Workiva

Workiva is a global software-as-a-service company founded in 2008 and headquartered in Ames, Iowa. It has been publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange since 2014 under the ticker WK. The firm employs more than 2,800 people across 17 offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, and serves customers in over 180 countries.

The company's core product, the Workiva Platform, is a cloud environment that connects financial reporting, ESG and sustainability management, audit, and governance, risk and compliance processes. The platform applies AI and machine learning alongside governed data integration, workflow automation, and reporting and analytics tooling to produce auditable outcomes within a single secure system. The underlying technical work spans cloud platform engineering, data governance and integration, workflow automation, and audit and compliance technology.

The platform is used by more than 6,600 customers, including 85% of the Fortune 1000. Workiva's industry focus covers financial reporting, ESG and sustainability management, audit, governance, risk and compliance, and finance and risk management more broadly.

Workiva has been named one of Fortune's Best Places to Work for eight consecutive years. The company operates a distributed workforce across its 17 offices and describes accuracy, transparency and auditable outcomes as central to its approach.