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Happy with the product
What do you like best about the product?
Ease of rolling the document and linking throughout has been key for internal consistency. Additionally, comments within the live document allow for us to work collaboratively at the same time.
What do you dislike about the product?
We had issues using workiva for 'more than' just our external reporting needs - we had to negotiate for additional use licenses and space that we were not happy with the process.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Our biggest issue prior to workiva was the lack of internal consistency within our document - linking and building checks within workiva have made our turn process way quicker.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Consider what all you'd be using it for prior to starting
Latency Outside of United States Makes Tool Unusable
What do you like best about the product?
It includes controls, issues and testing mangement.
What do you dislike about the product?
In countries outside the US, the tool is not efficient due to latency issues in the SOX module.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
SOX Management
Great Central Repository for SOX compliancy documentation
What do you like best about the product?
I use it mainly to review the SOX narratives and see the data flows from one system to another. I'm new at my current company, and it helps to have visibility into some of the published system diagrams.
What do you dislike about the product?
I can't think of anything in particular aside from the fact that it's slow to load when I'm going through the documentation. I don't think it's my connection; I think it's the bandwidth of the server location where the data is stored.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I'm using it to pull some of the published system diagrams and use those as a basis to create more detailed Visio diagrams to link to some of our databases and data sources. I also used it to better understand the quote to cash process that I have responsibilities to prepare financial statements for the quarter close.
Workiva review
What do you like best about the product?
The ability to have all tests and documents together while also being able to make requests for control owners and have a dialogue with them real time regarding follow ups.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is sometimes a lag when our team is all using the system at the same time. There also seems to be a file size limit that hinders our teams ability to test in the instance
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Follow ups and client communications have become much easier to follow and track for real time reporting. More efficient work as we can use the predefined testing structures rather than creating from scratch
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you want to save time and manpower on audits consider wdesk
Really good
What do you like best about the product?
This is helpful for auditors and gives great insight into testing populations
What do you dislike about the product?
There is a learning curve at first abd can be a bit more user friendly
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Testing full populations and having an automated process
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Go for it!
Sr External Reporting Analyst
What do you like best about the product?
Easy to use and learn. Linking cells to workbooks that can be rolled forward makes the updating process efficient and straightforward. The auto-save functionality ensures work is never lost. The ability to easily sort workpapers into folders makes it simple to find prior workpapers every year. Do not sleep on the ability to link your filings to a workbook. This helps the roll forward process tremendously. You can update the date in one spot and it will automatically populate an entire 10-Q or 10-K at the click of a button. You can have one main work book for your income statement that can update throughout an entire filing at once. The filing process within workiva is simple as well. The ability to do a test filing with the SEC prior to filing ensures that your file is clean and ready to be uploaded.
What do you dislike about the product?
I would like to see better clarification of how you can upload and link different workpapers. There is nothing to dislike within Workiva from a external reporting point of view. The software is easy to use and learn. Linking cells to workbooks that can be rolled forward makes the updating process efficient and straightforward. The auto-save functionality ensures work is never lost. The ability to easily sort workpapers into folders makes it simple to find prior workpapers every year. Do not sleep on the ability to link your filings to a workbook. This helps the roll forward process tremendously. You can update the date in one spot and it will automatically populate an entire 10-Q or 10-K at the click of a button. You can have one main work book for your income statement that can update throughout an entire filing at once. The filing process within workiva is simple as well. The ability to do a test filing with the SEC prior to filing ensures that your file is clean and ready to be uploaded.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The upgrade to next-gen has made using Workiva and Wdesk even easier. Being able to have multiple accounts that can update filings simultaneously is a significant time-saver. Additionally, the auto-save function prevents the hassle of lost work. Being able to link cells to easy-to-use workbooks makes updating simple.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I recommend that you ensure your work papers are already in a spreadsheet format. This will help you ensure that you can upload your files and easily link them to your filings.
Workiva has been a great tool for automating our financial and regulatory reporting.
What do you like best about the product?
Workiva is very intuitive for accountants because many tools work like Excel and Word, but it has much more capability. It has helped a ton in automating our processes financial and regulatory reporting processes.
What do you dislike about the product?
The printing capability could be better. The ability to fit all rows in a page would be helpful. Also, the ability to adjust margins would be great. These issues can be worked around by exporting to Excel and making the adjustments there.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Many of our financial reporting processes were Excel-based and relied on loading the same information multiple times. The most significant benefit we have seen is an increase in productivity. The time commitment of our larger projects has decreased by around 70%.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Limit the number of data sources you use by pulling your data from the most direct source and include all the fields you could ever see yourself using. You can always find creative ways to lookup and total data, as long as the fields are there.
Workiva Review
What do you like best about the product?
It is a modern and user friendly platform. Workiva makes it easier to collaborate with team members in realtpeiem djfkdf ajskffdkfj
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't dislike anything about the platform.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are finding ways to make the preparation of our financial statements more efficient. The review process has been greatly improved with real-time visiblity.
Workiva is the Tesla of collaboration and reporting
What do you like best about the product?
My company, SmileDirectClub, has been a Workiva customer for almost 2 years - as we filed our initial 10Q and 10K with their SEC Filing Solution. Soon thereafter, we implemented their Integrated Risk Solutions - which include SOX, Audit, IT Risk & Compliance, ERM, and Policy Management. The ease of implementation, the continuous improvement of the platform, the excellent customer support from our Workiva have allowed us to grow as a company and easily adapt to WFH during COVID.
What do you dislike about the product?
Honestly, there is SO much in the Workiva platform, it is hard for a new user to grasp the breadth of the functionality. Workiva is working to improve this with their new "Home Page". The widgets and dashboards are fully configurable and are helping new users learn faster. But it is a challenge sometimes. I was a Workiva user at my previous company, as well, and I know that the product only continues to improve each quarter of each year. So, although it doesn't have everything I want right now, I know over time - it will.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
COVID has been a challenge for us - as my team and many others are now working remotely. But, the collaboration capabilities of Workiva (full audit trail, blackline capabilities, version control, review workflows) have enabled my Internal Audit Team to continue to work effectively and efficiently. My colleagues in Finance and Reporting have experienced similar benefits.
Also, the IR Solution's efficiencies have enabled my team to "do more with less." This has allowed us to assume all of the tasks previously shared with an external accounting firm (co-sourced audit) for our SOX Testing - saving SDC over $500K in 2020.
With the connected reporting capabilities, my internal audit team can now generate a draft audit report for my review in a day or less. Previously, this took days or weeks!
Also, the IR Solution's efficiencies have enabled my team to "do more with less." This has allowed us to assume all of the tasks previously shared with an external accounting firm (co-sourced audit) for our SOX Testing - saving SDC over $500K in 2020.
With the connected reporting capabilities, my internal audit team can now generate a draft audit report for my review in a day or less. Previously, this took days or weeks!
SOX Audit Made Easier
What do you like best about the product?
Continual willingness to upgrade the platform is very encouraging
What do you dislike about the product?
More steps could be integrated into the audit
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Time savings, automated certifications, linking between testing/narratives/flowcharts/database, company-wide access to all processes, and external audit limited access are all beneficial!
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