1. Group design
Chart of accounts, dimensions, approval matrix, intercompany model, integration pattern and reporting. Signed off by group finance, not by a country.
2. Pilot in the most demanding country
Choose the country with the strictest tax, payroll and reporting rules, not the easiest. A template that survives there survives elsewhere. Prove tax, payroll, bank files and the close in one jurisdiction with real documents before adding a second.
3. Freeze the template, open the local layer
Separate what is group-wide from what is local. Local changes are explicit exceptions with an owner; template changes go through group finance. Without this, the template fragments within a year.
4. Waves
Roll out entity by entity in waves, grouped by regulator and bank rather than by size. Each wave reuses the regression pack and adds only its own tax, payroll and bank mappings.
5. Hypercare and run
Hypercare by wave, then a single support model with local escalation, the Client Portal for tickets and tiers, and scheduled optimisation reviews.
How an engagement runs
It starts with a 45-minute consultation, then a discovery and fit-gap workshop on your own processes. You receive a written fit-gap and a phased plan before a programme is agreed. Four phases follow, each with something you can use and review.
Discover
Process workshops, data audit, and a fit-gap against the standard product.
Design
Solution blueprint, integration map, and the extensions we will actually need.
Deploy
Configuration, migration rehearsal, role-based training, UAT and phased cutover.
Support
Hypercare, managed services, client portal, scheduled optimisation reviews.
What drives the cost: users, legal entities and currencies, integrations, data migration and the gaps found against standard. See how pricing works or run the three-minute readiness score.
Frequently asked questions
How long does a multi-country rollout take?
It depends on entity count, data quality and how much local rule-building each country needs. We give a phased plan after discovery rather than a number before it.
Why start in the hardest country?
Because the template you prove there is the one that survives the rest. The easiest country teaches you very little.
Last reviewed 2026-10-11