Strategic Finance Director

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Were obsessed with making hard work pay off for our people our customers and the world around us. As a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people money and agents were shaping the future of work so teams can reach their potential and focus on what matters most. The minute you join youll feel it. Not just in the products we build but in how we show up for each other. Our culture is rooted in integrity empathy and shared enthusiasm. Were in this together tackling big challenges with bold ideas and genuine care. We look for curious minds and courageous collaborators who bring sun-drenched optimism and drive. Whether youre building smarter solutions supporting customers or creating a space where everyone belongs youll do meaningful work with Workmates whove got your return well give you the trust to take risks the tools to grow the skills to develop and the support of a company invested in you for the long haul. So if you want to inspire a brighter work day for everyone including yourself youve found a match in Workday and we hope to be a match for you too.

About the Team

The Strategic Finance team partners across Workday to deliver insights drive execution of critical initiatives and enable long-term value creation. We combine rigorous financial analysis with program management cross-functional coordination and executive storytelling to help senior leaders make informed decisions and move the business forward.

You will join a small highimpact group that operates at the intersection of strategy and execution. The bar for quality is high the work is often ambiguous and outcomes are highly visible to the CFO CEO and Board. We value collaboration low ego and a strong learning mindset and we are comfortable adapting with AI-driven automation as the company and our operating model evolve.

About the Role

The Strategic Finance Director is a senior individual contributor who owns financial due diligence and analytical support for Workdays inorganic growth initiatives as well as select crossfunctional strategic projects. Reporting to the VP Strategic Finance this role is the primary finance partner to Corporate Development and a key contributor to how we evaluate and execute our M&A strategy.

Responsibilities:

• Lead endtoend financial workstreams for potential acquisitions and investments.

• Assess target performance and quality of earnings build ARR and threestatement models.

• Evaluate synergies and integration costs and translating insights into clear recommendations for senior leaders.

• Orchestrate input from multiple teams and ensure work is organized coordinated and delivered on time.

• Partner with Corporate Development Business Finance Accounting Tax Legal HR and Business Technology to provide a complete view of value risk and tradeoffs for each opportunity.

• Improve how we source data build models synthesize large information sets and generate insight more quickly and at higher quality.

• Support highpriority strategic projects for the CFO and senior leadership such as business driver analysis unit economics and incorporating inorganic scenarios into our longrange plan.

About You

You are a highly analytical finance leader with solid M&A experience and a passion for using data and technology to drive strategic decisions. You have led financial due diligence and complex modeling workstreams for acquisitions or investments and are comfortable working directly with senior executives advisors and crossfunctional partners. You are as strong at coordinating fastmoving work across teams as you are at building the models behind it and you thrive in environments that are changing and evolving rapidly.

Required Qualifications:

• 10 years in Strategic Finance Corporate Development Investment Banking Private Equity or a related field with a focus on software/SaaS.

• Bachelors degree in accounting Finance or related field MBA preferred

• Advanced financial modeling skills including ARR / SaaS cohort modeling threestatement forecasting scenario and sensitivity analysis and valuation / returns analysis.

Other Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to apply emerging technologies and AI tools directly to your work (e.g. accelerating analysis enhancing data quality building reusable templates improving decision support).

• A strong grasp of the metrics that drive value in recurringrevenue businesses (e.g. ARR net dollar retention churn LTV/CAC gross margin payback) and how they connect to strategic choices and longrange plans.

• Proven ability to structure ambiguous problems frame clear hypotheses and translate complex quantitative insights into simple compelling narratives for executive audiences.

• Exceptional coordination and organization skills: you manage many parallel workstreams keep stakeholders aligned and deliver clear accurate outputs under tight deadlines.

• Experience partnering with Corporate Development and crossfunctional teams (Finance Accounting Tax Legal HR Product GTM) throughout the deal lifecycle.

• High ownership sound judgment and discretion with confidential information and a lowego partnershiporiented working style that builds trust and raises the bar for the teams around you.

• Highly analytical with solid M&A experience and a passion for using data and technology to drive strategic decisions

• Experience leading financial due diligence and complex modeling workstreams for acquisitions or investments and are comfortable working directly with senior executives advisors and crossfunctional partners.

• Strong at coordinating fastmoving work across teams as you are at building the models behind it and you thrive in environments that are changing and evolving rapidly.

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: $189200 USD - $283800 USD

Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $159800 USD - $283800 USD

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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