Workday services
    HCM / Illuminate / Adaptive Planning

    Workday

    Unify People, Finance and Enterprise Intelligence

    We implement Workday solutions that connect workforce planning to financial performance, bringing Illuminate intelligence and Sana self-service into controlled workflows with the same security, approvals, and auditability expected around payroll and the ledger.

    Platforms and Companies We Work With

    vituity
    mgh
    hpe
    equinix
    cohesity
    mirantis
    agbiome
    radisys
    16 wks
    Avg HCM Go-Live
    100%
    Client Retention
    Unified
    People + Finance
    50+
    Workday Projects
    5,000+
    Users Onboarded
    Overview

    Exafort combines Workday implementation and support with AI Solutions & Development to connect people, finance, planning, and operations. We configure HCM, payroll, security, reporting, and Adaptive Planning as the trusted foundation, then enable Illuminate and Sana experiences that surface context, guide users, and coordinate hire-to-pay work within defined roles, approval paths, exception handling, and auditable controls.

    Why Choose Exafort

    • Unified
      People + Finance Lens

      We connect HCM and financial planning in ways that pure HR consultancies miss. aligning workforce costs to business outcomes.

    • 16 wks
      Rapid Deployments

      average HCM Core go-live for mid-market clients using our accelerated methodology and pre-built configurations.

    • 100%
      Post-Go-Live Excellence

      of our Workday clients remain on managed services. a testament to the ongoing value we deliver.

    Capabilities

    What We Deliver

    • Illuminate & Sana Enablement

      Prepare Workday data, knowledge, security, and processes for intelligent assistance and self-service, with clear boundaries for recommendations, actions, and human review.

      IlluminateSanaNative AI
    • HCM Core, Talent & Workforce

      Configure organization structures, recruiting, onboarding, compensation, benefits, performance, time, absence, and workforce operations around governed business processes.

      HCMTalentWorkforce
    • Adaptive Planning

      Connect headcount, skills, capacity, and labor cost plans to financial scenarios so leaders can evaluate workforce decisions with shared assumptions and controls.

      Workforce PlanningScenariosFinance
    • Hire-to-Pay Controls

      Coordinate requisitions, worker changes, payroll allocations, contractor spend, and downstream accounting across Workday and NetSuite with approval gates and reconciled handoffs.

      Hire-to-PayApproval GatesAuditability
    • Integration, Security & Reporting

      Build EIB, Studio, Cloud Connect, APIs, role-based security, and governed reporting that provide safe context and actions to users, applications, and agents.

      IntegrationSecurityReporting
    • Adoption & Managed Evolution

      Guide change, role-based training, release adoption, workflow improvement, and ongoing support as Workday capabilities and enterprise AI practices evolve.

      AdoptionReleasesSupport
    Platform Capabilities

    Built for Enterprise Scale

    Platform dashboard
    Illuminate & Sana
    Bring native intelligence and self-service into Workday processes while preserving role-based access, business-process controls, and human judgment.

    We implement and support Workday for clients alongside NetSuite and Salesforce, and have since 2018.

    Platform Tour

    See What's Possible

    Self-Service Agent platform view

    Self-Service Agent

    Sana and Illuminate experiences help employees and managers find answers, complete routine work, and reach the right person when policy or judgment requires review.

    Grounded employee answers
    Contextual task guidance
    Role-aware recommendations
    Human escalation paths
    Methodology

    Our Proven Process

    A structured, transparent approach that minimizes risk and maximizes value at every stage.

    Phase 1

    Assess

    Map people and finance processes, data readiness, security boundaries, and opportunities for Illuminate, Sana, and planning.

    Phase 2

    Architect

    Design Workday business processes, planning models, integrations, intelligent experiences, and approval controls together.

    Phase 3

    Configure

    Build the HCM, workforce, planning, reporting, and security foundation that reliable intelligent experiences depend on.

    Phase 4

    Connect

    Integrate Workday with NetSuite, payroll, benefits, identity, and operational systems through governed interfaces.

    Phase 5

    Validate

    Test business processes, payroll and planning results, security, intelligent responses, and human handoffs end to end.

    Phase 6

    Evolve

    Support adoption, releases, workflow performance, and controlled expansion of intelligent Workday experiences.

    Case Study

    Example Engagement

    Healthcare System case study
    Healthcare System
    The Challenge

    A healthcare network running legacy PeopleSoft with manual payroll processes, compliance gaps, and no workforce analytics.

    Our Solution

    Deployed Workday HCM Core, Payroll, and Adaptive Planning with integrations to their EMR and benefits vendors.

    Transformation

    Before & After Exafort

    Before Exafort
    • Separate HR and finance systems
    • Manual payroll processing errors
    • Spreadsheet-based workforce planning
    • No real-time headcount visibility
    • Compliance risk across jurisdictions
    After Exafort
    • Unified people and finance foundation
    • Controlled payroll and workforce processes
    • Collaborative driver-based planning
    • Illuminate and Sana within defined roles
    • Governed hire-to-pay workflows with audit trails
    Why Exafort

    How We Differentiate

    • Unified People + Finance Lens

      We connect HCM and financial planning in ways that pure HR consultancies miss. aligning workforce costs to business outcomes.

    • 16 wks Rapid Deployments

      average HCM Core go-live for mid-market clients using our accelerated methodology and pre-built configurations.

    • 100% Post-Go-Live Excellence

      of our Workday clients remain on managed services. a testament to the ongoing value we deliver.

    FAQ

    Common Questions

    Yes. We've deployed Workday across multiple countries with localized payroll, compliance, and language configurations.

    Absolutely. We implement Adaptive Planning for organizations using Workday HCM or any other HR system.

    We use a phased approach with data cleansing, transformation rules, and multiple mock conversions to ensure accuracy on cutover day.

    We align intelligent experiences to Workday roles, authorized data, and configured business processes. Recommendations and self-service actions follow defined boundaries, with approvals and escalation when a decision affects employment, payroll, access, or financial records.
    Next Steps

    Start with Controlled Enterprise Execution

    Whether you are preparing core platforms for next-generation AI agents, stabilizing ERP and CRM integrations, or designing cross-system workflows, our engineering team is ready to evaluate your environment.

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    Experienced consultants since 2009

    Enterprise Platforms We Work With

    Oracle NetSuiteSalesforceWorkday