Case Study: Aviva achieves global HR consolidation and up to 50% IT cost savings with Workday

Workday and Aviva Seeing the Benefits of a Global View

Aviva, one of the world’s largest insurance groups with about 36,000 employees and operations in 21 countries, faced a fragmented HR landscape after growth by acquisition—more than 74 different HR systems—creating high total cost of ownership, slow reporting and limited global visibility while needing to balance a unified company approach with local market responsiveness.

Aviva adopted Workday’s cloud-based HCM and Cloud Connect solutions, rolling them out region by region to create a single global platform. The change delivered real-time visibility and self-service for managers and employees (initial deployments showed 86% satisfaction), consolidated 74+ systems into one, freed IT and HR for strategic work, and is expected to cut IT costs in Europe by 40–50% while improving talent mobility and faster decision-making.

Aviva

Bruce Jennings

Group HR Transformation Director