Workday New CFO Barbara Larson: Data-Driven Business

The Big Themes:
• The ability to tailor applications: A top CFO concern is tax management, and must be addressed on an end-to-end basis.
• The right foundation: It's been a big change from when we relied on it to give us reports and manage the data model.
• Transforming and enriching data: How a single, unified data model can turn operational data into accounting entries posted into the general ledger.
• CEOs are demanding cloud-based ERP: An end-to-end solution breaks down silos, accelerates insights, and drives better and faster decisions.

The Big Quotes:
“It's really an exciting time right now to be in finance.”

“For us adding or changing a legal entity or a business unit, maybe a division or even a currency is quick and easy.”

“I like to think about it as the two T's--technology and talent--and talent is definitely on everyone's mind today.”

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