Director of FinOps, Workday
$197.7-296.5k
Office located in CA, Pleasanton
Enterprise management cloud platform
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Enterprise management cloud platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$197.7-296.5k
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
- 10+ years experience defining, designing, and implementing solutions to achieve desired business outcomes
- 7+ years leadership experience leading multi-functional teams
- 3+ years of working knowledge of major cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and their specific billing structures, pricing models, and services
- 3+ years using native cloud cost management tools (e.g. AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, etc.) and third-party FinOps platforms (e.g. CloudHealth, Apptio, etc.)
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
- Outstanding written, visual representation, and verbal communication skills
- Experience with automating manual processes through systems requirements analysis, design and documentation
- Strong ability to establish relationships, influence without authority, and drive alignment across teams with multifaceted strengths and leadership levels
- Outstanding organizational, interpersonal, and negotiation skills; flexible and adaptable; able to work in ambiguous situations
- Passion for customer service and commitment to delivering high-quality results
- FinOps certifications, such as those from the FinOps Foundation, are desired
What the job involves
- As Director of FinOps, we need someone who will evaluate, diagnose, and document existing processes to improve performance and quality, as well as develop and apply metrics for process and performance measurement and provide guidance on re-engineering techniques
- Additionally, we need subject matter expertise and project management guidance for large enterprise initiatives
- Strategic visioning: You will develop and drive the FinOps strategy, aligning cloud financial goals with broader organizational objectives
- Budgeting and forecasting: You will develop and handle public cloud spending budgets and create accurate financial forecasts that integrate with the company's overall financial planning
- Cost allocation: You will implement transparent cost allocation and "showback/chargeback" models to distribute cloud costs to specific teams, departments, and business units
- Financial modeling and analysis: You will create and maintain financial models to predict cloud costs, track spending against budgets, and analyze cost trends and anomalies
- Vendor and contract management: You will negotiate contracts and manage relationships with cloud service providers to secure favorable terms, pricing, and discounts
- Business intelligence: You will translate complex financial data into meaningful business insights, often by building dashboards and reports
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. .
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 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 HQ
Pleasanton, CA
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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