Accelerate Record to Report with SAP and Workiva

Mike Rost Vice President, WorkivaJason Bargas Director SAP Alliances, Workiva

• Overcome challenges to maintain data assurance throughout the financial close reporting cycle

• Eliminate data silos by bringing together SAP and non-SAP data together in the cloud

• Recognize benefits of connecting data directly to financial statements, disclosures, and related internal reports and presentations

Learning Objectives

Workiva leadership in financial reporting

79%Fortune 500

31.1%of all SEC Filings

3200+customers

1200+running SAP

96%revenue retention

95%customer

satisfaction

“Customers scored Workiva as above average in 10 of the 11 key areas surveyed…all Workiva

reference customers would recommend it to others...”

Workiva was named a Leader in Gartner's 2018 Magic

Quadrant for Cloud Financial Close Solutions

Analyst Recognition: Market Leader

8/10

The Best Trust Workiva

9/10 8/109/10

8/10

8/10

150+

Financial services Health care Technology Cloud services

GovernmentCommunications Manufacturing

Based on 2017 revenue. Data from Capital IQ,

Top banks Top pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and

life sciences

Top technology hardware and equipment companies

Top software and service companies

8/10 Media

Top media and entertainment companies

Top communication services companies

Top automobiles and components companies

Top federal, state, and local agencies

of the world's data was created in the

past two years1

90% $221Bspent on data and analytics in 20182

80%time spent on data

navigation, organization, validation, and reconciliation4

72%share critical desktop spreadsheets across

multiple teams3

More data

More investment

More risk

More disconnect

Lack of data assurance increases business complexity

1IBM Marketing Cloud, “10 Key Marketing Trends For 2017.” 2Represents the combined relevant revenue of the top 5 firms as well as Gartner’s estimates of the current size of the business analytics market. 3McKinsey&Company, "The case for behavioral study." 4 Accenture, "CFOs becoming data doctors."

The Financial Close Process

Record Close Consolidate Analyse Report

The Accounting Close

Statement of cash flows

Structured data

Unstructured data

Financial Close Process

Primary spreadsheets Secondary spreadsheets Key reports

Tax provision

Management reporting

Board reporting

SEC reporting

Business unit reporting

P&L trends

Non-GAAP analysis

Variance/flux analysis

Balance sheet analysis

Investor relations

KPI analysis

Consolidatedtrial balance

Variance/flux analysis

Equity roll forward

Statement of cash flows

10-K

Audit committee

package

CFO review deck

Rounded financials

Earnings presentation

Flash report

Revenue bysegment

Statutory reports

Business unit report

External auditor review

Non-GAAP measures

KPI analysis

Tax provision

EPS

Monthly ops report

Board package

B/S analysis

Inventory analysis

8-K

Blue book

Consolidatedtrial balance

Today’s Financial Close Process

Structured data

Unstructured data

Connected Reporting and Compliance

Docs Sheets Slides Workspaces Workflow

Excel® sync

Linked data

Office® importers Workiva APIs Workiva connectors Data preparation

Reporting Automation

Connectivity

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The Modern Financial Close Process

Trial balance

Statement of cash flows

Balance sheet analysis

P&L trends

Variance/flux analysis

Non-GAAP measures

Revenue by segment

Tax provision

Equity roll forward

The Accounting CloseAnalyze Report

ERP

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The contents of this presentation are confidential. Copyright © 2019 Workiva.

Variance analysis

Workiva Streamlines Financial Close Reporting

Management report

Board report

YTD 2018

Actuals BudgetService revenue 32,915 32,526

In-store revenue 21,455 21,115

Online sales 14,908 14,554

Net sales 69,278 68,195

Data connectivity Collaboration Audit trail Ease of use

Cloud platform

Accessible anywhereand any time

Collaboration engine

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Purpose-built to streamline data management anddelivery

The contents of this presentation are confidential. Copyright © 2019 Workiva.

The contents of this presentation are confidential. Copyright © 2019 Workiva.

The contents of this presentation are confidential. Copyright © 2019 Workiva.

The contents of this presentation are confidential. Copyright © 2019 Workiva.

The contents of this presentation are confidential. Copyright © 2019 Workiva.

Global Agri-Business—Total Economic Impact™

266% ROIOver 3 years

Saved more than $492K

Leveraged Workiva to:

Speed up consolidations(4 days to 1 day)

Achieve payback in less than 9

months

Consolidate work and cutmanual labor

◦ $210K — Financial roll-up◦ $175K — Faster reviews◦ $292K — Management reporting

Source: Huang, H. (2017). "The Total Economic Impact Of Workiva Wdesk: The Benefits Of Streamlining Management Reporting At A Global Agri-Business." Forrester Consulting. Retrieved from: https://www.workiva.com/resources/total-economic-impact-workiva-wdesk-benefits-streamlining-management-reporting-global-agri

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