News, trends, and insights for finance leaders and professionals.
Automation has fundamentally changed how invoice processing functions. Find out how automating invoice workflows, from AI capture to ERP integration, enhances efficiency and prepares finance teams for the future.
Finance leaders must assess risks, evaluate supply chains, and plan for a variety of scenarios to minimize the effects of tariffs while maintaining organizational agility.
Forward-thinking CFOs are leveraging AI to transform their teams and revolutionize finance. Understand why it’s critical that finance leaders embrace AI to stay competitive in a data-driven world.
Discover strategies for CFOs to navigate market volatility in 2025. Learn how to embrace financial flexibility and drive sustainable growth.
Uncover pivotal trends shaping financial services in 2025. Learn how AI, embedded finance, and personalized wellness strategies are crucial for financial professionals and analysts.
FP&A reporting has evolved from basic financial tracking to a critical driver of business strategy, helping companies make faster, smarter decisions. Read on to discover the right FP&A reporting solution for your business.
To thrive in today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, financial services organizations must harness the power of their data. Join us on Workday Shift: Moving Financial Services Forward for a conversation with Lee Vanderpool, chief accounting officer at General Atlantic. Vanderpool reveals how extracting key insights from data fuels competitive advantage and enables agility in decision-making.
Business process automation is transforming how companies streamline operations and enhance decision-making. Explore real-world examples, key benefits, and strategies for successful implementation.
Emotional intelligence is a necessity for today’s finance leaders. Understand its pivotal role in leadership and strategic business success.
From automating complex processes to delivering real-time strategic insights, AI is empowering corporate finance teams to not only keep up with the pace of change—but to lead it.
Small businesses often rely on ad-hoc financial planning even as evidence shows that a sound financial plan is key for growth. Read on to learn the components of a small business financial plan, its benefits, and common challenges.
AI is playing an increasingly integral role in finance teams—but many organizations still have low adoption rates. Read on to learn five key ways to use AI for financial analysis to drive greater results.
Navigating uncertain times is hard for any business—but it doesn’t have to be. Learn how scenario planning tools can set your business up for success.
AI has already led to huge changes in predictive analytics in finance, and the biggest are yet to come. Learn how automation and advanced data analysis are turning finance teams into strategic leaders.
2025 is firmly underway—but what will the defining trends be for CFOs? Read on to learn more about the importance of upskilling finance teams, adopting cloud-based solutions, and AI as a key enabler of integrated finance.
Sometimes taking a position not normally associated with finance pays outsized dividends. Workday CFO Zane Rowe talks career, customers, AI, and finance in a CFO Thought Leader podcast.
In an era of constant change, staying ahead of the curve is crucial. In this installment of the podcast series Shift: Moving Financial Services Forward, we talk with Oliwia Berdak, financial technology research director at Forrester Research. We caught up with Berdak to talk about Forrester’s predictions for 2025 and beyond
Profitable, sustainable growth is the closest thing the business sector has to nirvana—but achieving this state has proved particularly challenging in recent years. An insightful webinar highlights McKinsey & Company research into how companies can move the needle.
A solid strategy, an emphasis on customer satisfaction, and having the right people in the right roles are just some of the elements that set companies up to maximise shareholder value. Executives from Palantir, Palo Alto Networks, and Snowflake share their insights.
We’re honored to once again be recognised as a Leader in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Financial Planning Software for our completeness of vision and ability to execute.
We’re excited to be recognised as a Leader in this report once again. Workday Illuminate reflects our relentless commitment to innovation around how we deliver AI across the Workday platform to empower our customers with increased efficiency and deeper insights, unlocking the ability to seize new opportunities for growth.
Finance leaders who devote resources to a few key elements will be well positioned to elevate their roles to that of a futurist, according to a new eBook from Workday.
Financial services has been using AI for years, but what’s the next step with this transformative technology? Nicole Carrillo, managing director of financial services at Workday, talks with PwC’s Vikas Agarwal about everything AI in this installment of our podcast series, Shift: Moving Financial Services Forward.
How can professional services firms prepare for whatever comes next? To learn more, we talked with Kyle Wilkinson, strategic industry advisor for professional services at Workday, in this installment of our Industrious podcast series.
Finance leaders are ready for the top job, but what skills are needed for the transition?
Workday is introducing enhancements across an array of products focused on hyper-automating processes for financial management, planning, and spend management while improving the speed and accuracy of data insights.
A new report from Workday uncovers large businesses in the UK could save 7.9 billion employee hours per year through the use of ArtificiaI Intelligence (AI). Find out how you can embrace the future of work and consign productivity problems to the past.
Financial services has been using AI for years, but what’s the next step with this transformative technology? Nicole Carrillo, managing director of financial services at Workday, talks with PwC’s Vikas Agarwal about everything AI in this installment of our podcast series, Shift: Moving Financial Services Forward.
Organizations using true cloud platforms are best able to manage their finance, people, and data in a way that provides unprecedented transparency and agility that best prepares them for a future of growth.
Workday has over 280 five-star reviews as of April 30, 2024, in the Gartner Peer Insights “Financial Planning Software Reviews and Ratings” report.
Forrester Consulting conducted The Total Economic Impact™ of Workday for Professional and Business Services Firms study, on behalf of Workday.
Workday continues to deliver innovation to our customers, enabling advanced planning across the enterprise for increased productivity and better decision-making.
In this episode of the Workday podcast, Sport Alliance’s Philipp Rusch discusses how the right digital planning tools can enable fast-growing businesses to maintain agility while scaling. |
Operating in silos is the old way of doing business. For FP&A teams to deliver the most value to today’s organisations, they need to embrace cross-functional collaboration with key company functions.
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The unexpected is part of doing business, but smart leaders use what-if analyses to ensure they don’t miss out on opportunities or aren’t capsized by an emergency. Try these tips to guide your what-if analysis process.
Accelerate with Workday makes it easier than ever for companies to get started and see results with Workday—realizing 42% faster time to value. Learn how this new program helps keep organizations moving forever forward.
Report shows Application, Finance and IT leaders which technologies can transform their businesses as well as when and how to include them in their ERP strategy.
What’s the positive path forward for the retail and hospitality industries? Keith Pickens, managing director of retail and hospitality at Workday, shares his perspective in this installment of our Industrious podcast series.
In this episode of our Industrious podcast series, it’s all about challenges and opportunities for the tech and media industries, featuring special guest Randy Rasmussen, Workday managing director for tech and media.
FP&A teams have long relied on legacy systems. But as the associated costs climb—from maintenance requirements to operational inefficiencies—more finance and IT leaders are rethinking the status quo.
Today’s finance teams have more responsibilities than ever as CEOs increasingly look to the CFO to shape business strategy. In an increasingly challenging environment, AI and machine learning can cut through complexity and help finance add greater value.
Finance leaders should work to improve trust around AI to help improve adoption of the technology and enable digital transformation to achieve greater productivity, Workday CFO Zane Rowe said at the most recent World Economic Forum in Davos.
With the vast economic potential of generative AI becoming increasingly apparent, finance leaders are taking note. Deloitte’s recent CFO Signals quarterly survey shows what’s on their minds around benefits, risks, and barriers to adoption of the transformative technology.
Payroll has the potential to provide valuable insights for strategic decision-making, creating a big impact on business outcomes and significantly influencing the success of an organization.
Explore the standout insights, trends, and technological innovations from NRF 2024: Retail’s Big Show. Hear stories from Workday customers on how they’re reimagining the future of retail and delivering extraordinary customer experiences.
The right FP&A software can help transform your organisation—reducing manual processes and mistakes, speeding time to insights, and helping your company quickly react to market changes.
New ways of working have sparked professional services firms to rethink their approach to resource management and explore how technology, including AI and automation, can help. This episode offers a deep-dive into resource management with Richard Cassidy, chief commercial officer of Dayshape.
At Workday Elevate in London, Workday's Viren Patel was joined by Beazley's Head of Finance Operations, Dauda Jammeh, and PwC Partner and Head of Insurance & AWM, Tom Brown, to discuss the challenges companies face on their financial and digital transformation journeys and how technology and expertise can come together to deliver the best outcomes.
AI has the potential to transform many FP&A functions including quicker access to higher-quality data. But to reap the benefits, organisations will need smart security and privacy policies.
Tech industry CFOs must take a central role in technology transformation projects. Justin Joseph examines three critical areas where they can drive change through modernization.