Case Study: Southwark Council achieves £70K+ annual savings and 1.5-day, 100%‑accurate payroll with Precisely Automate Studio

Amidst Lingering Budget Cuts, Southwark Reports Significant Annual Savings with Automate Studio

Southwark Council, the London borough authority employing nearly 6,000 people, faced ongoing budget cuts and a pressing need to improve efficiency, streamline SAP data entry, and overhaul employee and election payroll processes while reducing HR hiring and training costs. To address incomplete and error-prone data and replace manual ESS/MSS workarounds, the Council adopted Precisely’s Automate Studio.

Using Precisely’s Automate Studio, Southwark automated mass data uploads and payroll tasks—moving 77% of day-to-day inputs online with 30% of those processes handled by Automate Studio—allowing 5,000 transactions to be processed in 30 minutes, 13,000 records updated in an hour, and a full payroll completed in 1.5 days with 100% accuracy. The automation prevented two additional hires, delivered over £70K in annual savings, slashed election payroll setup from many days to a few hours, and was extended into finance processes to boost accuracy and efficiency across the council.

Southwark Council

Susan Biggs

SAP HR Payroll Officer