August 9, 2023
You’ve likely heard the phrase “The future is now.” For five years, we’ve painstakingly prepared our financial work for the future state, which finally arrived when we launched Workday® Finance last month. After that monumental milestone, we immediately shifted into a new period called...
July 20, 2023
It was with great excitement — and yes, a little trepidation! — that we marked a significant milestone two weeks ago: after years of planning, preparation and enormous effort, Workday® Finance went live on July 6.
We created the UW Finance Transformation (UWFT) program five years ago, with the mission of designing a new, modern finance and supply chain infrastructure This gargantuan...
June 13, 2023
After years of preparation and anticipation, we’re finally on the brink of launching Workday® Financials next month. At the end of 2022, I shared that our...
March 16, 2023
What’s the first thing you do when you get a new gadget or appliance for your home? The first thing I do after unboxing it is read the instruction manual, and then I immediately search YouTube for instructional videos. I’m motivated by and eager to reap the benefits: If I can learn to operate this new remote control for my window blinds, I can keep the bright sunlight out, or if I can assemble my new...
February 22, 2023
By: Margaret Shepherd, Chief of Staff and Chief Administrative Officer, Executive Office of the President & Provost; Program Sponsor, UW Finance Transformation
Andreas Bohman, Vice...
January 10, 2023
Happy New Year! With the turn of the calendar, it’s almost hard to believe that we’re just about six months away from launching UW Finance Transformation (UWFT) and our new finance and supply chain infrastructure.
As...
December 14, 2022
Looking back, 2022 started out as the year that UW Finance Transformation (UWFT) was dedicated to charging full-steam ahead, accomplishing our goals while looking forward to go-live in July 2023. While I like that steam engine analogy, I can’t help but feel like this year has...
September 14, 2022
A new academic year is one of my favorite times; I love the excitement, school spirit and energy of vibrant campus life. But, it occurred to me — if you’re someone involved with campus financial activity — by this time next year you’ll be working with new systems and processes, as well as navigating new policies. If that seems like a big deal, it’s because it is! With less than a year left in the UW...
January 13th, 2022
In less than 18 months, UW Finance Transformation (UWFT) will go live and begin to transform our fragmented and out-of-date finance policies, processes and systems. This work is vital so that we can advance our University’s public mission of education, discovery, community service and patient care.
This new infrastructure, set to launch in July 2023, will enable us to make real-time, well-informed and...
December 15, 2021
As we approach the end of 2021, looking back at this time last year -- December 2020 -- we were all in waiting mode. The COVID-19 vaccine was starting to be administered. We had hopes of resuming leisure travel, reopening businesses and returning to campus. Within UW Finance Transformation (UWFT), the program also took a moment and decided to insert a new stage --...