Case Study: Hospitality Staffing Solutions achieves an 18-week reduction in annual budgeting with Workday Adaptive Planning

Leader in hospitality staffing reduces annual budget process by 18 weeks

Hospitality Staffing Solutions (HSS), a leading provider of permanent and temporary staff for casinos, resorts, and hotels nationwide, faced an “Excel nightmare” as it pursued aggressive 10–15% top-line growth. The finance team managed more than 130 spreadsheet tabs across budget P&L, revenue, and headcount, resulting in a six-month annual budgeting cycle, a monthly close that often took nearly three weeks, and extensive manual data entry that left little time for analysis.

By implementing Workday Adaptive Planning with real‑time integration to Great Plains, HSS cut the annual budget process from six months to six weeks (recapturing 18 weeks of staff time), reduced the monthly close from 21 days to six, and gained instant access to KPIs for faster, more strategic decisions. The streamlined process elevated finance from transactional reporting to value-added analysis, helping the company hit revenue and net operating income goals two years running.

Hospitality Staffing Solutions

Kevin Murphy

Senior Vice President of Finance