Frictionless Finance: Driving Data to Value

Finance business partners are vital to businesses and organizations that rely on you to support sound decision-making. To combat the compression of time and increased competition and complexity, future-ready finance organizations have removed the friction from key finance processes through relentless automation. They’ve claimed ownership of the finance data model, creating a data value chain where those within the enterprise are informed and empowered to make the best decisions.

In this whitepaper, Deloitte, Workday, and AICPA offer a roadmap and practical use cases using Workday solutions to accelerate digital finance. Based on the eight trends detailed in Deloitte’s “Finance 2025 Revisited” report, this whitepaper explores how to:

• Speed up the data-to-decision process
• Remove friction from key finance processes, such as the close
• Deliver business-driven insights

The piece features perspectives from:

• Amy Feirn – Deputy CEO, Deloitte
• Matt Schwenderman – Principal and National Practice Leader Workday Financials, Deloitte
• Mike Danitz – Principal, Finance and Enterprise Performance, Deloitte
• Robynne Sisco –Co-President, Workday
• Barbara Larson – Chief Financial Officer, Workday
• Kinnari Desai – Vice President, Business Finance, Workday
• Mike Magaro – Senior Vice President, Business Finance and Investor Relations, Workday
• Ash Noah – Vice President and Managing Director, Management Accounting, AICPA & CIMA
• Andrew Harding – Chief Executive – Management Accounting, AICPA & CIMA