Strategic Planning Finance Manager, Workday
$121.6-230.4k
Office located in CA, Pleasanton
Enterprise management cloud platform
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Enterprise management cloud platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$121.6-230.4k
Office located in CA, Pleasanton
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide an all-in-one management cloud solution for the rapidly changing business requirements of the modern world.
Role
Who you are
- 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 outstanding communication skills
- 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
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills demonstrating the ability to synthesize sophisticated 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 approach 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 and automated reporting tools (i.e., Workday Adaptive Planning, Workday Financials, Tableau, etc.) a plus
What the job involves
- As part of the Strategic Planning Finance team, you will help us on our mission to enhance 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
- In this role, you will collaborate cross functionally to collect and analyze large data sets to advise 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
- 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 operational improvement in close partnership with Corporate Development
- Frequently build executive level presentations that optimally communicate sophisticated financial analysis in a simple and actionable manner
- Assist in handling 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
Our take
Workday is a cloud-based software vendor that provides management of workforces and finances. The company uses a single database for workforce management and financial management to offer integration and optimize business intelligence across companies. It has added to the packages and tools it offers over the years, providing analytic options that allow companies to combine third-party data with information collected by Workday.
Workday has acquired and paired up with many other companies to keep expanding its offering. In 2021, it purchased the employee feedback platform Peakon in response to the growing need for managers to be able to survey workers and collect satisfaction data without face-to-face meetings. The company has also bought and developed many financial tools and HR management tools.
The company’s goal is to provide end-to-end back office services and while there are other providers, such as UKG Pro and Ceridian HCM, Workday’s broad offering helps them to stand out. Though it faced a tough global market in 2023 and has shed some of its headcount, Workday has seen a 6.5% gain in value in the first quarter of 2024. It is now focusing on growth and developing the AI capabilities of its platform. .
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Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
16% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Oct 2011
$85m
SERIES F
Apr 2009
$75m
SERIES E
Total funding: $215.3m
Company benefits
- Company equity
- Vision and dental insurance
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
- Virtual primary care
- Flexible time-off policy
- Global mental health resources
- Global dedicated on-site clinical counselors
- Global well-being days
- $25k fertility/family planning benefits
- North Star financial wellness
- Retirement funds and matching
- 401k plan
- On-site health clinic (Pleasanton office)
Company values
- Employees - Most fundamentally, people are the core of our business. Without them, we would not have a business. We hire the best and expect great accomplishments
- Customer service - Every investment and decision we make has our customers in mind, and we pull out all stops to make the satisfaction of our customers paramount
- Innovation - We aim for innovation not only in our development organization but also in the way we approach all aspects of our business
- Integrity - We say what we mean, and mean what we say. We stick to our commitments, treat everyone equitably, and communicate openly and honestly
- Fun - We also feel it’s important to have a sense of humor. We like to laugh—it makes our work that much more enjoyable. We also invest in community and company events that help our employees and their families feel a connection to Workday beyond business as usual
- Profitability - Long-term economic success is what helps us provide employees and customers with the best productivity tools, solutions, and services. While important, profitability is not why we exist. Simply put, at Workday we exist to make and provide great products and services
Company HQ
Pleasanton, CA
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Leadership
Aneel Bhusri
(CEO)Worked for Morgan Stanley for 3 years and took a Stanford MBA, before spending almost 6 years at Oracle as SVP. Co-founded Workday in 2005 while working as a Greylock Advisory Partner.
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