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General Consulting Selecting the systems that you will use to run your business is just the start. The real challenges lie in achieving sustained competitive advantage from their use and aligning systems to your strategy to realise company objectives. Our range of Pre-implementation, Project Management, Technical and Application consulting services are provided to help you become more efficient and flexible – equipping your CEOs, CFOs and finance teams with the tools and intelligence they need to monitor, control and drive the business forward.
Solution Optimisation A key consideration with any IT system is ensuring it continues to run at optimum performance and continues to develop and evolve to meet the needs of its users – two, three, four or more years after its initial implementation. UNIT4 is no different. The Solution Optimisation team works to a proven methodology that focuses on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), reviewing your existing business systems against them. It also highlights what improvements, if any, would optimise the performance of your solution and meet your current needs, given the business changes and technology developments that may have occurred since your initial implementation.
Upgrade Service There are many business, finance and IT benefits to be gained from ensuring that critical business systems, such as your finance system, are running on the latest versions of software available. UNIT4’s Upgrade services are specifically designed for customers, who want to upgrade from older versions of software to the most recently released versions – and take full advantage of the new and improved functionality, process and efficiency gains that it will bring.
Migration Service Companies are realising great business value from the deployment of Open Client/Server solutions, through their ability to integrate financial and operational systems within the business making financial reporting, analysis and control much simpler and free from the risks of human error that are caused by manual duplication of data from one system to another. Our Consulting team’s Migration service helps companies make the transition from proprietary systems to an Open Client/Server system, reaping the many benefits it brings.
Interim Management What happens when a key member of your finance team is unavailable (due to long-term sickness, secondment, termination of employment, difficulties recruiting to replace leavers, etc.) or when you need additional resource – for example: to transition the department through a period of change or to manage a special project? The Interim Management service provides qualified accountants, project managers, database administrators, programmers and technical staff. All of these remain full-time employees of UNIT4 and at your disposal for long-term contracts, in whatever capacity you require.
Compliance Management Our team of compliance experts can quickly and easily advise you on the best ways to prepare your business for existing and new regulatory requirements, ensuring you can support the compliance challenge. Whether it is Sarbanes-Oxley, IFRS, BASEL II, the forthcoming Transparency Directive, the requirement for more frequent financial reporting, fulfilling enhanced listing requirements by public stock markets, Corporate Social Responsibility or Risk Management, our teams can help.
Client Management A key part of the UNIT4 “after-sales service” is the introduction of a Client Manager to you. They will bring considerable business and technical expertise to your business, offering you advice and guidance in how best to benefit from your implementation and new developments in the market. And, as well as representing UNIT4 to your business, they will make sure that your interests are well represented to UNIT4.