Senior Director, Global Tax Planning

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About the Team

We are a team of dedicated tax professionals driven by Workdays core values and a commitment to operational excellence. We are focused on value creation through an AI-first mindset leveraging automation and strategic compliant tax planning to propel the business forever forward. As Workday continues its growth journey we are enthusiastic about navigating the increasing complexity of the global tax landscape. We foster a collaborative culture that champions VIBE (Value Inclusion Belonging and Equity for All) where we work hard have fun and maintain a commitment to employee wellbeing and work-life balance.

About the Role

We are seeking a high-urgency forward-thinking Senior Director of Global Tax Planning to lead elevate and operationalize our global tax planning and M&A functions. This leader will be directly responsible for both high-level global strategy and hands-on technical modeling. We are looking for a seasoned professional with a good mix of industry and professional services firm experience with the skills to jump right in and make a difference. The ideal candidate will champion a modern technology-forward operating model that utilizes advanced AI and automation to scale the function efficiently. This role manages a specialized cross-border team and requires an individual with a strong delivery mindset to ensure complex tax strategies are executed seamlessly and aligned with the companys broader commercial and financial objectives.

Responsibilities:

• Global Strategy & Structuring: Design implement and govern the overall global corporate income tax planning strategy including cross-border transactions legal entity rationalization and capital structuring.

• M&A & Integration: Lead tax workstreams for domestic and international mergers acquisitions and divestitures from inception through post-closing integration to maximize tax synergies and mitigate operational risks.

• Hands-on Technical Modeling: Lead the team in developing advanced tax modeling capabilities as well as directly performing complex US International and cross-border tax modeling to project annual Effective Tax Rate (ETR) and cash tax impacts for corporate forecasting.

• Global Regulatory Monitoring & Readiness: Proactively monitor the global tax landscape and emerging tax issues assess and quantify their potential impact and ensure timely communication of upcoming rules to key tax leaders for collective strategic alignment and game plan development.

• Team Leadership & Development: Supervise and optimize the capacity of the planning team fostering a culture of technical excellence clear operational boundaries and proactive accountability.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with tax leaders to ensure planning initiatives seamlessly integrate with global tax provisions disclosures and statutory filings. Assist in the comprehensive review of US international and foreign tax technical positions for tax provision and compliance cycles.

• Trusted Advisor: Play a leadership role engaging in business partnering within the company to understand the tax impact of business operations and ensure that tax needs are identified communicated and strategically addressed.

• AI & Workflow Automation: Champion an AI-first culture within the global tax team by driving continuous learning and upskilling initiatives. Partner closely with the Business Technology (BT) team to identify automation opportunities translate tax complexities into technical requirements and oversee the rollout of modern AI-driven workflows.

• Executive Advisory: Synthesize shifting federal state international and OECD legislative changes into concise actionable executive dashboards to guide the C-suite and VP of Tax on commercial risks and opportunities.

About You

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 15 years of progressive corporate multinational tax experience combined with public accounting (Big 4 preferred) experience featuring deep expertise in foreign international tax statutory financial experience and ASC 740 financial reporting.

• Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance or a related field required. CPA or JD required.

• Comprehensive expertise in global corporate income tax planning international structuring M&A transactions and post-merger integration.

Other Qualifications:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with a proven track record of acting as a strategic partner to non-tax business leaders and translating complex technical tax concepts into commercial business insights.

• Strong leadership skills with a proven track record of managing aligning and elevating distributed cross-border teams across multiple time zones and locations.

• An agile mindset with the organizational flexibility to pivot resources instantly when unexpected transactions occur combined with a collaborative team-player approach to breaking down departmental silos.

• Hands-on experience executing scenario modeling inside modern tax engines.

• A strong passion for emerging technology and a proactive interest in self-learning AI capabilities. Proven ability to act as a bridge between tax and technology teams with a track record of driving digital transformation or modernization within a tax function.

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.

Primary Location:

Primary Location Base Pay Range: $259000 USD - $388600 USD

Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $218800 USD - $388600 USD

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