Opportunities for payroll processes improvement
Before their journey with Strada, the company identified many opportunities for modernisation in its payroll landscape. Accumulated legacy systems, challenging integrations, manual tasks and intricate processes made their payroll environment extremely complex. These complexities gave the organisation opportunities for improvement, particularly in tracking time at their factories, which affected overtime calculations and sick leave management.
The decision to consolidate its various systems and processes under one modern, scalable payroll solution aligned with their ongoing business transformation efforts. With already leveraging Workday HCM as their HR platform, it was a natural fit for them to expand this to Workday Payroll for the UK.
Solution
The consumer goods company partnered with Strada to deploy Workday Payroll for the UK, with the added support of Strada’s Payroll Services to handle their payroll processing and Strada’s AMS support to maintain the configuration. This strategic decision aimed at enhancing the employee experience, acquiring a seamlessly integrated system and improving payroll efficiency.
Leveraging Strada’s Payroll Services provided their team with access to experienced professionals—all while having access to operate within their Workday tenant. With Strada as their payroll partner, precise payroll execution is ensured, adhering to regulatory standards and industry best practises.
Payroll processes implementation
The company went live with Workday Payroll in April 2023, consolidating their payroll into one unified solution. Implementation kicked off with the careful planning and mapping of their payroll landscape. Together, Strada and the organization’s teams worked closely to define specific payroll requirements and identify the critical features needed.
The deployment process addressed core pain points, streamlining payroll processing and data migration from the legacy system. While faced with some hurdles, specifically in extracting historic data, Strada’s expertise ensured a smooth transition. Open communication and prompt escalation management between teams was vital in effective problem solving.
Results
- After successfully moving to a single platform for HR and Payroll and leveraging the flexible and scalable payroll services of Strada, the consumer goods company was able to reap the rewards.
- Greater accuracy and data integrity with real-time automated data flow between HR and payroll.
- Improved operational efficiency by streamlining process and leveraging automation to complete manual tasks.
- Timely issue resolution and improved responsiveness.
- Enhanced employee experience with an intuitive single platform experience.
- A payroll services team to spot and escalate potential errors early on with root cause analysis shared.
- Instant access to a team of payroll experts who provide guidance and best practises.
- Improved payroll compliance reducing the risk of errors and overpayments.
- Successful payroll run since day one of going live.
What’s Next
Simplification remains a key focus for the company’s success. The company will continue to focus on driving additional value from their Workday platform with the goal of continuously improving the employee experience.
