WHOI

Role Description The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is seeking a collaborative, solutions-oriented Senior Financial Systems Analyst to help advance our financial and sponsored research operations through expert use of Workday Financials, Workday Grants Management, and Workday Financials Reporting. This is a high-impact role for an experienced Workday professional who enjoys partnering with Finance & Accounting, Grant and Contract Services (GCS), and Research Administration stakeholders to design intuitive systems, strengthen compliance, and improve how data and processes support scientific discovery. The Senior Finance Systems Analyst serves as a functional leader and trusted advisor, helping guide WHOI through ongoing Workday optimization while ensuring systems align with the unique needs of a complex, grant-funded research institution. The role spans implementation support, post-production optimization, reporting and analytics, and continuous process improvement across finance and sponsored research. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field - At least 7 years of experience supporting financial systems, with increasing responsibility and scope - At least 5 years of hands-on experience with Workday Financial Management, including implementation, configuration, administration, and support - Demonstrated experience with Workday Grants Management and sponsored research business processes - Strong experience developing Workday Financials and Grants reports, including custom and composite reporting - Experience working in or closely with higher education, research institutions, or other grant-funded organizations - Proven ability to gather requirements, perform gap analysis, and design effective system solutions - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to data quality and integrity - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to partner effectively across diverse stakeholder groups Requirements - Collaborate with Finance & Accounting, GCS, Research Administration, Information Systems, HRIS, and other institution partners to design efficient, compliant, and user-friendly processes - Lead requirements gathering, business process mapping, and future-state design for financial and grants workflows - Translate complex operational needs into clear functional requirements and Workday configurations - Evaluate current-state processes, identify improvement opportunities, and guide stakeholders toward best-practice solutions - Coordinate and support system testing, user acceptance testing, and issue resolution in partnership with business and technical teams - Support integrations between Workday and other institutional systems and tools - Design and maintain Workday Financials and Grants reports, including standard, custom, and composite reports - Develop dashboards and metrics that support research administration, financial management, grants oversight, audit readiness, and leadership decision-making - Provide ongoing functional support to Finance & Accounting, GCS & Research Administration, and the broader WHOI Workday user community - Coordinate system enhancements, upgrades, documentation, and end-user training - Develop clear user guides, training materials, and process documentation tailored to a research environment - Support internal and external audits, compliance reviews, and sponsor inquiries - Proactively identify opportunities to improve system usability, productivity, and user experience - Contribute to a culture of service, collaboration, and continuous improvement Benefits - Salary Range: $128,560 - $168,003 - Comprehensive benefits package for eligible employees Company Description Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and 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. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Role Description Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is seeking an Oceanographic Data Systems Specialist. This is a regular, full-time, exempt position, and is eligible for benefits. - 85%: Lead end-to-end design and delivery of data systems and cloud cybersecurity efforts to support scientific oceanographic research. - Architect and operate AWS pipelines and Knowledge Graph solutions ensuring observability, reliability, and performance to enable statistical analysis of datasets specific to ocean sciences. - Apply numerical methods, AI, and machine learning to large experimental datasets. - Build storage and data-access layers that run on AWS S3 and S3-compatible object stores (MinIO, VAST). - Lead migrations of large datasets to S3 and adapt applications to multiple database backends (RDBMS /NoSQL/Triple Stores). - 10%: Enforce data governance, metadata, and modern SDLC standards such as ISO19115-2 NOAA Profile. - Apply program management practices like Agile/Scrum to align scope, schedule, and stakeholders from planning through delivery. - Support team collaboration and contribute to continuous improvement. - 5%: Troubleshoot complex issues while implementing durable fixes. Qualifications - Master’s degree in computer science or a closely related field. - Five (5) years of experience in an occupation in software engineering. - Four (4) years of post-baccalaureate software engineering experience in an IS function within an oceanographic research organization. - Four (4) years of scientific programming experience using Python, GoLang, and Typescript to extract metadata from a wide range of data formats (e.g. NetCDF, HDF5, Zarr, GeoTIFF, ODV) as well as images, text, and video at large scale. - Building and operating cutting-edge, production-grade solutions for large-scale scientific computing and data management with high availability, security, and cost efficiency on AWS services, databases (RDBMS, NoSQL, and Columnar Arrow-based), Docker, and Linux. - Application of modern SDLC best practices in a scientific research environment including requirements/design reviews; Git-based workflows; code reviews; automated testing (unit/integration/e2e); CI/CD; reproducible builds; infrastructure as code (e.g., CloudFormation/Terraform); observability (logging/metrics/tracing); and secure development (secrets management, least privilege). - Demonstrated knowledge of GitHub, Jenkins, CircleCI, Pulumi, and Terraform. Requirements - Years of experience may run concurrently. - Telecommuting permitted. Benefits - Wage: $107,058 – $131,049 per year. - Hours: 40 hours per week. - Comprehensive benefits package for eligible employees. Company Description Place of Employment: 266 Woods Hole Road, MS#15, Woods Hole, MA 02543. Please send resume to Careers@WHOI.edu and reference job ID Job#15147W.