Workday Australia

Workday Australia provides HRIS and HCM Platforms software across Australia and New Zealand, delivering a unified AI enabled system for HR, finance and IT.

• Named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud HCM Suites for enterprises with 1,000 or more employees.
• Workday GO is built for organisations of 250 to 3,500 employees seeking to consolidate HR systems and automate manual processes.
• Case studies on the Workday site describe 7-Eleven saving 2,000,000 hours annually by automating volume hiring with Workday Paradox, and Cognizant cutting payroll processing time from 9 days to 2 days.
• The platform states adherence to Australian data protection regulations, including the Australian Privacy Principles, alongside local implementation support through regional offices and a certified partner ecosystem.

Best for: mid-size to large enterprises seeking to consolidate HR, payroll and finance onto a single cloud platform with AI-driven automation.

Workday Australia offers Payroll Technology Platforms capability as part of its enterprise suite, with native Payroll Management built for the Australian market.

• Supports region-specific compliance requirements including GST, BAS reporting and multi-currency handling.
• Cognizant is cited as reducing payroll processing from 9 days to 2 days while improving compliance after adopting Workday.
• Also supports integrations with third-party payroll providers for organisations that prefer not to use the native module.

Best for: organisations wanting payroll processing integrated directly with their HCM and finance system rather than run as a separate tool.