Case Study: Finish Line achieves faster payroll and streamlined operations with Workday

Finish Line Gains Speed, Efficiency, and Agility with Workday

Finish Line, an athletic specialty retailer with more than 900 stores, over 10,000 employees (about 6,000 seasonal), and $1.8B in revenue, needed a proven, low‑maintenance HR and payroll platform that could deliver key functionality quickly and scale across its retail footprint. The company sought a vendor that understood retail operations and could reduce setup and ongoing resource demands while improving day‑to‑day efficiency.

Finish Line implemented Workday (Human Capital Management, Payroll, Recruiting, and Time Tracking), which enabled 6,500 monthly self‑service transactions and saved 1,300 administrative hours per year, achieved 75% mobile utilization, delivered 80% faster integration build times, and cut the payroll cycle in half from 3 days to 1.5 — driving measurable speed, efficiency, and agility.

Finish Line

Mike Mills

Director HRIS and Payroll