HR & Finance Transformation
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Your HR, finance or payroll system has taken you a long way, but now it is ready for the next step: a more streamlined, modern, cloud/SaaS platform that better supports your people’s needs and your goals.
You can see the opportunity clearly and your teams are ready for systems and processes that make day-to-day work easier. With the right approach, you can simplify processes, strengthen reporting, reduce manual effort and move away from legacy technology towards systems that truly reflect how your business operates today.
But ERP transformations can be a significant undertaking for a team. Your staff are occupied with meeting demands of their day jobs, and don’t often have the capacity to navigate change management confidently or approach data migration with clarity.
That’s where we come in!
We do ERP transformation projects day in, day out. We bring the team, the technical expertise and the drive to help you modernise your systems, processes and ways of working, without the stress.
How we help
Identify the real problems
We carry out in-depth analysis to uncover process inefficiencies, system weaknesses and business risks, helping you build a clear, evidence-based case for change.
Develop requirements that vendors understand
We create structured requirements that technology partners can work from with clarity, or are tender-ready if you are in an early stage of your journey. We get these written in a way that ERP vendors expect.
Select the right solution for your business
We guide you through the procurement process, helping you ask the right questions and choose the solution that genuinely fits your organisation.
Add delivery capacity quickly
We provide experienced specialists across data, functional design, testing, security, architecture, business change and programme delivery so that your project keeps moving at pace.
Client delivery oversight and advisory
We ensure that you are getting the best out of your systems integrator. We act as your advocate, ensuring accountability, clarity of roles and foster a collaborative “one team” approach.
Remove the stress from data migration and integrations
We design your integrations, map your data and manage migration carefully to minimise disruption.
Deliver with confidence
Our programme leads, project managers and PMO specialists keep delivery on time, on budget and aligned to quality expectations. We augment your internal team, develop your capability and de-risk future operations.
Make sure your organisation is ready
We design and execute change management strategies, that engage stakeholders and ensure adoption, mitigating resistance.
Accelerate implementation
Are you already working with a partner, but struggling? We close gaps with strategy, business change and testing to get things back on track.
Things you might need support with
- Your HR, finance or payroll systems are ready to be modernised to better support your teams.
- Your ERP implementation needs clearer direction, stronger momentum or additional support to deliver successfully.
- You need more strategic guidance and delivery confidence from your implementation partner.
- Your programme needs firmer control of timelines, budget and confidence.
- Your internal team needs extra capacity and specialist support to make implementation a success.
Building capability, not dependency
Cardiff University
We supported the business case for a new HR and finance platform, addressing fragmented systems, poor data quality and inefficient processes across 35,000+ users. We brought together cross-functional expertise across HR, finance, IT, procurement and programme management to define requirements, shape procurement, redesign financial structures, develop the technical and integration design, and create a clear data migration strategy — providing a strong foundation for investment and delivery.
DSIT & DCMS - Matrix Programme
We are supporting a major multi-million-pound Workday-based ERP transformation across a multi-department government cluster including DCMS, DSIT, ICS and DBT. We are helping to design and deliver a new shared services operating model, replacing legacy systems and providers with a modern, integrated platform. Our role is wide-ranging and spans programme leadership, ERP advisory, data migration, integrations and security, operating model design, change management, procurement, user acceptance testing and transition to live service.
University of Plymouth
We shaped the University’s foundations for ERP transformation, developing a HM Treasury Green Book five-case model investment case. We defined HR and finance requirements, assessed change impacts, coordinated vendor engagement, and helped design the procurement approach — giving the university a clear, credible route to market and delivery.
How we work
We:
- Bring independent, client-side best practice HR, Payroll and Finance expertise and functional leadership across all leading technologies
- Focus on the end game – we prioritise a live, sustainable service that is operated by your teams, not just system deployment
- Focus on the details. This means a focus on the things that others overlook – data, testing, training and operational readiness.
Next steps
Need client-side HR, Payroll and Finance advisory and implementation expertise?
Email us on info@swiftstrategies.co.uk or tell us about your project here