Case Study: Shake Shack achieves faster budgeting and cleaner audits with Workday

Cultural phenomenon Shake Shack deploys Workday to sustain its rapid growth

Shake Shack, the fast-growing restaurant brand, was struggling with the growing pains of rapid expansion, including slow forecasting, lengthy budgeting, and cumbersome audit preparation. The company turned to Workday to create a more efficient financial process and support its continued growth.

With Workday, Shake Shack consolidated financial data into one automated system and a single source of truth, making audits far easier and more transparent. Quarterly closings were cut from 10 days to 5, budget preparation became faster, and internal audit teams could quickly access searchable records and drill into transactions, significantly reducing audit prep time.

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Brian Seely

Senior Director of Enterprise Systems and Solutions