Finance transformation · ERP · Enterprise AI
Transformation, delivered.
Simplabs finds the opportunities in your finance operation, builds the business case to fund them, and delivers them through to adoption across people, process, technology and control.
Outcomes, not hours
We sell a defined result, delivered with our own methods.
- £6Mreturned to the P&L by resolving the root causes behind a single balance sheet account.
- 28→2transaction banks consolidated in a global simplification programme, saving around $2M a year.
- $2.5Min savings from a finance automation programme and its Centre of Excellence.
- 23 yrsof Oracle and SAP finance transformation across R2R, P2P, O2C and Supply Chain.
The Transformation Stack
Four layers. One transformation.
Transformation fails when it’s treated as a system project. Scroll to see how each layer builds on the one below it.
Governance, segregation of duties, compliance and audit trail are designed in from day one, not bolted on before go-live.
ERP, automation and AI configured and integrated to support how the work should flow, not the other way round.
End-to-end process design that removes waste, hand-offs and manual processing across P2P, O2C and R2R.
Roles, skills, ownership and change management, so new ways of working are adopted and stay adopted.
Our method
Simplify first. Relocate last.
SECAR is the gated sequence behind our work. Processes are simplified, purged and standardised before anything is automated or moved, so you never automate or offshore a broken process.
Services
Outcomes we deliver
A core transformation offering, supported by specialist services. Each has a clear result, fixed deliverables and a success measure.
Core offering
Finance Transformation: Opportunity to Adoption
Identify where transformation will pay off, fund it with a solid business case, and deliver it through to adoption.
How it works- Identify & fundAssess processes, systems and controls to find transformation opportunities, quantify the benefits and build the business case to fund them.
- DefineTranslate approved opportunities into business requirements and clearly scoped work packages, agreed with your technology partners.
- DeliverProject-manage the initiatives end to end: plan, budget, risk, vendors, quality and benefits tracking, with clear governance.
- AdoptDrive change management through stakeholder engagement, impact assessment, training and hypercare, so the changes are deployed and used.
02
Process Mapping & Lean Re-engineering
See exactly how work flows today, and redesign it with lean principles so it flows with less waste.
Measured byCycle time, hand-offs and rework reduced, and process standardised across entities.
03
Finance Process Automation
Reduce manual processing across your Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash and Record-to-Report cycles.
Measured byReduction in manual processing steps and effort across each process cycle, with cycle times and error rates.
04
Enterprise AI Embedding
Take AI from strategy deck to working systems inside your business, and build the capacity to scale it.
Measured byValue realised: volumes processed by AI in live workflows, team capacity built for higher-value work, and adoption across the business.
05
ERP Value Reset
A prioritised, funded Oracle or SAP roadmap that gets value from what you already own.
Measured byAvoided or reduced spend, and time-to-value of the top priorities.
06
Technology & Partner Selection
Choose the right technology or service partner through a transparent, competitive process, and set them up to deliver.
Measured byPartner selected and contracted to plan, with a transparent, auditable decision.
07
Finance Controls & Compliance Readiness
Audit-ready controls and regulatory obligations turned into processes you can reconcile, explain and repeat.
Measured bySoD conflicts removed, audit findings closed and controls under automated monitoring.
How we work
Bought as outcomes. Delivered with our methods.
Every Simplabs service follows the same three-phase model, so you know what you're buying, what it costs and how success will be judged.
Phase 1 · 2–3 weeks · Fixed fee
Value Scan
We baseline the problem with your data and quantify the prize. You get a costed outcome, a plan and a go/no-go decision before committing further.
Phase 2 · 6–16 weeks · Fixed scope
Outcome Sprint
We deliver the agreed result against the success measure set in the Value Scan, working inside your team and on your systems.
Phase 3 · Optional
Embed & Run
We hand over methods, tooling and know-how so your people own the result, with optional ongoing monitoring and assurance.
- Priced on outcomes, not days. Fixed fees per phase, with outcome-linked fees where the result can be measured in cash.
- Success measure agreed up front. Every engagement starts with the number we will move.
- Our methods, your ownership. Proven playbooks, templates and tools that stay with you.
Enterprise AI
AI strategy, embedded where the work happens.
We connect AI strategy to delivery. After setting priorities and guardrails with your leadership, we embed a small forward-deployed team inside Finance, Procurement or Operations to build AI into real workflows on your systems and data.
We measure AI by the value it realises: volumes processed in live workflows and capacity built in your teams. Our principle is simple: AI reads, rules decide.
- Find the volume. Target high-volume, document-heavy work where AI adds most value.
- Set the guardrails. Agree architecture, security and governance with IT and Risk.
- Embed and build. A forward-deployed pod ships into live workflows in short cycles.
- Build capacity. An AI Centre of Excellence and skilled teams scale what works.
Case studies
Results, measured.
Anonymised examples of outcomes delivered by the Simplabs team.
Supplier payments brought end-to-end into the ERP
A once-weekly payment cycle run through spreadsheets, email chains and bank-portal approvals was redesigned around in-ERP workflow, automated reporting and direct bank transmission.
40%+straight-through processing reached on the selected platformFrom AP discovery to an automation platform, without a preferred product
Structured discovery of the invoice-to-pay process led to a seven-part improvement agenda, an options analysis and a weighted RFP that selected a specialist AP automation platform.
150kinvoices a year in scopeRecovery audit partner selected across 36 jurisdictions
A six-vendor RFP for a seven-year AP recovery audit across around 60 business units and 36 jurisdictions, with contract risks surfaced before signature.
About Simplabs
Built by transformation practitioners.
Simplabs Limited was founded in 2020 to give finance and operations leaders something different from traditional consulting: a defined result, delivered with proven methods, by people who have identified, funded and delivered large ERP, process, automation and AI programmes from the inside.
Our team brings more than two decades of Oracle and SAP finance transformation across Record-to-Report, Procure-to-Pay, Order-to-Cash and Supply Chain, along with hands-on experience building enterprise AI products and Automation Centres of Excellence.
- PlatformsOracle Cloud & EBS · SAP S/4HANA · UiPath · Alteryx · Power BI · Azure
- MethodsLean Six Sigma · SAFe · PRINCE2 · ITIL, wrapped in Simplabs playbooks
- SectorsConstruction · Pharmaceuticals · Travel & technology · Professional services
- ApproachEvidence-led diagnosis · structured choices · control by design · follow-through after go-live
- PrincipleSimple beats clever. Every engagement ends with something measurably better.
Insights
Latest thinking
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Let's talk
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