Senior Director and Global Finance Process Owner, Workday
$264-396k
Office located in Pleasanton, CA
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
Open for applications
Enterprise AI platform for managing HR and finance
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$264-396k
Office located in Pleasanton, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To leverage the power of AI to elevate humans and supercharge work, moving business forever forward.
Role
Who you are
- 15+ years of progressive experience in Finance, Transformation, or Shared Services with deep expertise in end-to-end process ownership and optimization
- Experience leading large-scale global process improvement and automation initiatives across multiple value streams
- Bachelor’s Degree required; advanced degree in Finance, Business, or related discipline preferred
- Strong understanding of ERP systems with direct experience using or deploying Workday Financials
- Multifaceted industry experience to provide thought leadership on leading practice process design and automation in a Workday Financials ERP environment
- A strategic mindset with a passion for operational perfection and continuous improvement
- The ability to translate sophisticated finance processes into scalable, digital, and data-driven solutions
- Proven leadership in building high-performing teams and encouraging a culture of accountability and innovation
- Outstanding collaboration skills with the ability to influence senior executives across Finance, Technology, and Product
- Deep knowledge of core finance value streams and how they interconnect across the enterprise
- A demonstrated track record of delivering measurable outcomes through process design, automation, and AI adoption
- The vision to position Workday Finance as a model of modern, intelligent finance—showcasing Customer Zero in action
What the job involves
- The Finance Transformation Office (FTO) drives the modernization and optimization of Workday’s global finance function
- At the heart of this effort is the Finance Process Ownership team—responsible for governing and transforming the end-to-end processes that enable scale, control, and efficiency across the Finance organization
- By integrating strategic process design with technology innovation, automation, and continuous improvement, this team ensures Finance operates with simplicity, accuracy, and insight—empowering Workday to be its own best Customer Zero
- We are seeking a Senior Director, Global Finance Process Owner to lead the process ownership function within the Finance Transformation Office
- This senior leader will own the end-to-end design, performance, and continuous improvement of Workday’s core finance value streams—Order to Cash (O2C), Source to Pay (S2P), Record to Report (R2R), and finance components of Hire to Retire (H2R)
- The Senior Director will serve as the process owner for the finance components of H2R and oversee a team of Business Analysts and other Value Stream Process Owners, setting the vision, standards, and roadmap for how Workday executes, measures, and evolves global finance processes
- This role will partner closely with Finance, Business Technology, and Product leaders to harmonize operations, embed automation, and leverage Workday technology—advancing the company’s Customer Zero strategy by showcasing world-class use of Workday Financials
- You'll define and maintain global end-to-end process ownership across O2C, S2P, R2R, and H2R finance touchpoints
- Establish governance frameworks that drive consistency, control, and accountability across regions and functions
- Partner with Controllership, FP&A, Procurement, Tax, Treasury, and other Finance leaders to ensure process integrity, compliance, and audit readiness
- Lead the identification and elimination of process variation across the global Finance ecosystem
- Create a culture of continuous improvement through automation, simplification, and measurable outcomes
- Develop metrics, dashboards, and scorecards to track efficiency, accuracy, and cycle-time improvements
- Partner with Business Technology and Product to implement scalable, technology-enabled processes powered by Workday Financials and AI capabilities
- Champion automation opportunities across finance value streams, leveraging machine learning, intelligent workflows, and analytics
- Ensure finance processes are designed “the Workday way,” continuously testing and showcasing innovation as part of the Customer Zero initiative
- Act as a key leader for Workday’s Customer Zero strategy within Finance—demonstrating how internal adoption and feedback drive product excellence
- Collaborate with Product Management and Finance Technology teams to pilot new FINs capabilities, influencing roadmap design and refinement
- Represent Finance as a thought leader in external forums and internal showcases to highlight Workday’s own transformation journey
- Build and lead a team of Business Analysts and Value Stream Process Owners, fostering teamwork and cross-functional alignment
- Create clear role expectations, growth paths, and communities of practice to strengthen global process capability
- Inspire a high-performing team culture rooted in accountability, curiosity, and innovation
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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