Director of FinOps, Workday
$197.7-296.5k
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
$197.7-296.5k
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
- 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.
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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