Finance

Finance Planning

CFOs Reveal Top Priorities for Future-Proofing Finance Teams

Philippa Lawrence

Customers and Community Finance

Finance in a Digital World: Factory or Strategic Function?

Bruno J. Navarro

Customers and Community Finance

How the C-Suite Shaped the PGA European Tour’s Digital Drive

Finance Technology Innovation

The Top 5 Questions CFOs Should Ask Themselves in 2022

Workday Staff Writers

Procurement Finance

3 Ways Ralph Lauren Accelerates Procurement

Danyelle Guernsey

Analytics and Insights Finance

Planning for Volatility: Elements and Strategies CFOs Need to Succeed

Bruno J. Navarro

Customers and Community Finance

Finance Leaders Discuss Why ESG Is an Imperative for Business Growth

Workday Staff Writers

Finance Technology Innovation

How Professional Services Automation Supports the Full Life Cycle of Client-Facing Projects

Anthony Mercado

Finance Planning

What CFOs Need to Consider When Envisioning the Future of Finance

Bruno J. Navarro

Customers and Community Finance

A Generational Shift: The CFO’s Role in Redefining the Future of Work

Bruno J. Navarro

Finance Planning

Dynamic Forecasting: A North Star for Businesses in Uncertain Times

Subarna Ganguly

Finance Technology Innovation

Global Study: Retailers Excel at Organizational Agility

Workday Staff Writers

Customers and Community Finance

Hospitality Industry Finance Leader Discusses Managing Risk and Agility During the Pandemic

Finance Planning

How to Improve Profitability Analysis

Workday Staff Writers

Customers and Community Finance

How European Finance Leaders Are Preparing for a Post-Pandemic World

Workday Staff Writers

Customers and Community Finance

Stout Drives Growth Through Digitization

Workday Staff Writers

Procurement Finance

4 Pillars of an Effective Supplier Management Program

Danyelle Guernsey

Customers and Community Finance

Drury Hotels Launches Holistic Digital Transformation

Workday Staff Writers

Workday Podcast: McKinsey Expert on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Reporting

Finance Human Resources

What Is an ERP System, and Why Workday Is Different

Jillian Ogawa

Finance Planning

How Continuous Recalibration Helps Your Business Avoid the Acceleration Gap

Patricia Harris

Customers and Community Finance

Coleman Worldwide Moving Enables Better Decision Making

Workday Staff Writers

Finance Human Resources

Workday Podcast: CFOs and CHROs Expect Growth Through Adversity

Bruno J. Navarro

Finance Planning

Charting the Path to Modern Planning

Workday Staff Writers

Bank of America CEO Highlights the Competitive Advantages of ESG Principles

Bruno J. Navarro

Finance Planning

Machine Learning and the Future of Intelligent Planning

Workday Staff Writers

Customers and Community Finance

Retail & Hospitality Industry Summit: Moving Ahead With Agility and Analytics

Jeremiah Barba

Workday Podcast: How CSA Group Is Enabling Finance Digital Acceleration

Finance Planning

What Is xP&A?

Workday Staff Writers

Finance Planning

The Age of Agility Demands You Lose That Outdated ERP System

How Financial Services Industry CFOs Can Better Adapt to Change

Why Both Technology and Soft Skills Are Now Crucial for CFOs

Bruno J. Navarro

Finance Planning

CFOs Expect Robust Growth Over the Next Year, Look to Meet Challenges

Bruno J. Navarro

Why CFOs Should Expect More Than Speed From Their Cloud Provider

Workday Staff Writers

Finance Planning

How Scenario Planning Future-Proofs Finance

Bruno J. Navarro

Finance Planning

Where CFOs Are Prioritizing Resources to Enable a Frictionless Finance Future

Bruno J. Navarro

Finance Planning

Global Study: Finance Leaders Reveal Key Goals and Challenges for Driving Digital Acceleration

Workday Staff Writers

Customers and Community Finance

Communications, Media, and Technology Summit: Why Innovation Is the Only Way Forward

Jeremiah Barba

Finance Planning

3 FP&A Forecast Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make

Workday Staff Writers

Looking Forward: How CFOs Can Leverage Data Analytics to Guide Their Companies

Bruno J. Navarro

Finance Planning

Top CFOs Say This Is Their Biggest Pain Point

Workday Staff Writers

Finance Planning

How to Strengthen Collaboration Between Finance and the Business

Workday Staff Writers

Procurement Finance

Why Partnering With Diverse Suppliers Is a Win-Win for the Enterprise

Finance Planning

Harvard Study: Finance Faces Long Road to Data and Analytics Maturity

Barbara Larson

Workday Podcast: A Tech CFO Looks to the Future

Jeremiah Barba

Looking Forward: 8 Trends Impacting the Office of the CFO

Workday Staff Writers

Finance Planning

Workday Named a 2021 Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Core Financial Management Suites for Midsize, Large, and Global Enterprises for Fifth Year in a Row

Terrance Wampler

It’s All in the Details: How Data-Rich Subledgers Fuel Financial Agility

Angela Borth

Finance Human Resources

3 Myths About Payroll Service Bureaus and Efficiency

Jillian Ogawa

Finance Planning

Ready to Make Planning a Company-Wide Process?

Workday Staff Writers

Finance

Workday’s latest CFO Indicator survey asked 267 CFOs around the globe about their plans and priorities for the next five years. Learn how those who were identified as “finance outperformers” are leading the way by investing in skills and technology for the future.

Extracting insights from data is becoming more important for CFOs, as finance teams are expected to unlock value in an increasingly digitized world. Four CFOs describe their journeys at a recent Fortune event.

The PGA European Tour’s chief financial officer, chief technology officer, and chief people officer discuss finance, IT, and HR transformation against the backdrop of a global pandemic.

Finance leaders helping to shepherd their companies toward an increasingly technology-enabled digital operating model are demanding more capabilities from their ERP solutions. Addressing five key questions can help enable a smooth transition.

The global sourcing leader at Ralph Lauren shared insights and best practices for driving high-performing procurement at our Conversations for a Changing World digital event.

CFOs at Broadridge, DocuSign, and Trivago have relied on their diverse professional experiences to lead during the pandemic-related uncertainty of the past few years. They spoke about their priorities during a recent Fortune virtual event.

Discover how a professional services automation (PSA) platform can help services organizations better deliver on client projects and increase efficiency, insight, and customer satisfaction.

CFOs must take a forward-looking approach when thinking about data, talent, and technology for the finance function, according to experts from AICPA, Deloitte, and Workday.

Finance leaders from Accenture, Cisco, Toyota North America, and Workday shared insights on how they’re thinking about the future of work at a recent event. That includes prioritizing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts and building stronger relationships with employees.

According to our latest global study, retail organizations are ahead of other sectors in understanding the importance of digital revenue and, more importantly, having the agility to act quickly on opportunities.

Neil Gribben, vice president of accounting and control at hospitality and leisure company Belmond, met with Workday’s Tim Wakeford to discuss how finance has pushed forward with digital acceleration during the pandemic.

Profitability analysis can drive decision-making and move the needle on future profits by answering key questions.

Jon Leins, finance and accounting director at global investment bank and advisory firm Stout, explains why his team decided to replace more than 10 legacy systems with Workday in one big-bang deployment—and how its new enterprise management cloud is delivering game-changing efficiencies.

Building out a supplier relationship management (SRM) program doesn’t have to be intimidating. Explore the four pillars of a successful SRM program and best practices for driving supplier performance.

Companies must think beyond a “lift and shift” of their current ERP system to the cloud. Instead, they must uplift and re-shift their systems and processes to align with achieving business goals in the digital age. That’s why Workday, as an enterprise management cloud solution, is different.

The pace of business is even faster now as companies plan for life after COVID-19. What's trending today becomes tomorrow’s disruption—and tomorrow’s disruption will eventually define a new way of working.

Tom Stewart, chief knowledge officer at AchieveNEXT, discusses key insights from the global “2021 CFO-CHRO Sentiment Study,” including what’s top of mind for finance and people leaders in the coming year.

For a growing number of successful enterprises, becoming more adaptable has meant charting a path to modern planning.

Although environmental, social, and governance issues aren’t simple, Brian Moynihan advised CFOs in a recent Fortune event to approach ESG metrics in a way that is straightforward, calculable, and deliverable.

The pace of change was accelerating even before businesses were rocked by the pandemic. Change will remain a fixture long after pandemic disruption is over.

Business leaders in the retail and hospitality industries at a recent Workday summit talk about how they’re finding a path forward that looks less like surviving and more like thriving.

Gartner gave it a name, but the concept of Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A) isn't new. Learn more about xP&A and what it means for your enterprise.

The challenge for many CFOs is that the technologies and processes they currently have in place for planning may actually hinder their efforts to achieve agility.

Shift happens—again and again. Yet to succeed in an ever-changing business environment, financial services industry CFOs must drive better decision making and flexibility by uniting operational and financial data in an enterprise management cloud.

The evolving role of the CFO means that rising finance leaders must now be fluent in technology and human relationships. Panelists at a Fortune virtual conversation shared their unique approaches to leadership.

Finance leaders say they’re bullish on their companies, and want to improve environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting and diversity and inclusion efforts, according to PwC’s latest Pulse Survey.

Understanding a company’s key variables and how to react to different outcomes can help leaders respond to future challenges—and succeed in turbulent times.

A Workday global survey reveals how finance leaders are looking to invest in digital transformation to address growing data challenges and emerging topics.

Business leaders in the communications, media, and technology industries at a recent Workday summit discussed what matters most as they find new ways to reach their customers.

Rolling forecasts can be true game changers. If you take the time to avoid some of these common mistakes, you can be sure that your FP&A team becomes a key driver of business results.

A recent Deloitte report finds high quality data is a top priority for a vast majority of business leaders, but deploying the right solutions is its own challenge. A recent webinar examines real-world examples of what digital transformation can achieve.

Finance leaders from a variety of industries came together at a recent Fortune CFO Collaborative event to talk about the critical role of the CFO in a post-pandemic world. Read more for the highlights.

Many companies suffer poor communication and collaboration between financial and non-financial groups. Learn how finance can engage operations in planning.

Procurement teams have an opportunity to meaningfully contribute to their companies’ diversity and inclusion goals by consciously partnering with diverse businesses, defined as any company that is at least 51% owned by persons identifying with underrepresented groups.

This article looks at a global survey of 162 finance managers and senior executives that reveals significant conflicts between finance leaders’ aspirations and how they do their day-to-day work.

The disruption of the pandemic affects tech, media, and entertainment companies in many different ways, and the office of the CFO is adapting through it all. On this episode, our guest is Liz Brittain, CFO of cybersecurity company HackerOne.

Rakesh Duggal, senior manager at Deloitte, connected with Annette Melatti, Workday’s senior director, solution marketing for the office of the CFO, to explore the trends shaping the future of finance and to discuss how finance leaders can incorporate them into their everyday work.

Accounting subledgers at financial services companies are data-rich resources hiding in plain sight, waiting to be tapped for insights. This article, the second in a two-part series, explores why combining operational and finance data is essential for business insights.

To empower your business’s payroll teams to quickly adapt to change, outsourcing payroll services may not be the answer. We look at three myths that prevent payroll from adapting to change — and the realities around what’s needed for efficiency and agility.

Enhancing collaboration with other parts of the business was a top priority for 70% of CFOs surveyed. Learn how it can improve your forecasting and planning.