Director of Corporate Accounting

Job Description

Director, Corporate Accounting | Workday

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Workday, operating under a Flex Work model that combines in-person and remote time. Workday builds an AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, shaping the future of work by bringing finance, HR, and planning into a single enterprise cloud. This role is crucial for leading key corporate accounting functions, managing a team, and helping shape the future of the controllership organization through accurate execution and process modernization.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid

• Team: Accounting leadership team, reports to VP Controller, manages a team of senior accountants and analysts.
• Mission: Lead key corporate accounting functions, manage a team, and shape the future of the controllership organization by ensuring accuracy, driving efficiency, and fostering transformation.
• Tech Stack: Workday Financials, revenue accounting software or modules, ERP systems, accounting automation tools, reporting tools, finance systems.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Oversight: Lead core corporate accounting functions, ensuring accurate, timely, and complete accounting results in accordance with U.S. GAAP, company policies, and internal control requirements.
• Close Management: Manage month-end and quarter-end close activities, including reviewing journal entries, account reconciliations, fluctuation analyses, and supporting schedules.
• Workflow Control: Oversee key operational accounting workflows, including technical revenue recognition (ASC 606), contract reviews, and deferred revenue reconciliations.
• Transformation: Drive process transformation initiatives that reduce manual effort, improve close timelines, strengthen controls, and enhance the quality and scalability of accounting operations.
• Team Leadership: Manage, coach, and develop a team of senior accountants and analysts, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous professional growth.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, with significant corporate accounting leadership experience at a Director level.
• Experience: 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including a solid working knowledge of ASC 606 revenue recognition guidelines. Public company experience is strongly preferred, ideally within a large, complex, high-growth, technology, SaaS, or enterprise software environment.
• Skills: Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, corporate accounting, financial reporting, account reconciliations, close processes, internal controls, and SOX requirements; proven success driving process improvements and finance transformation initiatives; excellent verbal and written communication skills; strong cross-functional collaboration and team leadership abilities.
• Bonus: Practical experience with revenue accounting software or modules; experience with ERP systems, accounting automation tools, reporting tools, and finance systems; familiarity with Workday Financials or similar enterprise systems.