Senior Director, Global Tax Planning

Workday
United States
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 259,000 - 388,600 annuallyFunction: Executive & General ManagementExperience: 15+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Stakeholder management","Collaboration","Problem-solving"]

Lead the global tax planning function for a multinational AI platform, shaping strategy, cross-border structuring, and M&A integration. Drive hands-on tax modeling of US international and cross-border scenarios, monitor regulatory changes, and partner with business leaders to align tax with commercial goals. Build and mentor a cross-border team, leveraging AI and automation to scale tax operations.

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Workday
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3 months ago

Senior Director, Global Tax Planning

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Job Summary

Lead the global tax planning function for a multinational AI platform, shaping strategy, cross-border structuring, and M&A integration. Drive hands-on tax modeling of US international and cross-border scenarios, monitor regulatory changes, and partner with business leaders to align tax with commercial goals. Build and mentor a cross-border team, leveraging AI and automation to scale tax operations.
Location: United States
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Global Strategy & Structuring: Design, implement, and govern the overall global corporate income tax planning strategy, including cross-border transactions, legal entity rationalization, and capital structuring.
  • •M&A & Integration: Lead tax workstreams for domestic and international mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures from inception through post-closing integration to maximize tax synergies and mitigate operational risks.
  • •Hands-on Technical Modeling: Lead the team in developing advanced tax modeling capabilities, as well as directly performing complex US International and cross-border tax modeling to project annual Effective Tax Rate (ETR) and cash tax impacts for corporate forecasting.
  • •Global Regulatory Monitoring & Readiness: Proactively monitor the global tax landscape and emerging tax issues, assess and quantify their potential impact, and ensure timely communication of upcoming rules to key tax leaders for collective strategic alignment and game plan development.
  • •Team Leadership & Development: Supervise and optimize the capacity of the planning team fostering a culture of technical excellence, clear operational boundaries, and proactive accountability.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 259,000 - 388,600 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Minimum of 15 years of progressive corporate multinational tax experience combined with public accounting (Big 4 preferred) experience, featuring deep expertise in foreign international tax, statutory financial experience and ASC 740 financial reporting.
  • •Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required. CPA or JD required.
  • •Comprehensive expertise in global corporate income tax planning, international structuring, M&A transactions, and post-merger integration.
  • •Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a proven track record of acting as a strategic partner to non-tax business leaders and translating complex technical tax concepts into commercial business insights.
  • •Strong leadership skills with a proven track record of managing, aligning, and elevating distributed, cross-border teams across multiple time zones and locations.
Experience:15+ yearsTaxMultinationalGlobal taxM&ACross-border
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationStakeholder managementCollaborationProblem-solving
Certifications:CPAJD
Languages:English
Tech Stack:AIAutomationTax enginesScenario modeling

Company Brief

Workday
Provides cloud-based enterprise applications for human capital management, financial management, payroll, and analytics. Delivers unified HR and finance software suites to large organizations, enabling workforce planning, talent management, payroll, and financial reporting.
Industry: HR Tech
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Pleasanton, United States
Founded: 2005
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