PeopleAdmin Drives Efficiency and Better Business Decisions with Help from SaaS Consulting Group
The Challenge
PeopleAdmin is a recognized leader in Talent Management solutions specifically designed for Higher Education and Government. The company’s unique web-based solutions enable organizations to automate and streamline the hiring process, improve candidate communication, efficiently manage position descriptions and employee performance, develop compliant and defensible audit trails to defend talent management decisions, and utilize industry-leading reporting and metrics. More than 700 organizations in North America rely on PeopleAdmin to strengthen and simplify their talent management process.
As the company grew, PeopleAdmin discovered that their accounting software was inefficient and unable to support growth , making it difficult to do the analysis required to support business decisions. They needed a solution that could mitigate the risk of storing the accounting info internally, and could support their SaaS business model where they billed for the product annually and recognized revenue monthly. Additionally, they used Salesforce.com as their CRM solution, and wanted to be able to integrate their new ERP system with their sales data.
As the company grew, PeopleAdmin discovered that their accounting software was inefficient and unable to support growth , making it difficult to do the analysis required to support business decisions. They needed a solution that could mitigate the risk of storing the accounting info internally, and could support their SaaS business model where they billed for the product annually and recognized revenue monthly. Additionally, they used Salesforce.com as their CRM solution, and wanted to be able to integrate their new ERP system with their sales data.
The Solution
Jana Wilson, CFO of PeopleAdmin, researched her options and selected NetSuite as her new ERP solution. She was impressed with NetSuite’s revenue recognition capabilities and ability to provide the financial information needed to make business decisions. However, selecting the solution was just one piece of the project; Wilson next had to find the right implementation partner to ensure the success of the project. After speaking to peers from other Austin-based companies, she selected SaaS Consulting Group.
“The benefit of working with SaaS Consulting Group was the exceptional operational knowledge the team brought to the table. “With Rob’s background as a Controller and Director of Sales Operations, he really understands what it’s like to be a practitioner using solutions like NetSuite and Salesforce.com,” added Wilson. Since Rob (Gottschalk, CEO of SaaS Consulting Group) was here in town,” said Wilson, “I felt like his team could be more efficient. We could meet face-to-face and avoid the additional travel costs.”
Beyond the NetSuite implementation project, PeopleAdmin put SaaS Consulting Group on retainer for Salesforce.com administration. Gottschalk’s team now prepares reports, creates process flows and administers a Net Promoter Score survey to PeopleAdmin’s customers.
“The benefit of working with SaaS Consulting Group was the exceptional operational knowledge the team brought to the table. “With Rob’s background as a Controller and Director of Sales Operations, he really understands what it’s like to be a practitioner using solutions like NetSuite and Salesforce.com,” added Wilson. Since Rob (Gottschalk, CEO of SaaS Consulting Group) was here in town,” said Wilson, “I felt like his team could be more efficient. We could meet face-to-face and avoid the additional travel costs.”
Beyond the NetSuite implementation project, PeopleAdmin put SaaS Consulting Group on retainer for Salesforce.com administration. Gottschalk’s team now prepares reports, creates process flows and administers a Net Promoter Score survey to PeopleAdmin’s customers.
The Results
With help from SaaS Consulting Group, PeopleAdmin has seen a sharp increase in productivity within the accounting function. Prior to NetSuite, it would take PeopleAdmin’s controller a solid two weeks to close the month. Now, it only takes 5 business days. The team can take that extra week to do better analysis of the results to prepare for the board meetings. “We now have time to think and add the value of analyzing our results for the senior management team,” said Wilson. “It’s a valuable luxury that we didn't have before using NetSuite.”
An added benefit of the NetSuite implementation is a faster audit process. It’s now much easier to pull the right information from the system to present to the auditors.
In spite of the huge strides they’ve made in the first year of implementation, Wilson feels like they have so much more to accomplish with NetSuite. “We’re ready to take it to the next level, and are prioritizing our wish list. We look forward to working with the SaaS Consulting Group team to further optimize our business.”
An added benefit of the NetSuite implementation is a faster audit process. It’s now much easier to pull the right information from the system to present to the auditors.
In spite of the huge strides they’ve made in the first year of implementation, Wilson feels like they have so much more to accomplish with NetSuite. “We’re ready to take it to the next level, and are prioritizing our wish list. We look forward to working with the SaaS Consulting Group team to further optimize our business.”
About PeopleAdmin
Founded in 2000, PeopleAdmin leads the way in providing web-based talent management solutions for higher education and government. PeopleAdmin solutions enable clients to automate and simplify the hiring process, manage position descriptions and classifications, improve candidate communication and selection, drive a compliant, defensible process and improve reporting methods. Our offering includes applicant tracking, position management, onboarding and performance management. Delivered through a software-as-a-service model, PeopleAdmin solutions are rapidly deployed, easy-to-use and supported through a world-class customer service organization. More than 700 leading organizations throughout North America use PeopleAdmin solutions to gain talent management efficiencies while minimizing risk.