Workday Financial Management Features

Creation of expense reports takes little time and is intuitive for new users

Can easily pull in receipts from all credit card statements

Automatically assigns categories/accounts based on past entries and credit card statements

Provides various methods to easily capture receipts digitally and can automatically parse receipts to create expenses report entries. Methods may include mobile photos, desktop drag and drop, etc.

Functionality to reimburse employees directly to their bank account or can easily integrate with payroll system

Enables easy entry of expenses in other currencies and converts to expense report currency

Integrates with corporate or personal credit cards (import or bi-directional)

Can book Flights, Hotels, and Rental cars directly from software.

Creates travel itineraries based on booking

Integrates to calendaring systems and/or provides notifications of upcoming flights, hotels, rental cars, etc.

Allows advanced integrations to travel systems like Uber, airline ticketing systems, hotels, etc.

Ability to create and send printable or electronic invoices. Includes standard invoice style library that can be customized/branded.

Accepts electronic payments from clients

Provides adequate reporting and/or can integrate to AP systems to recognize revenue appropriately

Can easily capture receipts, parse receipts and convert/assign them to a report from mobile device

Allows users to track mileage from mobile device using maps or GPS.

Mobile application can store travel itineraries, electronic documents, and updates user of travel delays/changes

Provides standard connectors for popular Finance, Payroll, HRMS and CRM systems

Routes Timesheets, Invoices, Expense reports through approval process. Easy to maintain and administer

Sends automatic reminders to employees that have not completed expenses reports and/or timesheets

Enables administrators to create rules that enforce compliances of corporate time and expense policies

Grant access to select data, features, objects, etc. based on the users, user role, groups, etc.

Complies with PCI security standards

Access pre-built and custom reports and dashboards.

Application Programming Interface - Specification for how the application communicates with other software. API's typically enable integration of data, logic, objects, etc. with other software applications.

Enables users to view and transact business with the same content in multiple languages and currencies.

Software is consistently available (uptime) and allows users to complete tasks quickly because they are not waiting for the software to respond to an action they took.

Allows software to be easily used on multiple mobile devices include phone and tablet devices.

Provides users ability to create and access expense reports/timesheets while not connected to internet.

Allows administrators to customize to accommodate their unique process. Includes ability to create custom objects, fields, rules, calculations, and views.

Automates a process that requires a series of steps that typically require intervention by several different users. Administrators can write rules to determine who and when a user needs to complete a step. Also includes notification of users when they need to take action.

Grants access to select data, features, objects, etc. based on the users, user role, groups, etc.

Enables users to view and transact business with the same content in multiple languages and currencies.

Software is consistently available (uptime) and allows users to complete tasks quickly because they are not waiting for the software to respond to an action they took.

Allows administrators to create templates that enable users to quickly generate dynamic documents in various formats based on the data stored in the application.

Offers embedded AI/machine learning

Provides workflow for complex approval structures

Increases user efficiency by auto-populating based on previously entered information. Schedules future entries. Allows Journal Entries to be uploaded from an external source.

Ability to tag all transaction in the general ledger with customizable dimensions, classes, categories, etc. These dimensions should be available on any transaction in any module in the system and available to be reported upon.

Automates chronological tracking of transactions that have affected a specific operation, procedure, event or record

The layout of the invoice template is fully customizable and you can add or remove fields.

Automation helps the user be more efficient by populating default customer data, setting up systematic payments from clients and automatically matching customer receipts to outstanding transactions.

The system automates the dunning process to help drive collections

Steamlines data entry by auto populating recurring or predefined vendor values

Ability to manage, track and report on numerous payment types. Customize and automate complex purchase to pay work flow.

Software supports purchase orders and provides purchasing personnel, management and accounts payable with visibility needed to streamline the procure to pay process

Real time inventory tracking. Maintains accurate "On Hand" infomation by matching reserved inventory requested on purchase and sales orders.

Ability to establish multiple price levels. Update pricing on a per item or global inventory basis. Choice between multiple costing methods such as Average, LIFO, FIFO and Specific Unit.

Customizable reporting allows insight into usage of inventory and services.

Multi-ledger and multi-tenant architecture. Automated consolidations, inter-entity transactions and eliminations

Automates recognition of revenue and expenses by defining recognition rules.

Transactions are imported from source systems and automated matching reconciles majority of transactions. Includes user flexible, user defined matching and grouping rules to help reduce the time needed to produce accurate reconciliations.

Payroll module or integration to an external payroll provider which automates the recording of payroll

Automated time and expense capture, tracking, approval, reimbursement and reporting

General reporting offered covers all of the standard financial statements and meets the basic needs of the business

Reports created by the user to cater to specific requirements. If you can build it in Excel, you can build it in the custom report writer

Create and revise an unlimited number of budget, plan and forecast scenarios.

An easy to read, often single page, real-time user interface, showing a graphical presentation of the current status and historical trends of an organization's Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to enable instantaneous and informed decisions to be made at a glance

Ability to input, modify and extract data from the application in bulk through a structured file.

Application Programming Interface - Specification for how the application communicates with other software. API's typically enable integration of data, logic, objects, etc with other software applications.

Standard integration with accounting and ERP software

Standard integration with sales and marketing software

Standard integration with Quote-to-Cash systems

Out of the box APIs to integrate with any type of software

Provide integration with accounting and financial management software

Integrates with other payments software

Deliver integrations with accounting modules of ERP systems

Support multiple types of revenues, such as recurring and transaction based

Allows users to allocate revenues to various business entities or departments

Revenue can be reclassified from one category to another, such as from deferred to earned

Provide compliance with accounting standards for revenue recognition such as ASC 605, 606 and IFRS 15

Automatic scheduling to ensure that revenue is recognized at the proper time

Track revenue performance by customer, customer groups, or demographics

Monitor revenues per contract, contract types, or groups of contracts

Provide revenue KPIs such as Customer Lifetime Value or Net Customer Worth

Analyse the impact of special pricing and discounts on revenue

Track the performance of bundles, special offers, and other sales incentives

Create forecasts to estimate future revenues

Ability to define promotions to increase revenues

Adjust prices to attract more customers and to improve revenues

Revenue optimization activities can be evaluated on a regular basis

Check cash on hand at the beginning of each month and view each day’s incoming and outgoing funds.

Add one-time or recurring cash flow items and add line items for each payment or deposit.

Timesheets, projects, tasks, income or expenses can all easily be exported to pdf, xls or csv for simpel cash clow analysis.

Create and revise an unlimited number of budget, plan and forecast scenarios.

Import trial balance, monthly P&L, balance sheets, and other types of financial data

Keeps track of all versions of a budget and allows users to compare versions

Forecasting is based on past transactions and historical financial or operational data

Supports multiple types of revenues, such as recurring and transaction based

Allows users to allocate revenues to various business entities or departments

Automatic scheduling to ensure that revenue is recognized at the proper time

Allows administrators to print valid paychecks and W-2 forms.

Calculates taxes due and may include resources or tools for federal and state tax compliance.

Access pre-built and custom reports and dashboards to track payroll costs and for compliance purposes.

Provide standard invoice templates that can be customized by users

Ability to convert invoices to digital formats such as PDF

Automatically generates invoices at pre-defined time intervals

Allow users to consolidate multiple invoices into one

Ability to create multiple types of invoices

Manage invoicing for different types of products or services

Uses AI to automatically input data from receipts, invoices, and other documents

Uses AI to generates, send, and track invoices

Uses AI to categorize expenses, detect anomalies, and provide insights on spending patterns

Uses AI to detect unusual patterns and flag potential fraudulent activities in real-time

Uses AI to assist in calculating taxes, ensuring compliance with changing tax regulations, and automate the preparation of tax returns

Uses AI and NLP-powered chatbots to provide customer support and assist with queries regarding financial data and reports

Uses AI to match transactions recorded in the accounting system with those in bank statements

Uses AI to generate detailed financial reports, dashboards, and visualizations to provide insights into the financial health of the business

Uses AI to set up alerts for various financial activities, such as payment due dates or low cash balances

Uses AI to analyze data to identify trends and make predictions

Enables synchronization of accounting data across devices in real-time

Send push notifications for important updates, such as due dates, invoice statuses, or tax deadlines

Simplifies interfaces to be user-friendly and tailored for smaller screens, such as mobile phones and tables

Allows users to view and update certain data without an internet connection

Allows users to capture and upload expense receipts directly from mobile devices

Enables creation, editing, and sending of invoices

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input

Works across multiple software systems or databases