Financial Services

Even in Times of Uncertainty, Banks Can Chart a Course for Growth

Disruption is no longer a dark cloud on the horizon. It’s present and fully accounted for, and banks are transforming their planning operations with agile solutions so they can chart a course for growth—no matter what weather lies ahead.

Jim Gahagan October 29, 2020

Leading CEOs Share Key Learnings from 2020

CEOs from Cisco, Microsoft, and Nasdaq talk about a year of both tragedy and resilience, why digital technologies are critical to the health of our economy, and why companies must accelerate efforts around social justice and opportunity for all.

Workday Staff Writers October 29, 2020

How Prudential Is Delivering a World-Class Employee Experience

By prioritizing the wellbeing of its customers and employees, Prudential plc helps people get the most out of life. Jolene Chen, group head of HR, shares how the company is able to deliver on its value and purpose through a time of change and disruption.

Workday Staff Writers September 14, 2020

CEO Perspective: How Artificial Intelligence Is Transforming Businesses

Artificial intelligence (AI) enables business leaders to focus their time on the challenges that really matter. Workday Co-Founder and Co-CEO Aneel Bhusri, Nasdaq President and CEO Adena Friedman, and Fortune President and CEO Alan Murray share their thoughts on how AI will further shape the future of business.

Workday Staff Writers September 04, 2020

How Equiniti Reshaped Finance and HR with Workday

As businesses rebound from the outbreak of COVID-19, the need for agility intensifies. Robert Bloor, group financial controller at Equiniti, describes how his organisation transformed its finance and HR systems to support continuous change.

Steve Dunne August 20, 2020

H&R Block and Workday: The Power of Partnership

Read highlights from my conversation with H&R Block CIO Alan Lowden, which took place during our virtual Workday Innovation Summit, about the company’s digital transformation experience and how he defines a true partnership.

Emily McEvilly August 03, 2020

Global Study: Are Financial Services Firms Doing Enough to Build Organizational Agility?

The future belongs to financial services firms that are agile, from the business planning process to the ability to adjust to new market conditions.

Jillian Ogawa June 22, 2020

Workday Elevate Digital Experience for Europe: Rising to Today’s Challenges with Confidence

We invite business leaders throughout Europe to join us for the Workday Elevate Digital Experience, where you’ll hear from Workday and our customers on how to gain insights, navigate change, and keep your organizations moving forward.

Workday Staff Writers June 10, 2020

Workday Podcast: Inside a Global Fintech Company’s Digital Transformation

Alfa’s head of information systems shares what it’s like leading IT for a global fintech company. As a full suite Workday customer, he also shares how the company is using our solutions to guide its digital transformation journey.

Mary Hayes Weier June 01, 2020

Understanding the Basics: What Is a Financial Management System?

Here’s a quick guide to the new demands of the finance function, what you need to know about financial management systems, and how the right financial system can help companies adapt to a changing world.

Workday Staff Writers June 01, 2020

How Upskilling Is Critical to the Changing World of Work

Businesses must adopt new skills within their workforces to keep up with frequent advances in technology. Three HR leaders share how companies can stay ahead of emerging tech developments through upskilling and reskilling.

Workday Staff Writers March 12, 2020

The Financial Services Skills Gap: Are Baby Boomers the Answer?

The baby boomer generation is the fastest-growing workforce demographic in financial services. Here’s how the industry can do a better job of leveraging the generation’s wealth of knowledge and experience.

Jillian Ogawa February 25, 2020

In Good Company: Financial Services in the Age of Disruption

The phrase "disrupt or get disrupted" isn't about choices. For the financial services industry, it's a mantra of survival. Learn more from Deloitte Consulting LLP about the accelerating pace of change and how the finserv industry is keeping up.

Workday Staff Writers January 07, 2020

Financial Services: Why Is Data Stuck in the Dark Ages?

The traditional view of data is no longer a fit for the changing world of business. Just like how the printing press accelerated the dissemination of knowledge, modern innovations have furthered the power of data.

Jim Gahagan January 02, 2020

Banks Should Focus on Core Competencies, Not Tech, in Their Digital Transformation

Banks that seek to leverage technology more efficiently, but don’t strive to be technology firms themselves, are best positioned to deliver the future of financial services, writes Jerry Silva of IDC Financial Insights.

Jerry Silva October 22, 2019

The Evolution of IMC’s Tech Revolution

Executives from IMC, a global market maker that buys and sells securities, discuss their technology journey with Workday and how that has evolved from both an IT and cultural perspective.

Steve Dunne September 19, 2019

Global Survey: Outdated Technology Is the No. 1 Threat to Insurers

For years, insurers were squeezing the life out of their legacy systems as a way to avoid high replacement costs. Now, new survey results indicate, insurers realize technology underpins much of their business.

Jillian Ogawa September 12, 2019

How Banking Leaders Use Digital Transformation to Drive Agility

In banking, leaders across the business must take a collaborative approach toward digital transformation by starting wherever they are and meeting the front office, where customers interact, in the middle.

Jillian Ogawa September 04, 2019

Travelex: Embracing Continuous Innovation to Stay Ahead

Claire Woolley is head of HR Technology at London-based Travelex, the world’s largest foreign-exchange provider. Woolley discusses business agility, HR innovation, and the company’s plans to stay ahead of its competitors.

Steve Dunne August 20, 2019

3 Ways Financial Services Companies Can Win the Battle for Talent

To win the battle for talent, the finserv industry must adopt an age-old adage: If you can’t beat them, join them. Finserv companies will gain an edge by leveraging the same attributes that draw talent to the technology industry.

Jillian Ogawa July 30, 2019

Why a ‘Culture of Compliance’ in Banking Should Be Second Nature

Banks that adopt compliance as a cultural practice find they gain the agility and efficiency necessary for long-term success.

Chris Artemenko July 29, 2019

Shelter Insurance Brings HR, Financials, and Analytics Together, part 2

The director of accounting at Shelter Insurance shares how his team is using Workday Prism Analytics to increase efficiencies, layer in data, and gain insights into Shelter's workforce and financials.

Chris Artemenko May 07, 2019

Shelter Insurance Brings HR, Financials, and Analytics Together, part 1

The director of accounting at Shelter Insurance shares his experience of deploying Workday HCM, including benefits they're already seeing from having financials and HR in one system.

Chris Artemenko May 06, 2019

Why Insurers Are Putting the Back Office in the Driver’s Seat

After having spent years on enhancing front-end customer experiences, wise insurance carriers are taking a hard look at the rest of their outdated systems and moving them to the cloud. Read more to learn why.

Jim Gahagan April 11, 2019

Workday Podcast: The Forces Shaping Financial Services

As the pace of change in technology and business continues to increase, the financial services industry must evolve to keep up. Experts from Deloitte discuss the latest technology trends affecting financial services companies and what leaders need to do to stay innovative.

Greg Thomas April 08, 2019

How We’re Helping You Prepare for IFRS 17

IFRS 17, which goes into effect in 2021, represents one of the most significant shifts to insurance accounting requirements in 20 years. Workday and Aptitude Software have partnered to create a seamless integration between Aptitude’s IFRS 17 solution and Workday Financial Management to help companies transition to the new reporting standard.

Steve Dunne November 08, 2018

Survive and Thrive: How Financial Services Institutions Can Face the Digital Storm

It’s been more than a decade since the financial crisis, which brought with it unparalleled levels of disruption and strict compliance requirements for banks and financial services institutions. However, there is also a fantastic opportunity to continue to grow and thrive—if organizations push digital transformation to the top of their agenda. Gonzalo Benedit shares three important takeaways for financial services companies to consider.

Gonzalo Benedit October 15, 2018

Financial Services: Innovating in a Risk-Averse Industry

When it comes to innovation, many financial organizations focus solely on optimizing the customer experience. Yet firms must evaluate their internal systems with just as much scrutiny. Learn how the right technology can enable your employees, improve business performance, and help keep data secure.

Chris Artemenko May 25, 2018

How Financial Services Firms Can Shift from Data Hoarding to Decision-Making

While financial services firms have innovated their front office with new technologies to meet rising customer expectations, they may have overlooked the needs of their internal customers—their employees. With the right strategy and systems to make sense of information, organizations and their employees can turn valuable finance and HR data from a collection of facts into actionable insights.

Chris Artemenko December 06, 2017

AAA NCNU: On the Road to Planning Nirvana

Dustin Cramer, vice president of financial planning and analysis at AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah (NCNU), discusses how the company's budgeting and planning has improved with Workday.

Workday Staff Writers October 30, 2017

Why Good Technology Matters for Financial Services Firms

The financial services industry is undergoing enormous change. Business leaders should be asking, “How have our business technologies evolved to keep up with increasing expectations from our internal customers—our employees?”

Chris Artemenko August 13, 2017

Q&A with Aon and WeWork: The Business Impact of an Agile Financial Management System

We spoke with Aon and WeWork about the business impact of their Workday Financial Management deployments, and why organizations shouldn’t replicate their current business models in a new financial management system. Read on for highlights from those conversations.

Workday Staff Writers May 30, 2017

The CFO and CIO: Digital’s Dynamic Duo

Many successes can be attributed to CFO-CIO teamwork, yet there's still room for improvement in the way these two roles collaborate. Deloitte Partner Matt Schwenderman provides valuable advice for a stronger partnership between the CFO and CIO.

Matthew Schwenderman September 01, 2016

Workday to Acquire Platfora

Workday has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Platfora, a leading provider of operational analytics and data discovery tools that enable companies to visually interact with and analyze petabyte-scale data in seconds. Read more from EVP Mike Frandsen.

Mike Frandsen July 21, 2016

Hire Finance People Who Welcome and Embrace Change

Contrary to popular belief, there's never a dull moment in finance. Your ability to manage constant change starts with hiring the right finance people. Read more from Workday CFO Robynne Sisco.

Robynne Sisco July 05, 2016

Finance in the Cloud: Why the Conversation Has Changed

There used to be a lot of talk about whether the cloud was secure enough to manage an organization’s financials. Mark Nittler explains why the conversation has shifted from “Why cloud?” to “I’m ready for finance in the cloud—what can it do for my business?”

Mark Nittler February 29, 2016

Auditing Forward: How the Auditor’s Role is Changing and Why

Kendall Tieck, Workday’s VP of Internal Audit, shares how financial auditing can serve a greater purpose by also contributing to business planning and strategy.

Robynne Sisco February 09, 2016

Talking Vertical: Workday’s Approach to Industries

Workday VP John Webb discusses our industry strategy, and reveals what makes Workday—and our customers—unique in how we approach this effort.

Workday Staff Writers August 06, 2015

Workday Community Voices: Moving Finance to the Cloud to Support Growth

Workday Staff Writers July 31, 2015

Q&A with Dustin Cramer, Director of Financial Planning & Analysis at AAA NCNU

What's a misconception about the finance profession? "That we are bean counters and all we do are taxes. I am an expert in numbers, not English, but math can also tell a story."

Workday Staff Writers May 27, 2015

5 Questions on Workday Professional Services Automation

Today we introduced Workday Professional Services Automation (PSA), a new solution I am very excited about. Here are some of the questions I've received from customers, prospects, and partners about Workday PSA and how it's differentiated.

Betsy Bland April 09, 2015

Workday Recognizes Innovative Customers with First-Ever Inspire Award

This week Workday presented Allied Global with our first Workday Inspire Award. This award recognizes outstanding customers that are doing an amazing job of leveraging business insights from Workday to deliver quantifiable results for their organizations.

Workday Staff Writers November 07, 2014

Diary of a Deployment Part 3: Going Live with Workday Financial Management

Last March I wrote about how quickly the deployment took off after selecting Workday—we had converted a full year of historical data and were testing transactions within the first 10 weeks. In my second post, halfway through the deployment, I shared how we were using Worktags to tag keywords and events in our data so we could later report and analyze it in different ways and from different views. In this third installment, I want to share some immediate benefits and changes that we're already seeing or expect to see in the near future.

Mark Stinson November 03, 2014

Four Questions with Robynne Sisco, Workday’s Chief Accounting Officer

As our chief accounting officer (CAO), Robynne Sisco manages day-to-day finances at Workday. We asked Robynne to share a bit about her role at the Workday Blog, as well as her unique perspective as a user of Workday's financial management system. Robynne told us that being a CAO isn't all about numbers and accounting regulations—at least not when you're at a company that's redefining finance for the enterprise.

Workday Staff Writers July 09, 2014

Diary of a Deployment Part 2: Business Insights with Workday Worktags

You may have read my post yesterday about the first few months of our Workday Financial Management deployment and what we accomplished in that short time. Today’s post is about Shelter Insurance Companies’ goal for more transparency across our business, which we expect to achieve with the data transparency and analysis capabilities within Workday.

Mark Stinson May 15, 2014

Diary of a Deployment: Workday Financial Management at Shelter Insurance

Late last year, Shelter Insurance Companies selected Workday to move our finance operations off legacy technology and into the cloud. We are nearly halfway through and expect to have Workday Financial Management fully deployed in September. Workday invited me to contribute to the Workday Blog, and I’ve taken them up on the opportunity to share our experience with others.

Mark Stinson May 14, 2014