Workday and Kainos selected to transform and future-proof operations at Autism Plus

Date posted
29 January 2020
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Workday and Kainos selected to transform and future-proof operations at Autism Plus

Autism Plus, a charity that supports adults and young people with autism, learning disabilities, mental health conditions and complex needs has chosen Workday to help manage their finance and human capital operations. And at Kainos, we 're delighted to partner with Autism Plus to implement Workday within the charity, using our Workday expertise to help it transform its operations and take a fast, efficient and data-driven approach to growth. Founded in 1986, Autism Plus provides residential and supported living services as well as a number of social enterprises in Yorkshire, England. Autism Plus has grown rapidly from an annual turnover of £2 million in 2005 to £14 million in 2019, allowing the charity to support more people with autism, neuro diverse conditions and other disabilities.

Why Autism Plus chose Workday:

  • With insights at their fingertips, managers will be able to more effectively run the financial side of the business while growing, developing, and retaining their most valuable resource their people.
  • By moving from multiple disparate systems to one system across the organisation, leaders can access both financial and people data in one place, providing them with the most up-to-date metrics on the business.
  • Autism Plus will be able to use built-in reporting and analytics to equip leaders with real-time, actionable insights that will enable them to more quickly and confidently make informed decisions that drive business value.
'Workday provides us with a platform so we can carry on growing quickly. With Workday, we will be able to automate and digitise a lot of time-consuming tasks within the company. We 'll become more data-driven in all aspects of our operations, with the end result of helping us to improve and expand a number of the services we offer to those who need our support," said Philip Bartey, Group Chief Executive at Autism Plus.

Workday and Kainos: Champions for Change

'Autism Plus is doing an amazing job improving the lives of those with autism and neuro diverse conditions in the UK, so we 're delighted to be helping it take the next step in its plans to grow,' said Peter Gamble, Regional Vice President, UK and Ireland, Workday. 'By unifying finance and human capital management Autism Plus will be able to streamline its operations and make better and faster decisions based on real-time insights into performance across the entire business. By providing it with the means to digitally transform its business, we 'll help provide Autism Plus with the flexibility it needs to adjust to changes as it continues to grow.' 'As Autism Plus embarks on a change programme, we are delighted that they have selected Kainos as their Workday partner, to help deliver the benefits of a unified human capital management and finance capability,' remarked Malachy Smith, Workday Global Practice Leader at Kainos. 'Implementing Workday will help Autism Plus transform their organisational efficiency and allow them to expand the vital services they offer around the UK.' Click through for more information about Autism Plus, Workday or our offering here at Kainos.