Case Study: The Hershey Company achieves faster SEC filings and reduced risk with Workiva

Hershey Simplifies SEC Reporting, SOX, & More

The Hershey Company, a global confectioner with complex accounting needs, faced tight SEC filing deadlines, ongoing ERP upgrades, and a broader finance transformation that required more efficient collaboration and more reliable, consistent data across teams and external auditors. Handling frequent accounting pronouncements, M&A activity, and regulatory filings made it critical to reduce risk and streamline the reporting process.

Hershey expanded use of the Workiva cloud platform to centralize support binders, link financial statements, and connect teams including internal audit, legal, proxy, investor relations, and the global controller. With connectors to BlackLine and Broadridge, auditor self-service downloads, and live certifications, the company now completes SEC filings days earlier, often issues earnings and files 10‑Qs the same day, and relies on a single source of truth that reduces risk and speeds updates.

Hershey

Jonathan Gregory

Director of External Reporting and Technical Accounting