Workiva offers good features, but the one I like most is Linking. It’s great because I can change a spreadsheet and have it automatically update in the annual report. I also like that the interface is flexible, and I appreciate being able to view the revision history.

We have been utilizing Workiva as an audit tool for at least 2 years now for SOX testing purposes and simply having Workiva has made it well worth it. Also, I find that the Workstream feature is helpful when we need to get a large number of individuals involved to respond to PBC requests. It is much less of a hassle than sending multiple emails and hoping someone will read them.

The linkages among all these components of an audit are truly the best part of Workiva and you establish a linkage from a risk to a control to a process to a workpaper to a finding and then that chain remains intact throughout the audit cycle, so if you're asked to show how you arrived at some conclusion, you can simply provide the entire trail to support the conclusion without having to search through various folders.