Strategic Planning Finance Manager

Your work days are brighter here.

At Workday, it all began with a conversation over breakfast. When our founders met at a sunny California diner, they came up with an idea to revolutionize the enterprise software market. And when we began to rise, one thing that really set us apart was our culture. A culture which was driven by our value of putting our people first. And ever since, the happiness, development, and contribution of every Workmate is central to who we are. Our Workmates believe a healthy employee-centric, collaborative culture is the essential mix of ingredients for success in business. That’s why we look after our people, communities and the planet while still being profitable. Feel encouraged to shine, however that manifests: you don’t need to hide who you are. You can feel the energy and the passion, it's what makes us unique. Inspired to make a brighter work day for all and transform with us to the next stage of our growth journey? Bring your brightest version of you and have a brighter work day here.

About the Team

As part of the Strategic Planning Finance team, you will help us on our mission to maximize Workday’s growth and long term value creation by enabling data driven decisions that drive the optimal portfolio allocation and strategy for Workday.

Our team works closely with leaders from across the organization including (but not limited to) Business Finance, Business Operations, Strategy, Sales, Product, Corporate Development, and IT. We are a group of highly motivated, analytical self-starters with a growth mindset driving critical decisions and process changes with a financial lens.

About the Role

In this role, you will collaborate cross functionally to collect and analyze large data sets to inform strategic decisions for Workday senior leadership. Additionally, this role supports the team in driving continuous improvement to planning processes, systems & tools, and modeling. This individual contributor role has significant exposure to senior leadership and reports to the Director of Strategic Planning Finance.

Job Duties:

• Responsible for preparing and presenting quarterly business analysis on key business performance metrics and drivers

• Responsible for key work streams in our Long Range Planning process including translation of strategic investment assumptions into modeled drivers of top line performance for specific business segments

• Analyze large data sets (e.g. ARR, ACV, KPIs, cost allocations) across Workday and peers to unlock insights about our business, and summarize for executive level audiences

• Support M&A deal modeling, strategic integration planning, and continuous process improvement in close partnership with Corporate Development

• Frequently build executive level presentations that effectively communicate complex financial analysis in a simple and actionable manner

• Assist in managing Workday’s Total Shareholder Return model for analyzing decision scenarios and their impact on expected shareholder value

• Assist in the migration of excel based financial models & reports to Workday Planning and Reporting applications to drive more scalable operations

• Collaborate across Finance, IT, Business Operations, and Strategy to ensure data quality and the accuracy of insights we present to executive leadership

About You

We are looking for a skilled collaborator who will roll up their sleeves to dive deep into the data, with the ability to zoom out to see the big picture. The ideal candidate will have experience in financial planning & company operations, strong analytical and modeling skills, and exceptional communication skills.

Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years experience across strategic finance, business operations, strategy/management consulting

• 2+ years Financial modeling experience & analytical skills with a focus on building scalable, repeatable tools & processes

Other Qualifications

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills demonstrating the ability to synthesize complex analysis into clear and concise messages

• Willingness and ability to adapt to the rapid business and organizational changes that accompany a high-growth environment; does not get frustrated by frequent change

• Solution oriented mindset in face of obstacles; Assist and coordinate other teams through challenges to meet a common goal

• High degree of curiosity with the ability and appetite to learn new things

• Understanding of the software industry, corporate operations structure & cadence, and its success metrics/drivers

• Experience building scalable processes working with systems a