Workday Financial Management Features
Expense Reports (7)
Ease of Creating Expense Reports
Creation of expense reports takes little time and is intuitive for new users
Bank / Credit Card Integration
Can easily pull in receipts from all credit card statements
Smart Categorization
Automatically assigns categories/accounts based on past entries and credit card statements
Digital Receipt Management
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.
Employee Reimbursement
Functionality to reimburse employees directly to their bank account or can easily integrate with payroll system
Currency Conversions
Enables easy entry of expenses in other currencies and converts to expense report currency
Credit Card Integration
Integrates with corporate or personal credit cards (import or bi-directional)
Travel Management (4)
Ease of Booking
Can book Flights, Hotels, and Rental cars directly from software.
Itinerary Management
Creates travel itineraries based on booking
Trip Notifications
Integrates to calendaring systems and/or provides notifications of upcoming flights, hotels, rental cars, etc.
Advanced Integrations
Allows advanced integrations to travel systems like Uber, airline ticketing systems, hotels, etc.
Client Invoicing (3)
Invoice Creation and Delivery
Ability to create and send printable or electronic invoices. Includes standard invoice style library that can be customized/branded.
Electronic Payments
Accepts electronic payments from clients
Project Accounting / Revenue Recognition
Provides adequate reporting and/or can integrate to AP systems to recognize revenue appropriately
Mobile (3)
Receipt Capture
Can easily capture receipts, parse receipts and convert/assign them to a report from mobile device
Mileage Tracking
Allows users to track mileage from mobile device using maps or GPS.
Travel Itinerary and Flight Status Updates
Mobile application can store travel itineraries, electronic documents, and updates user of travel delays/changes
Administration (6)
Business Tool Integration
Provides standard connectors for popular Finance, Payroll, HRMS and CRM systems
Workflow
Routes Timesheets, Invoices, Expense reports through approval process. Easy to maintain and administer
Automated Reminders
Sends automatic reminders to employees that have not completed expenses reports and/or timesheets
Policy Compliance Management
Enables administrators to create rules that enforce compliances of corporate time and expense policies
User, Role, and Access Management
Grant access to select data, features, objects, etc. based on the users, user role, groups, etc.
PCI Regulation Compliant
Complies with PCI security standards
Platform (14)
Reporting
Access pre-built and custom reports and dashboards.
APIs / Integration
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.
Internationalization
Enables users to view and transact business with the same content in multiple languages and currencies.
Performance and Reliability
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.
Mobile User Support
Allows software to be easily used on multiple mobile devices include phone and tablet devices.
Offline
Provides users ability to create and access expense reports/timesheets while not connected to internet.
Customization
Allows administrators to customize to accommodate their unique process. Includes ability to create custom objects, fields, rules, calculations, and views.
Workflow Capability
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.
User, Role, and Access Management
Grants access to select data, features, objects, etc. based on the users, user role, groups, etc.
Internationalization
Enables users to view and transact business with the same content in multiple languages and currencies.
Performance and Reliability
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.
Output Document Generation
Allows administrators to create templates that enable users to quickly generate dynamic documents in various formats based on the data stored in the application.
Embedded AI / Machine Learning
Offers embedded AI/machine learning
Complex Approval Workflow
Provides workflow for complex approval structures
General Ledger (3)
Journal Entries
Increases user efficiency by auto-populating based on previously entered information. Schedules future entries. Allows Journal Entries to be uploaded from an external source.
Tags / Dimensions
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.
Audit Trail
Automates chronological tracking of transactions that have affected a specific operation, procedure, event or record
Accounts Receivable (3)
Invoice Customization
The layout of the invoice template is fully customizable and you can add or remove fields.
AR Automation
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.
Collections Automation
The system automates the dunning process to help drive collections
Accounts Payable (3)
AP Automation
Steamlines data entry by auto populating recurring or predefined vendor values
Payment Processing
Ability to manage, track and report on numerous payment types. Customize and automate complex purchase to pay work flow.
Purchase Orders
Software supports purchase orders and provides purchasing personnel, management and accounts payable with visibility needed to streamline the procure to pay process
Other Functionality (8)
Inventory Tracking / Ordering
Real time inventory tracking. Maintains accurate "On Hand" infomation by matching reserved inventory requested on purchase and sales orders.
Inventory Pricing and Costing
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.
Inventory Reporting
Customizable reporting allows insight into usage of inventory and services.
Multi-Entity / Consolidation
Multi-ledger and multi-tenant architecture. Automated consolidations, inter-entity transactions and eliminations
Recognition Rules
Automates recognition of revenue and expenses by defining recognition rules.
Reconciliations
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
Payroll module or integration to an external payroll provider which automates the recording of payroll
Time and Expense
Automated time and expense capture, tracking, approval, reimbursement and reporting
Reporting & Analytics (4)
Financial Statements
General reporting offered covers all of the standard financial statements and meets the basic needs of the business
Custom Reporting
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
Budgeting / Forecasting
Create and revise an unlimited number of budget, plan and forecast scenarios.
Dashboards
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
Integration (9)
Data Import and Export Tools
Ability to input, modify and extract data from the application in bulk through a structured file.
Integration APIs
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.
ERP and Accounting
Standard integration with accounting and ERP software
Sales and Marketing
Standard integration with sales and marketing software
Quote-to-Cash
Standard integration with Quote-to-Cash systems
APIs
Out of the box APIs to integrate with any type of software
Accounting
Provide integration with accounting and financial management software
Payments
Integrates with other payments software
ERP
Deliver integrations with accounting modules of ERP systems
Revenue Recognition (5)
Revenue Types
Support multiple types of revenues, such as recurring and transaction based
Revenue Allocation
Allows users to allocate revenues to various business entities or departments
Reclassification
Revenue can be reclassified from one category to another, such as from deferred to earned
Compliance
Provide compliance with accounting standards for revenue recognition such as ASC 605, 606 and IFRS 15
Scheduling
Automatic scheduling to ensure that revenue is recognized at the proper time
Revenue Performance (5)
Customer Performance
Track revenue performance by customer, customer groups, or demographics
Contract Performance
Monitor revenues per contract, contract types, or groups of contracts
Revenue KPIs
Provide revenue KPIs such as Customer Lifetime Value or Net Customer Worth
Pricing & Discounting
Analyse the impact of special pricing and discounts on revenue
Offering
Track the performance of bundles, special offers, and other sales incentives
Revenue Optimization (4)
Forecasting
Create forecasts to estimate future revenues
Promotion Programs
Ability to define promotions to increase revenues
Pricing Optimization
Adjust prices to attract more customers and to improve revenues
Re-evaluation
Revenue optimization activities can be evaluated on a regular basis
Cash Flow (3)
Track Cash Flow
Check cash on hand at the beginning of each month and view each day’s incoming and outgoing funds.
Income and Expenses
Add one-time or recurring cash flow items and add line items for each payment or deposit.
File Exports
Timesheets, projects, tasks, income or expenses can all easily be exported to pdf, xls or csv for simpel cash clow analysis.
Budgeting & Forecasting (4)
Budgeting / Forecasting
Create and revise an unlimited number of budget, plan and forecast scenarios.
Data Import
Import trial balance, monthly P&L, balance sheets, and other types of financial data
Versioning
Keeps track of all versions of a budget and allows users to compare versions
Historical Data
Forecasting is based on past transactions and historical financial or operational data
Revenue (3)
Revenue Types
Supports multiple types of revenues, such as recurring and transaction based
Revenue Allocation
Allows users to allocate revenues to various business entities or departments
Scheduling
Automatic scheduling to ensure that revenue is recognized at the proper time
Payroll (3)
Check/W-2 Printing
Allows administrators to print valid paychecks and W-2 forms.
Tax Calculation
Calculates taxes due and may include resources or tools for federal and state tax compliance.
Reporting and Dashboards
Access pre-built and custom reports and dashboards to track payroll costs and for compliance purposes.
Bill Generation (3)
Templates
Provide standard invoice templates that can be customized by users
Digital Billing
Ability to convert invoices to digital formats such as PDF
Recurring Billing
Automatically generates invoices at pre-defined time intervals
Bill Processing (3)
Consolidation
Allow users to consolidate multiple invoices into one
Batch Invoicing
Ability to create multiple types of invoices
Management
Manage invoicing for different types of products or services
AI (10)
Data Extraction
Uses AI to automatically input data from receipts, invoices, and other documents
Invoice Processing
Uses AI to generates, send, and track invoices
Expense Management
Uses AI to categorize expenses, detect anomalies, and provide insights on spending patterns
Fraud Detection
Uses AI to detect unusual patterns and flag potential fraudulent activities in real-time
Tax Compliance
Uses AI to assist in calculating taxes, ensuring compliance with changing tax regulations, and automate the preparation of tax returns
Support Chatbots
Uses AI and NLP-powered chatbots to provide customer support and assist with queries regarding financial data and reports
Bank Reconciliations
Uses AI to match transactions recorded in the accounting system with those in bank statements
Report Generation
Uses AI to generate detailed financial reports, dashboards, and visualizations to provide insights into the financial health of the business
Customizable Alerts
Uses AI to set up alerts for various financial activities, such as payment due dates or low cash balances
Predictive Analytics
Uses AI to analyze data to identify trends and make predictions
Mobile Applications - Accounting (6)
Cloud Integration
Enables synchronization of accounting data across devices in real-time
Notifications
Send push notifications for important updates, such as due dates, invoice statuses, or tax deadlines
UI
Simplifies interfaces to be user-friendly and tailored for smaller screens, such as mobile phones and tables
Offline
Allows users to view and update certain data without an internet connection
Expense Tracking
Allows users to capture and upload expense receipts directly from mobile devices
Invoice Management
Enables creation, editing, and sending of invoices
Agentic AI - Accounting (1)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Agentic AI - Billing (1)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Agentic AI - Expense Management (2)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Cross-system Integration
Works across multiple software systems or databases
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