Senior Tax Provision Manager

Workday•Salt Lake, UT

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Workday is a Fortune 500 company and a leading AI platform for managing people, money, and agents, shaping the future of work. The company culture is rooted in integrity, empathy, and shared enthusiasm, encouraging curious minds and courageous collaborators. Workday is committed to providing trust to take risks, tools to grow, skills to develop, and long-term support for its employees. The Tax team consists of adaptive tax professionals focused on operational excellence, value creation through automation, and strategic yet compliant tax planning, embracing new challenges with company growth and global tax complexity. Workday is seeking a global Senior Tax Provision Manager to lead all aspects of ASC 740 reporting. This is an individual contributor role reporting into a Senior Director, Tax Accounting. The role involves shared ownership of global provision governance, ensuring accuracy, documentation quality, audit readiness, and predictable close execution. The position demands deep ASC 740 technical expertise and the ability to proactively identify and manage tax implications arising from business, operational, and accounting changes within a sophisticated multinational technology environment.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related.
10+ years of corporate income tax experience with deep specialization in ASC 740.
Significant experience preparing and reviewing global income tax provisions for a public, multinational company (technology or SaaS strongly preferred).
Experience interacting with external auditors and supporting SOX controls.

Nice To Haves

Experience with foreign provision including ASC 740 impact from U.S. GAAP to local statutory accounting difference.
CPA license is highly desired.
Familiarity with tax technology, provision systems, and automation.
Strong analytical and communication skills, including drafting technical memoranda.
Experience with OneSource Income Tax Provision and strong Excel skills are highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end global close process in accordance with ASC 740 including related SEC reporting, driving accuracy, timeliness, and control integrity.
Own global provision governance, including standardized templates, review protocols, documentation requirements, and escalation frameworks.
Conduct sophisticated ASC 740 technical analyses, including new accounting standards, business operations, structural changes, and tax law developments.
Act as an ambassador to across business functions to identify upstream operational or accounting changes and ensure timely evaluation of tax accounting impacts.
Lead technical assessment and documentation for transactions, restructurings, acquisitions, and other business events impacting the tax provision.
Serve as a technical reviewer for provision activities performed by teams outside the U.S.
Mentor and elevate the global team's technical capabilities and support long-term scalability.
Drive adoption of technology-enabled provision processes and documentation workflows.
Partner in automation, data readiness, and system improvement initiatives cross functionally.