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About The Team
Workday is seeking a Variable Compensation Manager to review and ensure the accuracy of information used to calculate compensation, perform validations and execute on SOX controls, help to support the team respond to workmate inquiries and escalations, making process improvements, and running variable compensation adjustment processes. This role will lead the day-to-day Variable Compensation activities at our Pune, India site. The candidate should be a self-starter, excellent communicator, and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
About The Role
- Develop a high performing team of Variable Compensation analysts.
- Oversee and ensure the timely delivery and administration in the execution of various month and quarter end validations and SOX controls.
- Engage and manage the Field inquiry adjustment processes, including reviewing case requests and implementing a framework to manage higher risk adjustments.
- Support workmate case inquiries adhering to SLAs.
- Act as a point of contact for high-priority or sensitive concerns, providing expert guidance and resolution.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to investigate, document and resolve the root cause of an issue and implement preventive measures.
- Proactively identify and thoroughly investigate discrepancies, anomalies, or other data inconsistencies and return suggested courses of action to resolve.
- Support and oversee workmate document routing and gather metrics related to status changes.
- Identify process and system improvement areas and work with relevant stakeholders to drive change.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders such as the Sales Design team, Revenue teams, and other teams as needed.
- Experience handling ad hoc requests and responding timely.
About You
Basic Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience within Variable Compensation or other related finance or compensation functions.
- 3+ years of managerial / leadership experience.
- 3+ years of experience leading a dotted-line reporting team providing global support.
Other Qualifications
- Master’s/Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, or other business related degree preferred.
- Shown accounting and controls experience.
- Experience with Salesforce.
- Experience with SPM systems (e.g., Xactly) or Varicent.
- Strong analytical problem-solving skills.
- Detail oriented with excellent interpersonal skills.
- Experience working with internal and external audit preparing and reviewing SOX level controls.
- Customer service; ability to respond appropriately and timely to needs of organization.
- Confirmed experience in identifying and implementing process improvements.
- Motivational leader with a strong track record to build, develop, train, and coach compensation professionals.
Our Approach to Flexible Work
With Flex Work, we’re 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 you'll 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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