (Budget vs. Actual, Filled vs. Vacant).
●           Intangibles: Must be able to speak "PeopleSoft Budgeting" to "Workday Budgeting" to help the Budget Office translate their existing controls into the new system.
●           The Budget Office requires a consultant with comprehensive expertise across the following critical areas:
○           Position Management: Support configuration of position restrictions, availability rules, hiring freezes, supervisory organization alignment, and position life-cycle processes (create, freeze, close, reclassify).
○           Position Budgeting and Budget Checking: Configure and validate Position Budgets tied to funding sources, cost centers, and worktags; ensure real-time budget checking functions properly during hires, job changes, and compensation events.
○           Budget and Position Reporting: Develop and validate Position Budget vs. Actual, Filled vs. Vacant Position, and Encumbrance reports; ensure leadership dashboards support decision-making from day one.
○           Financial and Commitment Accounting: Validate commitment accounting configuration for positions, payroll expenses, and funding changes; ensure salary
encumbrances and fringe benefits are correctly calculated; align financial postings with general ledger, grants, and fund accounting requirements.