About The Department
The department is a multi-divisional state government department that enables services to work together with a more unified and collaborative approach.
When it began standardising its finance, HR and technology systems with three other state government departments, it required a new FP&A solution that would enable accurate, secure and consistent reporting. Working with Decision Inc. Australia, it achieved these outcomes while improving experiences for staff and suppliers and lowering operational costs.
The Requirement
In 2021, the department and three other state government agencies began consolidating their finance, HR and technology systems. The initiative, the Process and Technology Harmonisation Program (PaTH), aims to make it easier for employees to track, support and report their work.
“The strategic benefits of a PaTH program are clear. It improves the employee and supplier experience, enables efficient and effective shared services, provides better insights and data, lowers the cost from Machineries of Government, and fosters workforce mobility and organisational agility. To implement an effective PaTH program however requires one to look at all aspects of the organisation’s technology footprint and its processes, and often this search unearths the need for systems to be upgraded.”
Tony ButlerManaging Director, Decision Inc. AustraliaThe initial stages of the rollout revealed the need for a new finance planning and analysis solution.
- Each department had its own planning solution, from Excel spreadsheets to third-party applications, resulting in fractured data and processes
- The new FP&A solution had to integrate seamlessly with SAP
- It had to be standardised, while letting departments balance consistency with flexibility for reporting, planning and analysis
- Data had to be user-friendly for staff, consumable across departments and well represented to executive stakeholders
- The program’s rigid timetable meant the migration had to be both quick and low-risk
