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Workday. Operated for Outcomes.

Workday is the system of record. L5 is the operator that keeps it running. HR service delivery, financial operations, and professional services automation on a weekly Drive cadence. Certified Workday partner.

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Certified

Workday partner. HR, Finance, and PSA

Weekly

Drive cadence. Outcomes defined before every Drive

ACT®

Methodology extracted from 600+ production environments

Workday

L5 Operated

Certified Partner

Why Workday Requires an Operator

Workday is the gold standard for HR and financial data. The platform is powerful. The gap is not the platform. The gap is that nobody is running it after go-live. Data degrades. AI agents drift. Business processes move to spreadsheets alongside the system that was supposed to replace them.

PSA expertise no generic partner carries. L5 understands utilization models, engagement economics, and billing frameworks from the inside.

Weekly Drive cadence. Backlog prioritized, output in production, outcome validated, next Drive scoped. Every week.

Outcome commitment in every SOW. Done is defined before the Drive begins. L5 measures against it after every Drive closes.

Workday implementation is the starting line. The real work is keeping the system of record accurate, the AI agents current, and the business processes running inside the platform. That is a different job. L5 does that job.

Your Workday is on. Your team works around it. That is the gap L5 closes.

Every Workday environment starts with a go-live. Most stop there. Data quality degrades without active governance. AI agents configured during implementation drift without weekly tuning. PSA workflows that require delivery team adoption get abandoned when adoption is not actively managed. The system of record loses the trust that makes it valuable. L5 operates Workday environments on a weekly Drive cadence, maintaining data integrity, running AI agents, and keeping the platform where work actually happens.

What L5 Operates on Workday

PSA. HR. Finance. One system of record. One operator.

Every use case deployed during Onboard becomes an ongoing Drive in the Operate subscription. Done is defined before the Drive begins and measured after it closes.

PSA

Professional Services Automation

Resource allocation, project accounting, utilization tracking, time and expense, and client billing. PSA is where delivery teams are supposed to live daily. L5 configures and operates it for professional services firms with 250 to 5,000 employees, with AI agents managing the repeatable operational work.

Outcome: Utilization rate and project financial accuracy. Measured after every Drive.

HR Service Delivery

Employee onboarding automation, benefits administration, organizational change management, and data quality monitoring. AI agents handle the repeatable HR workflow so your HR team handles strategy, compliance, and people decisions.

Outcome: Onboarding cycle time and data completeness rate. Measured after every Drive.

Finance

Financial Operations

Reconciliation automation, procurement workflow, close process support, and revenue recognition accuracy. Workday as the trusted financial record requires AI agents that keep data clean, current, and auditable without manual intervention.

Outcome: Close cycle time and exception rate reduction. Tracked quarterly.

Certified

Workday partner across HR, Finance, and PSA. Formal certification completed.

ACT®

Methodology extracted from 600+ production environments across L5's platform portfolio.

250-5K

Employee range. Mid-market professional services firms. Workday's fastest-growing partner vertical.

ACT® on Workday

Assess. Onboard. Operate.

Every Workday engagement follows the ACT methodology. Done is defined before the Drive begins. L5 measures against it after every Drive closes.

Onboard

Your first Workday use case live in production.

AI agents deployed in your system of record. In weeks.

L5 takes the top priority from your roadmap and gets it live in production. Configured for your Workday environment, tested with your team, deployed and running. Each Drive is one use case and ends with your team running it in production. Not a pilot. Not a sandbox.

"HR and financial data require a highly trusted source. AI agents on Workday help ensure platform data stays reliable and complete. That reliability requires active operation, not just configuration."

You walk away with

Live use case in production
Configured workflows and business process rules
AI agents deployed and accountable
Trained users, managers, and admins
Next Drive backlog ready

Each Onboard Drive

Discover

Current process documentation, data quality audit, integration mapping, user role analysis

Realize

Configure Workday business processes, deploy AI agents, wire integrations, establish data governance rules

Iterate

Staging tests with real business scenarios, feedback from HR and Finance teams, logic refined before go-live

Validate

Live testing with your team, data quality verified, fixes applied same day

Enable

Role-based training complete, adoption confirmed, next Drive backlog set

Operate

A system of record requires ongoing operation.

Without active operation, Workday environments drift. Data quality degrades. Users find workarounds. AI agents stop performing. Operate closes the loop every week.

Operate

L5 keeps your Workday environment producing measurable outcomes.

Weekly Drives. Quarterly re-assessment. One contract.

The value of a system of record is in its reliability. L5 runs Drives every week to monitor data integrity, tune AI agents, maintain business process rules, and keep the platform where work actually happens. Not where it was supposed to happen before users found workarounds.

Smart License Bundle is part of Operate. One contract covers Workday and L5 operations together. No split accountability. One party responsible for whether the platform works and whether outcomes are delivered.

What runs every Drive

AI agent monitoring and tuning
Data quality checks and remediation
Business process rule maintenance
Integration health and permission management
Adoption tracking and user support escalation
Quarterly maturity re-score

Every Operate Drive

Discover

Backlog prioritized, data quality dashboards reviewed, this Drive scoped against roadmap targets

Realize

Drive output in production: a tuned agent, a data fix, a business process update, an integration gap closed

Iterate

Changes validated against data quality baselines and process completion metrics

Validate

Outcome verified in live environment, data quality score and adoption metrics updated

Enable

Change adopted, next Drive backlog set, scorecard updated for quarterly stakeholder report

"An MSP waits for your ticket. L5 already ran the Drive."

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Common Questions

What buyers ask before engaging L5 on Workday.

What does Workday certified partner mean?

Workday certification covers formal training, platform knowledge, and delivery standards across HR, Finance, and PSA. L5 holds certification and specializes in mid-market professional services firms. Unlike implementation-only partners, L5 operates the platform after go-live on a weekly Drive cadence with outcome accountability in every contract.

Why do professional services firms need a Workday operator?

PSA is where delivery teams live daily. It requires utilization models, engagement economics, and billing frameworks that generic implementation partners do not carry. Without an operator who understands the economics of a services business, PSA environments drift and delivery teams find workarounds. L5 specializes in this domain.

Does Workday's native AI remove the need for an operator?

No. Workday's AI interface and agent capabilities are powerful. They also require active operation to stay effective. AI agents configured at go-live drift without weekly tuning. Data that feeds those agents degrades without governance. L5 operates the AI layer on top of the platform layer, keeping both current.

What size organization does L5 serve on Workday?

Mid-market professional services firms with 250 to 5,000 employees. Consulting firms, IT services companies, engineering practices, accounting firms, and staffing organizations. This segment is the fastest-growing vertical in Workday's partner ecosystem and the least served by operators with deep PS domain expertise.

What is the difference between Operate and a Workday support contract?

A support contract waits for you to report a problem. Operate runs a Drive every week whether you report a problem or not. L5 commits to outcomes in the SOW and measures them after every Drive. The quarterly re-assessment re-scores maturity and resets the roadmap. There is a destination, not just a duration.

Does L5 include the Workday license?

Yes. The Smart License Bundle is part of the Operate subscription. One contract covers the Workday platform and L5 operations together. No split accountability. One party responsible for whether the platform works and whether outcomes are delivered.

Ready to operate Workday for outcomes?

Assess tells you where you are. Onboard gets your first use case live in production. Operate keeps your system of record accurate, governed, and improving every week.

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