Connecting disconnected systems globally.
Bravura makes the complex simple for its clients. But internally, disconnected systems were creating more work. HR teams relied on multiple systems, spreadsheets and offline processes. Finance teams wrangled data from disparate sources and managed significant reconciliation workloads.
People and finance leaders wanted to move to a global platform that could connect people and finance, and provide consistent, accurate, and current data across jurisdictions. “Workday gave us a way to bring together many legacy systems, automate workflows and standardize data across the globe,” says Chief Financial Officer Nicole Ebejer.
Also critical for Ebejer and her People & Culture (P&C) colleagues was that Workday supported both the complexity of Bravura’s global operations and its future direction. According to Fiona Woods, Interim Chief People Officer, “The combination of embedded AI tools, global capability, and real-time reporting gave us confidence that Workday would support not only where Bravura was at the time, but where we wanted to go as an organization.”
Creating time to pause, reflect, and analyze.
With previously manual tasks now automated, Bravura’s teams have more time to analyze information and consider what it means for the business. The change is particularly visible at month-end. “Before Workday, closing the books took 15 working days, with large numbers of people working late across different systems, data sources, time zones, and currencies,” says Ebejer. Today, the finance team completes its close in three days, creating more time to analyze results and identify useful insights.
Bravura’s P&C teams are seeing a similar shift. Reports that previously took days to produce can now be generated in hours—and, in some cases, minutes. “Instead of spending time gathering and reconciling information, our teams can focus on using the data to make decisions,” says Woods. “Perhaps the biggest benefit has been enabling our P&C teams to spend less time on administration and more time partnering with the business on strategy and workforce planning.”
“With Workday, our teams aren’t up until midnight, and we have time to pause and reflect. We’re not just getting it done, we’re getting it done right.”
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Richer conversations. Better decisions.
With P&C and finance teams working from the same information, they can spend less time reconciling numbers and more time discussing what those numbers mean for the business. “Our discussions used to be, ‘Well, I’ve got a different headcount number’ or ‘Are you measuring it on the same basis?’ or ‘I can’t see that number. Where’s it from?’” says Ebejer. “That’s all gone. Now we’re starting from the same place, with the same security, auditability, and controls, it’s a different conversation.”
Woods says that Bravura’s shared data foundation is supporting a more strategic and connected approach to planning for the future. “Rather than debating numbers, we’re able to focus on decisions and outcomes,”she says. “We can have much richer discussions around headcount planning, organizational design, hiring priorities, and investment in talent.” The team particularly values being able to model different scenarios and consider the workforce implications of business decisions earlier.
“The integrated Workday platform has given Bravura a strong data core that helps our people make good decisions with the most available data.”
Chief Financial Officer
Making compliance easier to evidence.
Bravura’s highly regulated environment makes visibility, security and traceability essential. For Ebejer, Workday’s controls and audit trails provide important visibility into how supported processes are managed. “It allows us to provide evidence controls not just to our regulators and auditors, but also internally,” she says. “We can make sure our data is secure and managed appropriately, and that the processes and workflows we design around it are consistent with what we’re required to do from a regulatory and compliance perspective.”
Preparing to embed AI in everyday work.
With a trusted global foundation in place, Bravura is already thinking about what comes next. Its next priorities are to simplify the candidate experience, connect enterprise knowledge with learning, and establish a more consistent approach to managing contracts. To support these goals, Bravura plans to deploy Candidate Experience Agent, Workday Learning, powered by Sana, Workday Contract Lifecycle Management, and Workday Contract & Document Intelligence. “With Workday as a long-term partner, we’re not just addressing the needs of Bravura today. We’re building the foundation to embrace AI, strengthen how our people work, and prepare the business for what comes next,” says Ebejer.
For Bravura’s people, the ambition is to make important moments, from joining the organization to developing new capabilities, simpler and more intuitive. Bravura plans to use Candidate Experience Agent to create a more conversational candidate experience, while Workday Learning, powered by Sana will help connect enterprise knowledge with employee learning.
Across its global workforce, Bravura sees Workday Learning, powered by Sana as a way to make enterprise knowledge and development opportunities easier to discover and access. Bravura wants to make knowledge discovery and capability building a more natural part of everyday work, helping employees continue developing as roles, technologies, and business priorities evolve.
“We selected Sana because it can support our people as their needs evolve. Its natural-language experience will allow employees to start with a question, explore new possibilities, and build capability for what comes next.”
Chief Financial Officer
Bringing contracts and teams together.
Bravura also plans to make contract information easier to find, understand, and use across the business. With Workday Contract Lifecycle Management and Workday Contract & Document Intelligence, powered by Evisort AI, Bravura aims to establish more consistent contract processes and make contract information more searchable and usable across legal, finance, procurement, and ESG.
“So many people have an interest and a role to play in our contracts,” says Ebejer. “Our legal, finance, procurement, and ESG teams work really closely together. We selected Workday to help us create a structured contract workflow—getting contracts to the right people at the right time, evidencing the review process, and capturing everything in one place. That’s a huge advantage for us as an organization.”