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Presenters:
Katie Viner
Regional Vice President
Chad Bennett
Regional Sales Director
Between managing complex back-office operations, meeting employee expectations, and keeping financials accurate, many companies find themselves struggling to keep pace and are under constant pressure to do more with less. Legacy systems can pose significant challenges. And often, organizations find themselves trying to lower maintenance demands. These systems usually create more problems than they solve. They are either too complicated, too expensive, or offer too little support.
This is exactly why Workday GO was created: to provide organizations with a fast, affordable, and low-risk way to modernize HR and Finance while harnessing the power of AI. With pre-configured best practices and quick activation, Workday GO helps businesses achieve operational excellence, reduce risk, and scale confidently for the future.
Chad Bennett, Regional Sales Director at Workday, showed us how Workday GO helps businesses to become future-ready by activating a single HR and finance system. The Workday solution is built for growth, even for mid-sized companies that want to simplify operations and support long-term growth.
About Workday
Workday understands the challenges mid-sized companies are facing and knows how complex it is to balance growth with efficiency, especially with limited resources. That’s why they’ve built Workday GO, which can power the next stage and help businesses scale fast with HR and finance in one. It’s the down-market Workday solution built for growth.
Why Back Offices Hold Businesses Back
For many organizations, back-office inefficiencies stand in the way of growth. Outdated HR and finance systems create bottlenecks, slow down decision-making, and drain resources. While AI moves at warp speed, teams struggle to maintain day-to-day operations and to stay focused on innovation and strategic initiatives.
Workday GO addresses these challenges head-on by offering a unified, AI-powered platform that integrates accounting, HR, and payroll into a single system. This approach not only simplifies operations but also ensures that businesses never outgrow their tools as they scale.
What Makes Workday GO Different?
At its core, Workday GO is built around three guiding principles: simplicity, affordability, and support. Traditional implementations can take months or even years. Workday GO delivers results in as little as 30 to 60 business days. With Workday GO, companies can run the entire business on one system, eliminating the need to manage multiple disconnected tools. They can augment limited resources with AI-driven insights and automation and grow confidently with a system designed to expand as the business evolves, empowering them to unlock efficiency, control costs, and achieve long-term profitability.
Workday GO for HR and Finance
Human Resources teams are often bogged down with manual processes and outdated systems, always trying to simplify the employee experience. Key benefits of Workday GO are that it transforms HR by making it simpler, faster, and more engaging for employees and include:
- Accurate, on-time payroll management
- Simple tracking of time and absences
- Seamless integration with benefits carriers
- Streamlined employee data management
- Enhanced engagement through self-service tools
- Optimized HR operations with built-in AI
This means less administrative burden and more time to focus on strategic initiatives like employee engagement, retention, and talent development.
Finance teams are under constant pressure to close the books faster, maintain compliance, and provide strategic insights to leadership. Real-time insights empower financial leaders to have control and make smarter decisions with the Workday GO modern solution. Highlights include:
- Streamlined accounts payable and expense management
- Improved revenue management
- Always-on audit capabilities
- Real-time reporting and analytics
- Accurate, AI-enhanced accounting results
- Shorter month-end close cycles
When employees see their peers being recognized, it sets a standard and cultivates a sense of shared achievement.
From Zero to Live in 60 Days
Traditional system implementations are notorious for being slow and disruptive. Workday GO changes that with its Activation Playbook, which includes:
- Product-led configuration
- Data conversion support
- Comprehensive training
- Testing & release management
- Hypercare & operations support
- Feature adoption planning
With this structured approach, businesses can go live quickly – often within 35 business days for HCM—and immediately start realizing value.
Workday GO is a proven solution, and organizations that already use the solution have achieved impressive results:
- 50% increase in employee efficiency
- $325,000 in annual billing team cost avoidance
- Consolidation of five separate systems into one platform
These success stories demonstrate the tangible impact that Workday GO can deliver across industries.
Another advantage of choosing Workday GO is access to the broader Workday ecosystem. Customers benefit from:
- Free Workday learning libraries
- A vibrant community of peers and experts
- Continuous AI and platform innovation
- Certified Workday partners for ongoing support
This means businesses are joining a community that ensures continued growth and long-term success.
Get in touch with Workday today!
In an era where efficiency, adaptability, and data-driven decisions define success, Workday GO provides a clear path forward. By simplifying HR and Finance, integrating AI, and accelerating implementation, Workday GO equips organizations with the tools they need to scale, innovate, and thrive.
Workday GO provides all the features and capabilities of Workday in a package and at a price designed for small and midsize organizations.
For companies tired of being held back by outdated systems, the choice is simple: Go with Workday GO and unlock growth without limits.
For more information, contact:
Chad Bennett – chad.bennett@workday.com
Katie Viner – katie.viner@workday.com
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