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SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 16 October 2019 – Workday Inc. (NASDAQ: WDAY), a leader in
enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, today unveiled new advancements across Workday
Financial Management and the Adaptive Insights Business Planning Cloud to help
enterprise customers better navigate the changing world of finance.
At Workday Rising, the company’s annual customer conference, Workday highlighted
how organizations will be able to reimagine their businesses with a new
application, Workday Accounting Center, and machine learning-powered
capabilities such as anomaly detection for accounting entries. Leveraging the Power of One–one source for data, one security
model, one user experience, and one community–Workday is uniquely suited to
deliver solutions to help enterprise customers streamline financial processes
and make faster, data-driven decisions.
With Workday, businesses
have a single
system to plan, execute, analyze, and extend–powered by machine learning, and
backed by an unwavering commitment to customer service. Using advanced
analytics to surface trends and insights, and machine learning to automate
manual processes and save time, Workday continuously innovates so organizations
can increase their business agility.
Innovations
to Transform Finance and Planning
Today’s
chief financial officers (CFOs) and finance leaders are faced with constant
change and new challenges in a rapidly-evolving environment driven by
technological advancements, shifting business models, and new competitors. This
leads to mounting pressure to innovate faster, provide more accurate forecasts,
and deliver insights that will help the business quickly respond and adapt to
market changes. With these new responsibilities at hand, CFOs find themselves
in the driver’s seat of navigating organizational transformation.
With new solutions announced
at Workday Rising, customers are able to:
Streamline
Accounting Processes With External and Internal Data
Workday
will help business users better manage the end-to-end process of creating
journal entries and reporting on enriched data from sources outside of
Workday–all in one centralized solution.
Automate Labor-Intensive
Processes With Machine Learning
Workday leverages data
science capabilities, which span state-of-the-art neural networks and classic
machine learning techniques, to intelligently automate traditionally
labor-intensive finance processes. With this approach to machine learning, the
system is able to better understand the relationships between financial
entities. For example, it can learn about the relationships between cost
centers, spend categories, projects, regions, currencies, and more to
understand that expenses like taxis, airfare, and hotels are all related. This
approach enables various features that help save time and resources,
including:
Make
Faster, More Informed Decisions
Every user can be
empowered to make smarter, data-driven decisions with operational insights the
business needs, and capabilities that enable a more seamless transition from
planning to execution.
Comment on the News
“As the finance function
continues to evolve, CFOs and finance leaders are looking for tools that will
help their teams focus on more strategic work and innovate in a way that
enhances revenue,” said Barbara Larson, general manager, Workday Financial
Management. “Workday is weaving new technologies such as machine learning and
advanced analytics into every aspect of our accounting and finance solutions to
save time and enable faster, data-driven decisions. By creating more
efficiencies across the board, we can help drive agility and immediate business
value for our customers’ benefit.”
Additional Information
Availability
All products and
features are available or planned for availability in the next calendar year.
Workday is a leading provider of
enterprise cloud applications for finance and human
resources. Founded in 2005, Workday
delivers financial management, human capital management, planning, and
analytics applications designed for the world‘s largest companies,
educational institutions, and government agencies. Organizations ranging from
medium-sized businesses to Fortune 50 enterprises have selected Workday.
Forward-Looking
Statements
This press release contains
forward-looking statements including, among other things, statements regarding
the expected performance and benefits of Workday’s offerings. The words
“believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,”
“expect,” “seek,” “plan,” “project,” and similar expressions are intended to
identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are
subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. If the risks materialize or
assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the
results implied by these forward-looking statements. Risks include, but are not
limited to, risks described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC), including our Form 10-Q for the fiscal year ended July 31,
2019 and our future reports that we may file with the SEC from time to time,
which could cause actual results to vary from expectations. Workday assumes no
obligation to, and does not currently intend to, update any such
forward-looking statements after the date of this release.
Any unreleased services,
features, or functions referenced in this document, our website, or other press
releases or public statements that are not currently available are subject to
change at Workday’s discretion and may not be delivered as planned or at all.
Customers who purchase Workday, Inc. services should make their purchase
decisions based upon services, features, and functions that are currently available.
© 2019. Workday, Inc. All
rights reserved. Workday and the Workday logo are registered trademarks of
Workday, Inc. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective holders.
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