Case Study: Ashoka achieves a connected, engaged global workforce and 246% ROI with FinancialForce HCM

Ashoka - Customer Case Study

Ashoka, a global nonprofit that supports social entrepreneurs in 80 countries, was struggling to manage a global workforce across 47 countries using five disparate systems, large Excel spreadsheets and paper files, and time-consuming onboarding and HR tasks. To unify HR and improve employee engagement, Ashoka selected FinancialForce and deployed FinancialForce HCM on the Salesforce platform so employees could access a single system for records, compensation, performance and goals.

FinancialForce consolidated five personnel data sources into one cloud HRMS, added self-service, mobile and reporting dashboards, and automated onboarding and review workflows. The FinancialForce implementation cut reporting time from days to minutes, reduced performance review processing from 10–12 months to 60 hours, achieved 97% self-reviews in under three months, delivered a 246% ROI with 4.8 months payback and an average annual benefit of $136,995, and moved 45,000 records into a single system—dramatically increasing productivity and alignment.

Ashoka

Jason Barnhardt-Lanier

Managing Director Global Talent