Workday Financials Introduction
Workday Financials Introduction
Workday Financials Introduction
Introduction
Workday@Yale
April 18, 2017
Agenda
• Overview
• Roles
• Chart of Accounts
• Next Steps
Overview
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Workday@Yale Objectives
~100 Senior
Leadership
~3,900
Clerical Workers
and Technicians
Program Team
162 66
262 300+
Impacted Systems
Systems
We are working to ensure Critical for
that Workday information Go-Live 92
flows smoothly between
existing systems such as
the ID system, SciQuest, Other People Data
Financial
Facilities, etc. Systems 81 Only 81
and People
Data 34
Where necessary, we are
making changes to those
existing systems.
Financial
Data Only 58
Timeline
2017 2018
Jan-Mar Apr-Jun Jul-Sept Oct-Dec
Financials Go-Live
Training
HR/Payroll/Academic Optimization
Financials Optimization
Functions and
Features of
Workday
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Workday Features
• Payroll Costing
Finance and
• Journal Entries
Asset
• Endowments and Purchasing and Expenses
Management
Spendable Gifts
• Commitments
• Moveable Asset
Inventory
• Cash Sales (RIF)
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Workday Roles: Who Does What
Workday ROLES:
Are assigned to Positions
Determine function in a business process (i.e. initiate,
approve, etc.)
Determine what you can see and do in Workday
Provide access to data within the assigned cost center
POSITIONS:
A Position is the “seat” that a specific Worker occupies Workers are hired into Positions and
A Position does not refer to a job title inherit the Workday role(s) of the
May be assigned one or many Workday roles Position
Chart of
Accounts
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What is the Chart of Accounts (COA)?
Today we call it … Tomorrow we will call it … What is it?
Oracle Chart of Accounts Workday Chart of Accounts General term to describe the full set of data points used for
Chart of Accounts Chart of Accounts standard accounting and financial reporting.
COA COA In Workday this includes delivered pieces of the Workday
Financial Data Model (FDM) and also some worktags that are
configured by Yale.
COA Segments COA Segments Each individual piece of the chart of accounts – the buckets.
Oracle Project, Org, etc.
Workday Program, Cost Center, etc.
The list of values for each segment are called the “segment
values”.
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Preparing for Go-Live
We are developing a plan now to prepare you for Go-Live and will share
more information in the coming weeks, including:
• Cutover Dates
• Impacted Systems
• Interim Steps
What’s Next
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Community Engagement
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