Workiva

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Workiva Inc.
Company type Public
NYSE:  WK (Class A)
Russell 2000 Component
Industry
Founded2008
Headquarters
Ames, Iowa
,
US
Key people
Julie Iskow (President & CEO)
Jill Klindt (CFO)
Brandon Ziegler (Legal) [1]
Services Cloud computing
RevenueIncrease2.svg $537.9m (2022)
Increase2.svg $11.3m (2022)
Total assets Increase2.svg $819,620 (2022)
Total equity Increase2.svg $5.983m (2022)
Number of employees
Increase2.svg 2,447 (2022)
Website www.workiva.com
Footnotes /references
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Workiva, Inc. is a global software-as-a-service (SaaS) company. [3] It provides a cloud-based connected and reporting compliance platform that enables the use of connected data and automation of reporting across finance, accounting, risk, and compliance.

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History

Early history

2008 - 2014

In August 2008, Workiva Inc. was formed as WebFilings LLC in California by six entrepreneurs. [4]

Martin Vanderploeg was a co-founder of EAI and served as CTO and Executive Vice President until they were acquired in 2000 by UGS Corp, [5] [6] [7] and is now a division of Siemens, the German technology multinational. [1]

Workiva's primary product is Wdesk, a cloud-based enterprise software-as-a-service platform that enables companies to collect, manage, report and analyse critical business data in real time. [8] Wdesk also allows companies to manage and file financial and compliance documents to regulatory agencies. [9]

The Wdesk platform integrates information from disparate content formats, including spreadsheets, presentation documents, emails and other unstructured data, into a single cloud-based report. [10] [11]

In July 2014, the company's name was changed to Workiva LLC, and was converted into a Delaware LLC in September 2014. [12]

Recent history

2014 - 2019

The company went public in December 2014 and with an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: WK). [13]

Deloitte's 2015 Technology Fast 500 survey of fastest growing technology companies in America Workiva ranked fiftieth among all software companies. [14] In the DevOps Excellence Awards 2019, Workiva won Best Software-Defined Product. [15]

In May 2019, Workiva opened offices in Frankfurt, Germany, and Paris, France. [16] The company also has offices in Amsterdam and London, 12 U.S. cities, and two Canadian cities. [17]

Workiva’s product Wdata allows users to connect large datasets of information to the Workiva platform. [18] It was designed to improve the usefulness of Wdesk. [18]   Wdata connects data from enterprise resource planning, governance risk and compliance platforms, and other third-party, on-premise systems and cloud applications. [19]

Wdata was named the technical innovation of the year by The American Business Awards in June 2019. [20] In September, Workiva updated the Wdata platform to include automatic updates, approval workflows, finance and accounting connectors, risk and control integration, and improved controlled access tools. [19] The company also integrated its platforms with BlackLine, a producer of financial close software. [21] [22] The integration allows accountants to connect and transfer data between the two companies. [21] Later in September, Workiva established a partnership with FloQast, a financial close management software company. [19] [22]  The two offer a reporting and compliance solution for private companies, as well as for companies to use before and after they issue an initial public offering of stock. [19] [22]

2020 - 2021

In March 2020, Fortune included Workiva on its annual list of “Best Workplaces in Technology”, making it the company’s third year on the list. [23]

In April 2020, Workiva launched W for ESEF. [24]  It is a solution to help European companies comply with the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) requirements for European Single Electronic Format (ESEF) reporting. [24]  W for ESEF was made available in 23 European languages. [24] Companies can use the solution to build reports, tag data, and compile the final ESEF submission package. [24]

In November 2020, Workiva appointed COO Julie Iskow to the board. She was named one of the 50 most powerful women in tech in 2019. [25] [26] [27]

In May, the company updated its cloud platform to help companies with Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) reporting. [28]

In July 2021, the company became the first SaaS company to enter the United Nations’ Global Compact CFO Taskforce. [29] [30] A few months later, in August 2021, Workiva made its first acquisition when it acquired OneCloud, which provides integration platform as a service software. [31] [32]

In December 2021, Workiva acquired AuditNet, a global audit content and services provider. [33] [34]

In February 2023, Workiva announced that President and Chief Operating Officer Julie Iskow was appointed to succeed Marty Vanderploeg as CEO, starting April 1st. [35]

Applications

Workiva's first SaaS product was SEC reporting software designed to enable corporations to automate their SEC filings by using a proprietary system of document tags and linking. [10] The platform also enabled companies to file electronically directly with the SEC, using the business mark-up language XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language), required by the SEC. [36] [37] A customer of Workiva's was the first company to file Inline XBRL with the SEC. [38]

The company has since expanded to include other corporate financial and compliance reporting functions, including:

Workiva's reporting software was created for executives that want to integrate data from different systems, and desire software that updates automatically. [40]

The majority of Fortune 500 companies use Workiva’s software. [23]

European companies use Wdesk to comply with European Securities and Markets Authority’s reporting mandates. [17]

Global Legal Entity Identifier (GLEIF) deployed the Workiva platform to create their annual report which was then showcased by ESMA as a paragon for European Single Electronic Format (ESEF)-compliance reporting. [41]

In September 2021, Workiva formed a partnership with Wilson Sonsini (WSGR), a premier legal firm, to automate the generation of the SEC Form S-1. The new application is known as the WS-1 and helps reduce the time needed to prepare IPO statements. [42] [43]

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