Human Capital Management (HCM)
Take your HR strategy to the next level.
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Built for continuous change, centred on people
HR strategies need to adapt quickly as organisations evolve, without losing sight of the people at the centre of change. Rigid plans and systems that take years to turn can slow progress, increase risk, and erode confidence across the workforce. All organisations are trying to future proof HCM solutions and processes, but HR is inherently fluid, meaning even successful strategies can be quickly disrupted by external change outside of your control.
Guided by Emotionally Intelligent (EQ) Leadership, one of the three Embridge Es, our services and HR solutions keep the people at the centre of your transformation. AI-enabled technology enables rapid adoption and sustained engagement as change occurs, helping organisations navigate complexity with confidence.
THE CHALLENGE
Why HR struggles to keep pace with change
Keeping pace with the continual changes in people processes is an ongoing challenge as organisations struggle to balance compliance with emerging legislation against outdated internal systems and practices.
Common HR challenges include:
- Legislation compliance: Adapting to changing compliance requirements using outdated solutions, results in time-intensive manual HR processes. This increases workload pressure on already stretched personnel. Workarounds are used instead of adopting new technologies, causing systems to become unusable and obsolete, leading to stagnation.
- Endless movement and restructures: HR teams are continuously managing internal structural change across the organisation. Whether extending or flattening, core people data instantly becomes out of date, or worse, increases security risk due to external management and approvals via extraction.
- Low or no visibility of current information: Storing key data across disparate systems reduces trust in organisational KPIs, and increases the risk of inaccurate or misinformed strategic decision-making.
- Reduction in staff: Today’s financial landscape often imposes recruitment constraints, increasing attrition and placing the existing workforce under pressure. This limits the time available to adopt and embed new technologies and in turn reduces employee engagement with HR initiatives.
When HR is constrained by rigid systems and fixed plans, organisations struggle to respond at pace, putting people, progress and confidence at risk.
YOUR BUSINESS GOALS
Empowering HR to lead change with confidence and clarity
HR should sit at the centre of organisational evolution, supporting growth, retaining skills and experience, and enabling new ways of working. A strong HR strategy provides a people-centric foundation that underpins the organisation’s ability to:
- Gain real-time visibility across HR data, people and services.
- Make faster, more confident decisions based on trusted, integrated data.
- Improve creative control and consistency without reducing flexibility and efficiency.
- Increase engagement and adoption by giving teams intuitive tools that support how they work.
- Create a future-proof platform that can adapt as priorities, services and structures evolve.
The aim is to enable HR to guide the organisation through change with confidence, shaping and modernising working practices as priorities evolve.
THE SOLUTION
Emotionally Intelligent (EQ) leadership - supporting future proof people transformations
Our HR solutions are guided by EQ Leadership, one of the three Embridge Es. This principle shapes how we support the focal point of an HR strategy: your people. We deliver operating services and HR solutions using Unit4 that not only recognise the importance of a strong technology foundation but provides guidance and recommendations to support change transformation programmes that are genuinely fit for people-centric, service-driven organisations.
HR technology is a core element of future-proof, modular ERP solution designed for continuous evolution. AI-enabled, open by design and highly configurable, it supports changing operating models and organisational structures without costly re-implementation or rigid workarounds.
Supported by Embridge’s three Es - Excellence in Technology, Expandable Services and Emotionally Intelligent Leadership - this approach brings people, process and technology together to enable sustainable change. Working in partnership with you, our primary goal is to understand, design, and deliver pragmatic technology, advice and solutions, that support robust and sustainable business change programmes.
What to expect from our HCM solution
The ability to respond quickly to compliance and policy changes through automation reduces workarounds and improves engagement for both frontline and back office teams. Teams benefit from a centralised technology landscape built on familiar tools that enable continuous development rather than restrict it.
Efficient HR processes that adapt as organisations change
Restructures are a constant feature of modern organisations as they adapt and grow. Having tools built into a solution that enables quicker changes, automates approvals and reduces data security risk, ultimately reduces stress on common practices.
A boost for your workforce
While recruitment constraints may exist, reducing pressure on existing staff through automation of manual processes frees up time for personal development and learning. This supports engagement, encourages continuous improvement and helps retain the experience needed to drive future growth.
Increased trust in your data
Centralised data capture, combined with in-built reporting and data visualisation toolkits, provides real-time visibility across HR data. This enables teams to confidently rely on accurate, trusted insights to support informed decision-making.
OUR APPROACH
People management for services-led organisations
We are a strategic partner for Unit4, helping organisations deliver an improved people experience in the workplace. Our Unit4 HR ERP solution creates a seamless flow of data across modules to ensure transparency and accuracy. With participation-based performance management you can equip managers and teams with tools to boost productivity, engagement and growth, while generating meaningful insights and reports to support more informed decision-making.
Unlike traditional ERP systems designed for fixed, transactional models, our solutions support organisations operating complex services, projects, funding arrangements and workforce structures. It brings financial management, project and service delivery, and people data together in a single, intuitive platform - enabling better decisions, greater automation and the flexibility to adapt as priorities evolve.
With embedded intelligence and a modern, user focused experience, our Unit4 HR ERP solution helps organisations reduce manual effort, increase confidence in data and support sustainable performance. Our team has delivered ERP transformations across public sector, NHS, higher education, not-for-profit and professional services, ensuring implementations achieve adoption, value, and long-term impact.
We deliver HR through a structured, business led approach shaped by our three Embridge Es: Expandable Services, Excellence in Technology and Emotionally Intelligent Leadership. Together, they ensure your HR delivery is flexible, resilient and centred on the people who use it.
Rather than treating it as a one-off implementation, our approach is designed to support continuous change, adapting as your organisation, services and priorities evolve.
We work with leaders and teams to build clarity and alignment before delivery begins. By understanding your HR operating model, services and people, we define a roadmap that reflects real-world needs and change readiness- not just technical requirements.
Through our Expandable Services model, HR services can flex as priorities change. We manage end-to-end implementation, configuring the platform to support service, project and people-centric models while prioritising integration, data quality and user experience.
Throughout, Emotionally Intelligent Leadership underpins how we work, supporting adoption, easing resistance and helping teams move confidently through change so improvements stick.
WHO IS IT FOR
HCM for evolving organisations
Our Unit4 HR ERP solution is designed for people-centric, service-driven organisations that need their systems to evolve as quickly as their services, structures and priorities.
In particular, it supports organisations that:
- Deliver complex services, projects or programmes rather than standardised products.
- Manage multi-funded, grant-based or project-driven financial models.
- Require integrated visibility across finance, projects, HR and people data.
- Are experiencing growth, reform, regulatory change or operating model shifts.
WHY WORK WITH US
Helping you adapt and scale as you grow
We bring deep experience delivering HR as part of an ERP landscape in environments where change is constant and long-term success depends on how well people are supported through it.
What sets us apart is how we combine Excellence in Technology, Expandable Services and Emotionally Intelligent Leadership to ensure delivery of value well beyond go-live.
Sector and delivery expertise
We specialise in public sector, NHS and healthcare, higher education, not-
for-profit and professional services organisations, with a strong understanding of service-led operating models and regulatory complexity.
Excellence in Technology
We select and implement technology best suited to service-based organisations, using proven implementation templates ensuring they are high-value, future-proof and adaptable as needs evolve.
Expandable Services
Our flexible delivery approach allows organisations to scale and change support over time, from strategy and implementation to optimisation and continuous change.
Emotionally Intelligent Leadership
We lead change in a way that builds confidence and reduces resistance and supports people through uncertainty helping adoption feel manageable and improvements stick.
A long-term partner
We work alongside organisations beyond implementation, supporting continuous improvement and helping you continue to deliver value as priorities evolve.
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