Case Study: Sunlight Financial achieves a connected, engaged workforce during rapid headcount growth with Axero's Communifire

How Sunlight Financial Helps Employees Stay Connected with Communifire as Headcount Grows

Sunlight Financial, a fast-growing provider of consumer loans for residential solar and home improvement with offices in Charlotte and New York, faced the challenge of keeping a rapidly expanding team connected and informed. As headcount climbed past 100 toward 165 (and expected to reach 200), the company needed a cloud-based, easy-to-manage, customizable intranet with gamification to improve onboarding, internal communications, and document access—without the maintenance headaches of SharePoint-style systems.

They deployed Communifire as their intranet, branded “Watts,” and launched it in a matter of weeks by converting a demo site into the live system. Watts provides department spaces, an employee directory and profile showcase, centralized document management, and a recognition/badging program tied to six core values. The result was rapid and sustained adoption—new hires onboard themselves, the company added 60–70 people since launch, employees have issued 100+ recognitions, and teams now find documents and collaborate more securely and efficiently.

Sunlight Financial

Nick Dumont

Visual Designer