Strategic Planning Finance Manager, Workday
$121.6-230.4k
Office located in CA, Pleasanton
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
Job no longer available
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$121.6-230.4k
Office located in CA, Pleasanton
1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.
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.
The company has also grown through acquisitions and partnerships to broaden its capabilities.. Most recently, in 2025 it purchases Sana, an AI-driven enterprise knowledge and learning platform, to create a "new front door for work". This acquisition allows Workday to integrate Sana's AI-powered search, agents, and learning capabilities with its own data and workflows, allowing employees to access information, automate tasks, and complete their day entirely within Workday.
Through a combination of strategic acquisitions and in-house development, WOrkday has built a comprehensive suite of HR, financial, and enterprise tools. By focusing on innovation and AI-driven workflows, the company continues to push productivity and decision-making for organizations worldwide. Building on this track record, Workday is very much positioned for even more growth, reinforcing its status as a leader in shaping the future of work.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
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 HQ
Pleasanton, CA
Leadership
Aneel Bhusri
(Co-Founder & Executive Chair)Annel began his career at Morgan Stanley as a Corporate Finance Analyst. He then spent nearly 6 years at PeopleSoft as a Senior VP before co-founding Workday in 2005, where he has served as the CEO ever since.
Carl Eschenbach
(CEO)Carl joined Workday in 2022 as Co-CEO, becoming CEO in 2024. He has also been a Partner at Sequoia Capital since 2016. Previously, he spent 14 years at VMware as President and COO and 3 years at Inktomi Corporation as the VP of North America Sales.
Peter Bailis
(CTO)Prior to joining Workday in 2025, People was a VP of Engineering at Google. He also previously founded Sisu Data, where he served as the CEO for over 5 years.
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