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Washington County staff: Workday rollout will automate finance and HR, centralize grants tracking
Summary
County staff reported that the planned Workday enterprise resource planning rollout will automate finance and human resources processes, standardize data via "work tags," consolidate grants tracking and require additional training and staffing adjustments.
Washington County staff told county leaders that a planned rollout of the Workday enterprise resource planning system will automate multiple finance and human-resources processes, centralize grants tracking and require more training and staffing, according to remarks recorded during the meeting.
County presenters described automation of tasks such as consolidated bank reconciliations and cost-center approval workflows in finance, and automated open-enrollment and enhanced job-profile reporting in human resources. "This will make life easier for workforce members and managers," a staff member said.
Those changes are intended to standardize data across the county using Workday's "work tag" system and to provide leaders with consolidated financial reporting, dashboards and real-time analytics. "Information at our fingertips," the staff member said, adding that Workday will also create a centralized historical data repository to support faster, data-informed decisions.
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