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News, trends, and insights for finance leaders and professionals.
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Agentic Contract Review and Redlining Is Here
AI-native, full-document review and redlining doesn’t just speed contract negotiations, it helps fulfill their true purpose.
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Forrester TEI Study Finds Workday Adaptive Planning Delivered 242% ROI
Workday Adaptive Planning users reported gains from automation. Learn how to break down silos, boost productivity, and turn FP&A into a profit-driving engine.
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Simplifying Financial Aid at the University of Tampa
Jackie Galzerano, director of financial aid at the University of Tampa, has spent her career making financial aid more accessible for over 11,000 students through thoughtful system design and active collaboration in the Workday Community.
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All In on Community and Collaboration
Meredith White, director of Workday Solutions at the University of Tampa, built one of the country's largest regional user groups in the Workday Community through customer collaboration and engagement.
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How to Read Financial Reports
Financial fluency is now a core leadership requirement, starting with the ability to read financial reports and use them to shape major decisions.
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How to Make a Profit Loss Statement
Master the profit and loss statement to strengthen financial discipline and gain visibility into the story behind your business performance
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Are You Ready for the Next Generation of ERP?
AI is redefining enterprise systems—and Workday is uniquely positioned for this moment.
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The Ultimate 2026 Accounting Salary Guide
Read the latest comprehensive breakdown of projected compensation across various roles and analyze the major trends—including the talent shortage and the impact of AI—that are driving career and salary growth in the industry
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Top 10 Financial Management Skills for CFOs
In a business world fueled by new technology and constant change, the finance function—and the CFOs who lead it—must be adaptable to succeed. Learn 10 key financial management skills to stay ahead.
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Scenario Modeling 101: A Framework for Strategic Financial Planning
Learn how a powerful scenario model’s carefully selected components can translate a future story into usable data.
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Vendor Management: Best Practices You Need to Know
Vendors have a direct impact on daily business performance and risk exposure. Managing those relationships with discipline and structure strengthens performance and creates a more resilient third-party network.
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How to Conduct a Risk Assessment
Every business faces risks and uncertainty. With a structured risk assessment framework in place, your teams can navigate change and disruption with speed and resilience.
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The Path to CFO: Your Guide to Success
The CFO role is more dynamic than ever. Success comes from building a career that blends breadth and expertise while staying true to the unique strengths and skills you can offer.
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Choosing the Best Accounting Software for Small Businesses
Eight in ten small business leaders are investing in cloud-based accounting software. Choosing the right platform can be the difference between small improvements and real transformation.
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How to Prepare a Budget Sheet Effectively
Finance leaders face constant pressure to balance financial growth with efficiency. Strong budgeting practices provide the structure to navigate shifting conditions with clarity.
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How to Manage Cash Flow: 8 Best Practices
More than 8 in 10 small businesses fail because of cash flow problems. To balance growth with financial stability, SMBs need smart systems and technology in place to make cash flow management continuous and effective.
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The CFO’s Ultimate AI Survival Guide
Learn how AI is moving finance from reporting to strategy with this four-step playbook for implementation and growth
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Sales vs. Demand Forecasting: What’s the Difference?
Modern forecasting demands a holistic approach and the right technology to support it. Learn how companies are connecting sales and demand forecasting with AI platforms to power predictive insight.
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10 Most Useful Excel Functions for Financial Analysis
Excel is still the most-used tool in the FP&A toolkit. Learn the advanced Excel functions finance professionals use for smart analysis, and why integrating Excel with financial management software is best.
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Optimizing Inventory Management for E-Commerce Businesses
In e-commerce, inventory directly shapes customer loyalty and financial performance. Companies that optimize it with the right strategies and technologies gain a stronger competitive position.
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3 Ways AI Has Changed the Insurance Industry
Learn how AI has transformed compliance and reporting to a proactive, real-time governance system by automating regulatory change monitoring, streamlining statutory filings, and ensuring ethical fairness through explainable AI (XAI)
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Workday Recognized as a Leader in Two Gartner Magic Quadrant Reports, Redefining Next-Generation ERP
We believe Workday’s recognition as a Leader in two Gartner Magic Quadrant reports and the only Customers’ Choice for Cloud ERP for Service-Centric Enterprises validates its position as the next-generation, intelligent system of action that helps finance teams navigate talent shortages and business complexity.
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CFO Playbook: Preparing for, Navigating, and Winning the Next Recession
Proactive finance leaders don’t just survive recessions. They strategically guide their organizations to thrive by fortifying financial resilience, driving innovation, and leading with transparent communication.
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The Ultimate Guide to ERP Implementation
ERP systems are one of the most critical technology investments companies make, yet implementation challenges often derail progress. A well-planned and executed ERP deployment can be the difference between failure and success.
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How CFOs Can Use AI to Navigate FX Turbulence
Forward-thinking finance leaders are turning to AI as they realize the traditional playbook for managing foreign exchange risk is outdated.
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The Secret Weapon Top CFOs Use to Boost Profits
Most effective finance leaders use a deep, hands-on understanding of the entire business—beyond just financial reports—to create value and drive long-term success
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One Workforce, One Strategy: Why Siloed Management Endangers AI Transformation
The biggest threat to your AI strategy might be internal. Data silos and redundant projects in different departments are crippling progress. A unified approach is key to realizing AI’s full benefits.
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Power Partnership: How CFOs and CIOs Can Co-Lead Digital Transformation
Finance and data leaders should think about how to enable true collaboration to develop a lasting competitive advantage for their organizations
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How to Create a Financial Plan for Your Business
Every business needs a financial plan to turn strategy into measurable action. This guide highlights the best tools, steps, and practices to build a plan that’s aligned to current needs and flexible for the future.
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From Rookie to Top Collaborator in the Workday Community
Bruce DeGraw has become one of the most active and trusted contributors in the Workday Community. By asking smart questions and sharing solutions, he’s helping Acrisure and companies like it make the most of Workday tools.
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How to Set Up Payroll Software for Your Small Business
Payroll software empowers SMBs to run with greater accuracy, compliance, and confidence. Learn how to choose the right system, implement it smoothly, and unify payroll with your HR system.
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10 Ways to Speed Up ROI on Your AI Investments
Here are a few actionable ways to help ensuring your organization’s success in an AI-driven business environment
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How to Prepare Financial Statements: 5 Essential Steps
Accurate financial statements are essential for making informed business decisions. Follow the steps in this guide to maintain reports that are reliable, consistent, and designed to drive strategic action.
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Supercharge Your Finance Team: AI as a Catalyst for Strategic Impact
Discover how AI is revolutionizing finance by enabling deeper data insights, fostering innovation in planning, and streamlining operations to empower CFOs and their teams.
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The Performance-Driven Agent: Setting KPIs and Measuring AI Effectiveness
Managing a performance-driven AI agent involves setting relevant KPIs, implementing robust measurement strategies, and engaging in continuous iteration and optimization to maximize AI effectiveness
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McLaren Racing’s High-Performance Partnership for the Fast Lane
Zak Brown and Laura Bowden drive McLaren Racing's success through a collaborative leadership focused on innovation, strategic agility, and a "Forever Forward" vision. Their partnership, especially in navigating the Formula 1 cost cap with advanced financial tools, ensures McLaren's sustained pursuit of excellence both on and off the track.
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Workday Named a Customers’ Choice in the 2025 Gartner® Voice of the Customer for Financial Planning Software
Workday has been recognized as a Customers’ Choice in the 2025 Gartner® Voice of the Customer for Financial Planning Software report. Based entirely on verified end-user feedback, this recognition reflects the strength of our partnerships and our continued focus on delivering modern, intuitive financial planning tools that help organizations thrive.
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Financial Consolidation and Close Process: A Guide
Financial consolidation and close is more than a reporting cycle—it’s a test of how connected, agile, and future-ready finance really is. Modernizing the process is the key to moving faster with confidence.
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Navigating Tariffs: A Retailer's Imperative for Agility and Growth
Understand what retailers need to not only survive but thrive with the uncertainty of tariffs.
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From Efficiency to Ingenuity: How AI Is Reimagining Finance
Discover how AI and automation can transform the finance function by empowering CFOs to drive creativity and efficiency.
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Future-Proofing Finance: Insights From Workday CFO Zane Rowe
Workday CFO Zane Rowe talks about the importance of agility, technology, and self-care in a finance organization poised to thrive into the future.
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12 Sales Forecasting Methods for Enterprise Business
Forecasting isn’t guesswork—it’s strategy. From historical trends to AI-driven financial forecasting models, learn twelve proven forecasting methods that help enterprise leaders plan with clarity and precision.
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The 4 Make-or-Break Priorities for Professional Service Firms in 2025
Explore key trends and findings within the 2025 Professional Services Maturity™ Benchmark report—and how professional services organizations can leverage them for current and future success.
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Key Financial Services Trends to Watch Right Now
Uncover pivotal trends shaping financial services in 2025. Learn how AI, embedded finance, and personalized wellness strategies are crucial for financial professionals and analysts.
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Workday Podcast | The Data Equation: Solving for Speed, Scale, and Accuracy in Business Transformation
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.
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How AI Is Changing Corporate Finance in 2025
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.
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The CFO’s Guide to Crushing the Competition (Without Breaking a Sweat)
Navigate the competitive business landscape with our CFO guide, offering expert strategies to build sustainable growth and transform financial acumen into a strategic advantage.
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How AI Is Shaping Predictive Analytics in Finance
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.
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2025 Financial Planning Trends Every CFO Should Know
2025 is well underway—but what will the defining trends be for CFOs? Read on to learn about the importance of upskilling finance teams, adopting cloud-based solutions, and AI as a key enabler of integrated finance.
