Norwich City Council is looking to modernise its finance and HR functions by employing best practice and empowering its teams with self-service options, as well as enabling faster and more effective reporting. This project will be the first major Software as a Service (SaaS) deployment across the Council’s back-office systems, providing a single view of their information, together with a unified process framework across both finance and HR.
Working with Unit4, Embridge Consulting will not only deliver the new ERP system but, alongside it, will implement standard business processes and reporting. This will help the Council to overcome previous challenges, particularly around month and year-end reporting, as well as improve HR processes. The implementation, which is based on the Public Sector industry model, will ensure the Council gets the best value out of their tools as quickly as possible. It will also provide a solution that will transform how its people work, so that they spend more time focusing on the work that matters – the citizens they serve.
“Our duty is to serve the people of Norwich and to ensure our residents are at the heart of everything we do. A key aspect of this is to make sure we have the right IT solutions in place, whether they’re resident-facing or back-office systems.
Annabel Scholes, Norwich City Council’s Executive Director of Corporate and Commercial Services
We’re very much looking forward to working with Embridge Consulting to guide us through the successful implementation of Unit4 ERP so that our new finance and HR systems are efficient, fit-for-purpose and can contribute to the ongoing success of the city council.”
“We are looking forward to collaborating with the team at Norwich as we implement a world class cloud-based ERP solution. This will provide many opportunities for efficiency across the Finance and HR functions, enhancing the experience for employees across the Council.”
Mark Harris, Business Development Director, Embridge Consulting
“We are delighted to be partnering with Embridge Consulting on this project. Norwich City Council has a clear digital vision to use cloud-based solutions wherever it can, in order to provide the best possible service and experience to its citizens. This project will enable their finance and HR functions to embrace cloud in a single platform whilst improving operational efficiency, and we’re excited to be part of it.”
Chris Richards, Regional President, UKI, Unit4
About Norwich City Council
Norwich City Council is a District Council providing a number of services including local planning, housing, benefits, environmental health, electoral registration and waste and recycling collections to over 141,000 residents. With two successful universities and thriving life sciences, creative, tech, leisure and retail sectors, Norwich is a dynamic city that celebrates diversity, innovation and excellence.
The council is a forward-looking organisation, transforming itself and working with communities and businesses to seize the positive opportunities of the future in the aftermath of the pandemic.
About Unit4
Unit4’s next-generation enterprise solutions power many of the world’s most people-centric mid-market organisations. Our state-of-the-art cloud platform, ERPx, brings together the capabilities of Financials, Procurement, Project Management, HR and FP&A onto a unified cloud platform that shares real-time information and is designed with a powerful, people-centric approach, so employees can benefit from better insight and become more effective and increasingly engaged. It supports rapid and continuous change while delivering individualised fit for customers at scale, delivering the right tools to unify the processes across their organisation, and connect their people. Unit4 serves more than 6,000 customers globally including, Bravida, Havas, Migros Aare, Americares, Save the Children International, Action against Hunger, Metro Vancouver, Forest Research, Southampton City Council, Selkirk College, FTI Consulting, and Surrey County Council.