Case Studies

Implementations That Hold Up to Audit.

Every engagement we take on is measured against one standard: does the financial data come out right? Here's a look at how that plays out across the organizations we serve.

Client names and identifying details have been changed or omitted to protect confidentiality. Engagement scope, outcomes, and sector context are accurate.
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Non-Profit
Workday Financials · Grant Accounting

Workday Financials Implementation for a National Health-Focused Non-Profit

A national non-profit with $800M in annual revenue and 40+ active federal grants needed to replace a legacy accounting system that could no longer produce the financial statements its auditors expected.

The Challenge

The organization's existing system had no native grant tracking capability. Program staff were maintaining grant budgets in spreadsheets, reconciling manually at month-end, and producing audit schedules by hand. The annual audit required weeks of preparation, and the finance team had no confidence that restricted fund balances were accurate between reporting periods.

Our Approach

We led a full Workday Financials implementation with a grant management configuration built around OMB Uniform Guidance requirements. The chart of accounts was redesigned to support fund accounting natively, with segment structures that tracked restricted, temporarily restricted, and unrestricted net assets separately. Grant worktags were configured to capture expenditures at the award, program, and cost category level, enabling real-time budget-to-actual reporting without manual reconciliation.

Over a year long project
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    Government
    Workday Financials · GASB Compliance

    GASB-Compliant Workday Implementation for a Mid-Size Municipal Government

    A municipal government with over a billion operating budget needed to modernize its financial management platform and bring its reporting into full GASB compliance following a state audit that identified material weaknesses in its fund accounting practices.

    The Challenge

    The city's legacy ERP had been heavily customized over 15 years and could no longer be upgraded. Fund accounting was inconsistent across departments, encumbrance accounting was not functioning correctly, and the annual Comprehensive Annual Financial Report required significant manual intervention to produce. The state auditor had cited the organization for two consecutive years.

    Our Approach

    We designed a Workday Financials configuration built specifically around governmental fund accounting standards. Governmental and proprietary fund types were configured as distinct accounting entities with appropriate basis-of-accounting rules. Encumbrance accounting was implemented across all purchasing workflows, and a CAFR-ready reporting framework was built natively in Workday using composite reports and financial statement templates aligned to GASB 34 requirements.

    Over a year long project
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      Large International Business
      Workday Financials · HCM · Payroll

      Unified Workday Platform Rollout for a Multi-Entity Professional Services Firm

      A professional services firm with over 300 legal enties, over 100k employees, and operations across 50 plus countries needed to consolidate disparate accounting, HR, and payroll systems onto a single platform ahead of a planned private equity transaction.

      The Challenge

      Multiple enties purchased in a a year and multiple sold off in a year, while completing a integration accross all companies in multiple regulatory envirnoments.

      Our Approach

      With an implementor on Workday Financials, HCM, and Payroll across all six entities in a phased rollout over several years, deveopled an Mergers and aquisitions process to bring on and take off enties in a changing environment.   Helped with break fixes, trained the team that was taking over, developed close processes and developed processes to access and build in regulations across several environments.

      Over a year long project

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