Multinational Services

Unlock efficiencies across your global operations

HR transformation is much spoken of, much misunderstood and much mythologised. Ceridian's Len Elkington helps you understand what you need to know and do to share in the benefits and avoid the pitfalls.

Change is your friend

Transformation is about improvement, increased efficiency and getting more out of your people. It's about building a stronger company for the future and adding value for your customers and your employees. Strong senior leadership commitment to transformation and change champions throughout your company will help all your employees to embrace the new and encourage innovation. Push your HR team to think about all the tools they can use to enable the new: outsourcing, consultancy, internal development and technology.

Focus on your core business

By evaluating and streamlining your HR processes, you free up time and mental energy to invest in HR initiatives that add value to your business and your customers. Reducing transactional processing by using technology and outsourcing doesn't have to mean a reduction in quality for line managers and employees, rather they will benefit from innovation and closer alignment between HR and business goals.

Corporate transactions

If you have recently acquired or divested, opened new markets, or been spun out yourself, then a robust HR transformation programme can help you gain control of new operations and establish independence from prior owners.

Size really doesn't matter

You don't have to be a huge global operation to benefit from process re-engineering across your HR and payroll functions. In fact, the differences to productivity and performance you can enable with HR technology or outsourcing will have a larger proportional impact on your overall business performance in a mid-market organisation. Plus, working with an outsourcing partner can help you share in the cost-benefits of off-shoring or large volume operations, without requiring sizeable investment.

Outsourcing doesn't mean losing control

Effecting HR transformation means understanding what your business needs to prosper and the most effective ways to deliver services and initiatives. Outsourcing is just one tool that you have to maximise efficiency. Implemented as part of a wider strategy of re-engineering, outsourcing with a trusted partner will increase control and compliance - making your business more robust and ultimately more profitable.

You don't have to go it alone

Partnering with a trusted outsource provider can fill gaps in your existing service provision. For example, you can add multinational service components from a third party alongside a newly formed or existing UK service centre to provide a uniform service for all your employees worldwide. This means you don't have to invest in filling internal knowledge gaps, but can be sure that all your staff receives consistent service and advice. Having the facility to outsource HR services in new markets also means that you are no longer constrained by existing local knowledge or resources but can locate employee populations in the most competitive countries for your business.