Case Study: Deakin University achieves financial transparency and agility with Workday

Deakin University boosts finance efficiency and improves reporting

Deakin University, a top 1% global university with 61,000 students, 5,183 staff and A$1.2B operating turnover, needed to replace a 20-year-old, heavily customised ERP that hadn’t been upgraded in a decade. As part of a finance transformation, Deakin sought a modern, configurable system to improve financial transparency, speed up analysis and decision‑making, reduce customisation, and enable better business partnering across campuses and online offerings.

Deakin implemented Workday (Financial Management, Expenses, Procurement, Projects) to create a single source of truth and a flexible foundation data model for multi‑dimensional reporting. The result: real‑time consolidations, improved reporting and visibility, faster and more insightful decisions, strong user adoption supported by a global community, and continuous product updates that keep the system current and drive ongoing efficiency gains.

Deakin University

Vanessa Evans

Chief Financial Officer