Director, Corporate Accounting

About the role

Workday is looking for an experienced, transformation-minded Director of Corporate Accounting to join its Accounting leadership team. Reporting to the VP Controller, the role leads key corporate accounting functions, manages a team of direct reports and helps shape the future of the controllership organization. The ideal candidate combines the technical depth of a traditional Director with a forward-looking, improvement-oriented mindset.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and oversee core corporate accounting functions, ensuring accurate, timely results under U.S. GAAP, company policy and internal control requirements.
• Manage month-end and quarter-end close, including journal entries, reconciliations, fluctuation analyses and close deliverables.
• Oversee technical revenue recognition (ASC 606), contract reviews and deferred revenue reconciliations.
• Partner with the VP Controller and other Directors of Corporate Accounting to align the controllership organization.
• Manage, coach and develop senior accountants and analysts; evaluate and transform processes to simplify, automate and speed up close.
• Maintain internal controls, including SOX compliance, control documentation, audit support and remediation of control gaps.
• Support financial reporting, including schedules and documentation for internal, external reporting and audits.
• Drive process transformation and leverage technology, automation and reporting tools, partnering with FP&A, Tax, Legal, Procurement, HR and others.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including significant corporate accounting leadership.
• Solid working knowledge of ASC 606 revenue recognition.
• Proven people leader with experience managing, coaching and developing a team.
• Public company experience strongly preferred, ideally in a large, complex, high-growth technology, SaaS or enterprise software environment.

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, IFRS, corporate accounting, financial reporting, reconciliations, close processes, internal controls and SOX.
• Experience with ERP systems, accounting automation and reporting tools; familiarity with Workday Financials is a plus.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, and the ability to influence without authority.

What we offer

• A flexible work approach: at least 50% of time per quarter in the office or in the field, with the freedom to set a flexible schedule.
• Reasonable accommodations during the application process.