Advanced Exchequer wins BAFTA contract

23 March 2016 – Advanced Exchequer (Advanced) will implement new finance software, including a mobile app, to enhance financial analysis and streamline reporting for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), it was announced today. BAFTA, the independent UK charity best known for its annual EE British Academy Film Awards and its year-round learning events and initiatives, will go live with the technology in June 2016.

Advanced was selected from five software providers due to the flexibility and intuitiveness of the system. BAFTA’s previous system had been in place for more than a decade and no longer had the functionality required to manage and report on the organisation’s finances.

The previous system had no built-in analysis, reporting or forecasting capability, meaning this had to be done manually in spreadsheets, which was time consuming and inefficient.

Gilly Burgess, Director of Finance, BAFTA, says, “We had outgrown our existing system and needed an end-to-end solution with good analysis and reporting capability and a purchase to pay solution that is easy to use, especially for non-finance staff.

“The Advanced software will save us time in our daily core accounting tasks which will enable us to carry out more value added work to support the organisation. With improved forecasting capability and analysis tools we will gain greater insight into how our resources can best be directed towards our charitable activities.

“Not only will the reporting process be streamlined, but the data being analysed will be up-to-date, allowing budget holders to use it for self-service reporting and compare actuals versus budgets in real-time.”

The Exchequer solution will be used by the finance team as the general ledger system, to process purchase orders and generate management reports and budgets. It will also enable them to easily produce Statement Of Recommended Practice (SORP) reports via templates.

The eXchequer365 app will also provide budget holders with the ability to approve and raise purchase orders from their mobile phones, speeding up purchase-to-pay processes. As part of the solution BAFTA will be implementing document management technology (powered by V1) to store documents, such as invoices and POs, online. Finance staff will be able to drill down to these documents via Exchequer.

Burgess added, “As a charity, the visibility of our finances is hugely important and this technology will provide real-time insight that will enable finance staff to support the management team to make informed decisions and make the most effective use of resources. In turn, this provides a solid platform from which we can continue to deliver our charitable aims.”

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About Advanced Exchequer

Advanced Exchequer’s multi-award-winning, fully integrated accounting and business software helps organisations improve the way they manage and operate their business, delivering significant time and cost savings by automating everyday tasks.

Flexible and easy to use, with powerful functionality built-in throughout, Exchequer supports all aspects of an organisation providing unrivalled analysis, exceptional management reporting and productivity enhancing tools. Exchequer improves customers’ productivity by 47%.

Award successes include ‘Financial Software Provider of the Year’ in the Real Finance/CBI FDs’ Excellence Awards, winning more times than any other software provider and 100% user recommendation by Charity Finance for three years running.

Exchequer is part of Advanced Computer Software Group Limited, a leading supplier of software and IT services to the health, care and business services sectors and is the 3rd largest provider of software and services to the UK market. In 2014, the Group won Tech Company of the Year in PwC’s UK Tech Awards. Advanced was also ranked in the Deloitte UK Fast 50, which recognises the 50 fastest growing technology companies in the UK and ranked in the top 300 technology companies in Deloitte’s EMEA ranking.

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About BAFTA

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts is an independent charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image by identifying and rewarding excellence, inspiring practitioners and benefiting the public. In addition to its Awards ceremonies, BAFTA has a year-round programme of learning events and initiatives – featuring workshops, masterclasses, scholarships, lectures and mentoring schemes – in the UK, USA and Asia; it offers unique access to the world’s most inspiring talent and connects with a global audience of all ages and backgrounds. BAFTA relies on income from membership subscriptions, individual donations, trusts, foundations and corporate partnerships to support its ongoing outreach work. To access the best creative minds in film, television and games production, visit www.bafta.org/guru. For more, visit www.bafta.org.

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