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Workday Report Developer

University of Wisconsin Madison
life insurance, paid time off
United States, Wisconsin, Madison
21 North Park Street (Show on map)
Jan 23, 2026
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Jobs Hub to apply through the internal application process. Job Category:Academic Staff Employment Type:Regular Job Profile:BI Developer III Job Summary:

The Workday Enterprise Solutions Team (WEST) is responsible for the administration and optimization of Workday and related systems for Finance, Human Resources, and Research Administration across the Universities of Wisconsin, while focusing on people, processes, and technology. The WEST Data and Reporting team supports data and reporting needs across the UW universities and the UW System through the development and maintenance of an enterprise data warehouse (the Enterprise Analytics Platform, EAP), Tableau dashboards, Workday reports, BIRT reports, Prism reports, Workday dashboards and discovery boards, and more.

The WEST Finance Team is seeking an experienced Workday Report Developer to design, develop, and optimize complex reports, dashboards, and discovery boards in Workday with a focus on finance data. In addition to developing, supporting and maintaining reports, the Workday Report Developer will assist the central Data and Reporting Team with report development and provide mentorship, guidance and training to WEST finance staff. It is expected that there will be close collaboration between report developers and integration developers across the WEST team. The Central Data and Reporting team will also support Finance work in additional to supporting HR. The desire for this role is to be fully dedicated to support the various needs of the WEST finance team and our finance stakeholders. Some of these activities will include stakeholder design and requirements gathering sessions, working group meeting support and facilitation, and working directly with the Finance Director and Finance Teams to support reporting work.

To be successful in this position, you will need to intentionally collaborate with peers across WEST and work to actively foster a respectful, inclusive and safe team environment.

This position may require some work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. Some work may be performed remotely, at an offsite, non-campus work location. Final schedule will be formalized during the offer process with the selected candidate.

Key Job Responsibilities:
  • Supports report developers outside of the Finance Team through knowledge sharing, design reviews, build reviews, and training

  • Oversee, assess, and approve the content and quality of complex design/build documentation for approval by business SMEs and project team leads. Author documentation for highly complex design/build documentation outside of the expertise of lower level BI developers
  • Partners with a team of business analysts, business subject matter experts (SMEs), source system data analysts, data architects, and ETL developers to interpret documented user requirements for enterprise-wide stakeholders. Works with data warehouse architects, data modelers, and ETL developers to document and present highly complex options through mock-ups and prototypes, refining underlying data structures to best meet use cases
  • Review and approve, based on scope and requirements, BI developer resource effort and timing to design, build, test, and release BI developer solutions. Understand and balance developer resources across multiple competing projects to mitigate risks. Identify options for backfill or external resource acquisition to fulfil resource requirements
  • Works with multiple data domains/sets and data architectures (unstructured/structured) and using advanced expertise in a broad set of enterprise-scale tools, matches the right data presentation modality to user requirements. Employs deep expertise in data visualization and storytelling to design, prototype, test, and deliver accurate, sustainable enterprise solutions for large-scale user populations
  • Designs and documents enterprise BI development standards, assesses impact on existing BI projects, proposes solutions, and shepherds them through stakeholder feedback and governance approval. Resolves highly complex BI development issues escalated from lower-level BI developers
Department: Workday and Enterprise Solutions Team (WEST)

Compensation:

Well qualified applicants can expect to earn between $90,000 - $130,000, with final salary based on experience and qualifications.

In addition to salary, this position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including generous paid time off, competitively priced health/dental/vision/life insurance, tax-advantaged savings accounts, and participation in the nationally recognized Wisconsin Retirement System (WRS) pension fund. For a summary of benefits, please see: https://www.wisconsin.edu/ohrwd/benefits/download/fasl.pdf.

Required Qualifications:

- Demonstrated success in developing Workday reports

- Experience working with Finance data

- Ability to diagnose and solve complex data and reporting issues

- Ability to establish and maintain strong working relationships with peers, customers and stakeholders

- Ability to understand business challenges and translate them into technical solutions by collaborating with cross functional partners to develop detailed functional specifications, validate and document data, and test reports and/or dashboards

Preferred Qualifications:

- Demonstrated success developing composite reports in Workday

- Experience developing Business Intelligence Reporting Tool (BIRT) reports in Workday

- Experience with Worksheets, Dashboards and Discovery Boards

- Experience with Workday Adaptive Planning

- High level of comfort working with XML

- Excellent organizational, time-management, and decision-making skills

How to Apply:

To apply for this position, please click on the "I am a current employee" button or "I am not a current employee" button under Apply Now. You will be prompted to upload the following documents.


  • Cover Letter

  • Resume


Please note when applying, there will be only one attachment field. You must upload all your documents in the attachment field. Applicants are to submit a cover letter and resume detailing their training and experience relating to the required and preferred qualifications referenced above. Applications submitted without a cover letter may still be considered, but a cover letter is required to guarantee consideration. Failure to adequately demonstrate experiences aligned with the required qualifications in either a cover letter or resume will result in your application not being considered for employment. The application reviewers will be relying on your written application materials to determine which qualified applicants will advance in the recruitment process. We will notify selected applicants to participate further in the selection process directly. References will be requested of final candidates. All applicants will be notified after the search is complete and a candidate has been selected.

Please submit your application by Wednesday, February 8th at 11:55pm to ensure consideration.

Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.

Contact Information:

Daniel McCusky, HR Generalist

daniel.mccusky@wisc.edu

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, including but not limited to, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, or status as a protected veteran and other bases as defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote excellence by acknowledging skills and expertise from all backgrounds and encourage all qualified individuals to apply. For more information regarding applicant and employee rights and to view federal and state required postings, visit the Human Resources Workplace Poster website.

To request a disability or pregnancy-related accommodation for any step in the hiring process (e.g., application, interview, pre-employment testing, etc.), please contact the Divisional Disability Representative (DDR) in the division you are applying to. Please make your request as soon as possible to help the university respond most effectively to you.

Employment may require a criminal background check. It may also require your references to answer questions regarding misconduct, including sexual violence and sexual harassment.

The University of Wisconsin System will not reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing, except that the identity of the successful candidate will be released. See Wis. Stat. sec. 19.36(7).

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