Planning

Customers and Community Planning

Increasing Finance Operations Efficiency at First Sentier Investors

When First Sentier Investors was acquired, company leaders only had six months to stand up an all-new financial management platform. The CFO of First Sentier Investors shares how the company transformed its reporting, analysis, budgeting, and forecasting processes in record time.

Workday Staff Writers

Human Resources Planning

Technology, Media, and Entertainment Companies Explore the Future of Hybrid Work

At Conversations for a Changing World, leaders from Cisco and Accenture talked about the future of hybrid work for technology, media, and entertainment companies.

Jeremiah Barba

Human Resources Planning

From Workforce Management to Optimization: The Evolving Roles of HR and Operations

What may seem like a tipping point in the labor market has, in reality, always been a constant: change. Navigating this change in the moment requires a strong partnership between operational and HR leaders.

Jillian Ogawa

Finance Planning

How Continuous Recalibration Helps Your Business Avoid the Acceleration Gap

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.

Patricia Harris

Finance Planning

The Age of Agility Demands You Lose That Outdated ERP System

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.

Bob Hansen

Finance Planning

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

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.

Bruno J. Navarro

Finance Planning

How Scenario Planning Future-Proofs Finance

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.

Bruno J. Navarro

Finance Planning

Where CFOs Are Prioritizing Resources to Enable a Frictionless Finance Future

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

Bruno J. Navarro

Finance Planning

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

CFOs and other finance leaders recognize that future business survival requires greater agility in planning, reporting, and resource-capacity management. And while organizations will employ their own strategy for meeting these goals, a recent survey reveals that most leaders prioritize the adoption of smart technologies and cross-functional skills sharing.

Workday Staff Writers

Finance Planning

Top CFOs Say This Is Their Biggest Pain Point

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.

Workday Staff Writers

Finance Planning

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

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.

Barbara Larson

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

We’re delighted to announce that Workday has been recognized as a Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Core Financial Management Suites for Midsize, Large, and Global Enterprises. We’ve continued to invest in our unique architecture and intelligent data foundation to ensure our customers have the robust analytics and automation they need to respond to a changing world.

Terrance Wampler

Finance Planning

How to Recalibrate and Plan for a New Normal in Healthcare

The pandemic brought a large dose of uncertainty. But as many in the healthcare industry were still reacting to the initial blow, Vera Whole Health quickly pivoted to deliver its advanced primary care model with increased telehealth services.

Bob Hansen

Finance Planning

Workday Podcast: How Retail CFOs Are Innovating in Disruptive Times

The retail industry has gone through decades worth of changes since the start of the global pandemic, and retail CFOs are moving fast to ensure their companies are adapting and thriving. Experts from KPMG and Workday talk about this and more on the Workday Podcast.

Jeremiah Barba

Human Resources Planning

Why Integrated Workforce Planning Is Vital for Business Agility

The pandemic has created momentum for the remote workforce and there’s no going back, with one study predicting the total percentage of work from home employees will double in 2021. With this big change, one thing is for certain: Decades-old workforce planning processes will no longer work.

Workday Staff Writers

Finance Planning

3 Ways Finance Can Help Their Companies Navigate 2021

We’ve entered a new year with a lot of uncertainty still ahead. Workday President and CFO Robynne Sisco shares how finance leaders can help the broader business navigate uncharted waters.

Robynne Sisco

Customers and Community Planning

For HelloFresh, Business Agility Is Always on the Menu

When Germany-based HelloFresh needed to ensure it could remain nimble and make informed decisions quickly, it turned to Workday Adaptive Planning. This agility has become especially important during a time when meal kits have emerged as a popular alternative to restaurant dining and grocery shopping.

Bob Hansen

Finance Planning

How Finance Must Rethink Skills to Thrive in the Digital Era

The post-pandemic world, when it arrives, will transform many aspects of business as usual. As a result, CEOs will turn to finance leaders who not only have accounting experience, but also wider operational backgrounds and a broader mix of business experience.

Steve Dunne

Human Resources Planning

Finance and HR Leaders Discuss Planning in Times of Uncertainty

If we’ve learned anything from 2020, it’s that agility must be at the center of business planning. Leaders from Microsoft and G6 Hospitality talk about how they’re embracing continuous planning in times of disruption.

Jeremiah Barba

Finance Planning

xP&A: All You Need To Know About Extended Planning & Analysis

Gartner gave it a name, but the concept of Extended Planning and Analysis (xP&A) is nothing new. Learn more about xP&A and why it’s more important than ever for your enterprise.

Workday Staff Writers

Finance Planning

How Intelligent Automation Will Transform the Finance Function

As businesses seek to rebound from the global pandemic, the rise of intelligent automation will change the way organizations operate forever. This article examines how technologies such as machine learning will reshape the office of the CFO.

Steve Dunne

Finance Planning

Agility Is the Currency of Success

The latest release of Workday Adaptive Planning illustrates how hard we’ve been working to deliver the kind of innovations enterprises need today.

Suresh Bala

Analytics and Insights Planning

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

Human Resources Planning

The Grocery Industry: Fresh Innovation for Turbulent Times

Grocery stores couldn’t close their doors to change to the new way of operating in a pandemic. But they’ve adapted quickly and tapped into the positive force of innovation to keep feeding households everywhere.

Jeremiah Barba

Finance Planning

Workday Named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Financial Planning and Analysis Solutions

We’re proud to once again be recognized for our completeness of vision and ability to execute, especially at such a pivotal moment for businesses and economies.

Kshitij Dayal

Finance Planning

3 Finance Insights Guiding the Way to Business Recovery

Leaders need good quality data to make real-time decisions and steer their businesses on a path to normality. This article looks at three key insights finance leaders should be delivering to the business, and why they are so important today.

Steve Dunne

Finance Planning

Results of Workday’s 2020 CFO Indicator Survey: Agility Is Everything

When finance leaders were cast into the chaos caused by the global pandemic, many discovered that in the face of economic tumult, the ability to operate with agility is exactly what’s needed to prevent their businesses from capsizing.

Michael Magaro

Human Resources Planning

A Holiday Shopping Season like No Other

Due to the massive amount of disruption in the retail industry this year it’s somewhat futile to try and predict how the holiday season will turn out, so let’s talk about how it’s unfolding so far and how retailers are preparing for the busiest weeks.

Jeremiah Barba

Finance Planning

Workday Podcast: The Power of Planning in Today’s Businesses

Ethan Carlson, vice president at Alight Solutions, discusses the strong correlation between continuous planning and business agility, how technology enables planning, and why organizations are empowering people beyond the finance team with planning capabilities.

Mary Hayes Weier

Finance Planning

CFO Checklist: Guiding Your Business Through a Successful Return to Work

Finance leaders are in a critical position to help assess the options and impacts associated with returning to the workplace, including how the business can grow and react differently in the future.

Bob Hansen

Human Resources Planning

Workday Podcast: COVID-19 and Tech Companies: Making a Positive Impact

As the global pandemic unfolded, tech companies made quick changes to business models, and invested time and resources in the fight against COVID-19. We talk to a tech and media expert from Accenture about how the industry is playing a key role in this critical time.

Jeremiah Barba

Human Resources Planning

Workday Podcast: COVID-19 and Retail—Finding the Way Forward

Retail may never be the same after COVID-19. Accenture’s global retail consulting lead joins us to discuss how the industry is finding a way forward through disruption.

Jeremiah Barba

Planning

Global Study: Are Proserv Companies Falling Behind in the Race to Organizational Agility?

The COVID-19 pandemic likely exacerbated what we found in our global study, conducted before the crisis: The majority of professional services businesses experience competing challenges moving to real-time planning.

Ghadeer Redler

Human Resources Planning

Workday Podcast: Media and Entertainment: Lessons From Adversity

Mike Chapman, managing director of media and entertainment at Accenture, joins us to talk about the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on media and entertainment companies and how the industry is looking to the future.

Jeremiah Barba

Analytics and Insights Planning

3 Steps for Planning in a Changing World

Technological advances, ever-increasing customer expectations, and smarter, data-driven decision-making put pressure on finance teams to find new ways to operate with agility. But how do you plan in a way that allows you to respond to such events, from the predictable to the unlikely?

Bob Hansen

Finance Planning

CFOs Play a Powerful Role in Continuous Planning

Having the tools for data-driven decision making enables organizations to plan, pivot, and build strategic partnerships that support business continuity, growth, and changes in the healthcare industry.

Keith Lohkamp

Human Resources Planning

Workday Podcast: Slack’s VP of People on the Future of Work

The traditional work environment may never return. In this two-part podcast, Slack’s head of people, Dawn Sharifan, joined us to discuss remote workforce management in a crisis and the new world of work.

Jeremiah Barba

Finance Planning

Workday Podcast: To Deal with Disruption, Businesses Are Changing How They Plan

Rob Hull, founder of Adaptive Insights (now Workday Adaptive Planning), was a recent guest on the Workday Podcast to share his thoughts on how the need for agility is changing the way businesses plan.

Greg Thomas

Finance Planning

Looking Forward: Best Practices for Financial Scenario Modeling

As organizations try to make sense of an economic landscape that continues to evolve, business planning becomes more important than ever. Kinnari Desai, senior director of corporate finance at Workday, discusses scenario modeling and the importance of agility in planning.

Steve Dunne

Planning

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

Finance Planning

How the CFO Can Tackle Uncertainty and Persistent Change

The finance team is at the forefront of leading a business through uncertain times. What should CFOs be focused on? In this article, we look at five key areas to prioritize.

Steve Dunne

Planning

Global Study: How Retail Companies Approach Organizational Agility

Retailers know they must stay agile and flexible to thrive now and into the future. Our global study digs into the importance of organizational agility for retailers.

Workday Staff Writers

Customers and Community Planning

Message Is Clear at Adaptive Live 2020: You’re Essential—and So Is Modern Planning

More than 2,500 attendees joined us for our virtual Adaptive Live conference. Read on for the highlights, including how our customers are using Workday Adaptive Planning to adapt to a rapidly changing world, and where we’re investing to ensure our planning platform keeps pace with the demands of your business.

Kshitij Dayal

Finance Planning

Workday Podcast: Finance Transformation and the Road to Recovery

Sanjay Sehgal, principal, finance transformation at KPMG, shares his ideas for how finance leaders can guide their businesses forward during challenging times.

Steve Dunne

Finance Planning

Reforecasting Amid Upheaval: Best Practices for Financial and Workforce Planning

Our team of finance professionals shares tips for dealing with revenue shocks and workforce and capacity planning when income is hard to predict, and strategies for emerging from this pandemic in a position of strength.

Bob Hansen

Finance Planning

Workday Podcast: Enterprise Agility in the Age of Urgency

Workday Vice Chairman Tom Bogan, who led Adaptive Insights through to its acquisition by Workday, discusses the urgent need for agility in today’s environment and how it impacts an organization’s longevity.

Greg Thomas

Human Resources Planning

Workday Partner Tips: How to Build Operational Resilience to Strengthen Business Continuity

We're sharing guidance from some of our strategic partners—Accenture, Collaborative Solutions, KPMG, Mercer, OneSource Virtual, and PwC—on how to strengthen operational resilience during times of crisis.

Jillian Ogawa

Finance Planning

Workday Webinar Series: Finance Best Practices During Uncertain Times

Which areas should finance leaders focus on to best guide their businesses through these challenging times? In a two-part webinar series, we’ll examine scenario planning, closing the books remotely, cash and liquidity management, and more.

Steve Dunne

Finance Planning

Workday Partner Tips: Top Focus Areas for CFOs During COVID-19

We’re sharing advice from our strategic partner Deloitte on what CFOs should be focused on now. Those areas include virtualizing the finance organization, bolstering liquidity, and managing risk.

Steve Dunne

Planning

How to Gain Business Agility in Uncertain Times

It’s unclear how long the COVID-19 pandemic will impact businesses and the economy. Learn three critical planning processes finance teams should deploy to help their companies succeed during times of uncertainty.

Kshitij Dayal