Case Study: Gallagher achieves faster budgeting and empowered, accountable teams with Workday Adaptive Planning

Gallagher Makes Finance Easy and Drives Accountability Using Cloud Planning

Gallagher, a 75‑year‑old global leader in animal management, security, fuel systems, and contract manufacturing headquartered in Hamilton, New Zealand, faced growing planning complexity across diverse divisions and distributors in 100 countries. The finance team spent three months on annual budgeting, struggled with complex currency conversions and consolidation, had limited scenario‑modeling capability, and lacked tools to give business units ownership of their budgets.

Working with implementation partner GK Horizons, Gallagher deployed Workday Adaptive Planning in under six weeks, automating currency calculations and simplifying budget structures. Annual budgets now take six weeks, reforecasts three days, and business teams have real‑time access to finance data—driving accountability, faster decision‑making, and a move toward AI‑based scenario planning.

Gallagher

Paul Nobilo

Finance Manager