Principal Accountant

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About the Team

About the Role

Workday is seeking a Principal Accountant who wants to make their mark on a growing organization. This is an individual contributor role with broad ownership across the corporate accounting close (e.g. operating expenses payrollrelated costs and variable compensation) and a key partner to FP&A and business leaders. Reporting to the Senior Accounting Manager the ideal candidate is a selfstarter an excellent communicator and enjoys collaborating with people with a diverse set of talents in an ambitious fastpaced environment.

Responsibilities:

• Own core GL areas in the monthly and quarterly close for global consolidation (e.g. operating expenses payrollrelated accounts variable compensation and other corporate accounting areas) including preparation and review of journals account reconciliations and variance analyses.

• Manage the accounting and reporting for variable compensation (primarily Sales and Professional Services) ensuring accurate and timely recognition of commissions bonuses and incentives in accordance with US GAAP

• Prepare and review monthly management reporting and analytics for owned areas clearly explaining drivers trends and risks to Finance and business partners.

• Collaborate with Sales Ops CX Ops and Payroll to ensure compensation plans quota changes and system configurations are accurately reflected in upstream data and downstream accounting.

• Support internal and external audits for owned areas including preparation of schedules and responding to inquiries.

• Maintain and enhance internal controls over financial reporting including design and execution of controls for new or evolving processes.

• Identify and drive process improvements and automation opportunities across corporate accounting working with Finance Systems and IT as needed.

• Contribute to ad hoc projects such as system implementations process redesign and department initiatives and communicate complex topics in a clear concise way to finance and nonfinance partners.

About You

Required Qualifications:

• 8 years of related accounting experience.

• Bachelors degree in Business Administration Accounting Finance Economics or a related field.

Other Qualifications:

• Masters degree and/or active CPA license is a plus.

• Experience with a publicly traded company in the technology or SaaS industry preferred.

• Strong knowledge of US GAAP and solid understanding of general ledger accounting and financial statements including operating expenses payrollrelated costs and variable compensation.

• Demonstrated experience owning multiple areas of the close and improving processes controls and reporting quality.

• Experience with sales CRM tools such as Salesforce and incentive compensation management tools such as Xactly is a plus.

• Advanced Excel skills and comfort working with large data sets.

• Excellent analytical and problemsolving skills with high attention to detail and strong ownership mindset.

• Strong communication skills; able to explain complex compensation plans and accounting conclusions clearly to diverse stakeholders.

• Ability to thrive in a fastpaced highgrowth environment and adapt to changing priorities.

• Highly productive selfstarter with a strong work ethic curiosity and dedication to excellence.

Workday Pay Transparency Statement

The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidates compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including but not limited to geography experience skills job duties and business need among other things. For more information regarding Workdays comprehensive benefits please click here.

Our Approach to Flexible Work

With Flex Work were combining the best of both worlds: in-person time and remote. Our approach enables our teams to deepen connections maintain a strong community and do their best work. We know that flexibility can take shape in many ways so rather than a number of required days in-office each week we simply spend at least half (50%) of our time each quarter in the office or in the field with our customers prospects and partners (depending on role). This means youll have the freedom to create a flexible schedule that caters to your business team and personal needs while being intentional to make the most of time spent together. Those in our remote home office roles also have the opportunity to come together in our offices for important moments that matter.

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