Workiva has named Deloitte, VantagePoint and Alpha FMC as its APAC partner award winners, with Deloitte also receiving the group's global partner award.
Presented in Sydney, the awards covered three regional categories: APAC Partner of the Year for Deloitte, APAC Innovative Partner of the Year for VantagePoint, and APAC Strategic Partner of the Year for Alpha FMC.
The awards recognised consulting and partner organisations involved in enterprise reporting, risk management, compliance and sustainability across the region. Workiva said the winners were helping customers use its software across multiple functions rather than in isolated deployments.
Global recognition
Deloitte's regional award was accompanied by a broader global distinction. Workiva said Deloitte won its 2025 Global Partner of the Year award for a sixth consecutive year for work with shared customers worldwide.
The announcement comes as Workiva expands its management focus in Asia Pacific and Japan. It recently appointed Kristen "KP" Pimpini as Vice President of Sales and General Manager, APJ, with responsibility for growth initiatives across Australia and New Zealand, Japan, Southeast Asia and Greater China.
Pimpini previously held senior leadership roles in the technology sector, and Workiva said he has experience launching regional operations and managing agreements across public and private sector organisations. His remit includes several of the company's priority markets in the region.
Transformation demand
The partner awards also come amid continued spending on finance and data projects by Australian organisations. Workiva's 2026 Executive Benchmark Survey found that 83 per cent of Australian organisations ranked data automation and governance as their top digital transformation priorities for 2026.
The survey also found that 78 per cent expected to have a dedicated budget for finance transformation projects and 76 per cent expected dedicated IT team support. At the same time, respondents cited siloed departmental data and a lack of real-time data as key barriers.
Those findings help explain why software vendors and consulting firms are placing greater emphasis on reporting, controls and shared data environments. Companies facing regulatory demands, investor scrutiny and internal pressure for faster decision-making have been investing in systems that bring financial, risk and sustainability information into closer alignment.
Regional focus
Workiva has sought to position itself in this part of the market, where finance, audit, compliance and sustainability teams increasingly need to work from the same pool of information. Its customer base in Asia Pacific and Japan includes large corporate names such as Flight Centre, Coles and Fortescue, alongside airlines, banks and an insurance provider.
The awards also reflect the role consulting firms continue to play in software roll-outs and transformation programmes across the region. While software companies sell the core products, implementation partners often shape how those tools are embedded in large organisations, particularly where reporting structures and controls span multiple business units and jurisdictions.
For Deloitte, the dual recognition underlines its scale in the alliance market for enterprise reporting and compliance projects. For VantagePoint and Alpha FMC, the APAC awards highlight more specialised positions in a market where customers are trying to connect risk, reporting and governance work more closely.
Workiva said the award winners were recognised for an integrated approach to customer work across reporting, risk management, compliance and sustainability management as companies in the region modernise critical operations.