Churchill Group has selected Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) and Workday Payroll to help streamline HR operations. The solution is part of the technical offering from Workday, the AI platform provider for managing people, money, and agents. Churchill has acquired the solution to deliver a more seamless employee experience for its 17,000-strong workforce.
Churchill Group is the second largest employee-owned company in the UK. It specialises in providing essential cleaning, security, and front-line services to businesses and organisations nationwide. With a business model focused on putting people first, Churchill sought a modern, scalable platform to support ambitious growth and empower its workforce.
According to James Bradley, CEO at Churchill Group, “Churchill’s workforce is at the heart of everything we do. We wanted a technology partner understanding the needs of essential workers and can help us deliver a seamless, modern experience. Workday will simplify key HR and payroll processes. Giving our teams better access to critical information and letting us focus on delivering outstanding service to our clients.”
Dan Pell, GM UKI, Workday, said, “Churchill is showing what it means to put people first. By choosing Workday, they’re investing in technology that simplifies operations and empowers essential workers with greater visibility, access, and control. We’re proud to support their growth and help them build a more connected, agile, and people-first business,”
A busy time for Workday
May and June have been a busy time period for Workday. The company revealed seven new Illuminate Agents to help organisations automate their finance and HR processes. The announcement follows the revelation of agents at both Workday Rising US and Workday Rising EMEA last year. These new agents address three challenges within business. They automate frontline worker processes, streamline finance processes and help employees retrieve information quickly.
Earlier in the month, Workday announced the Workday Agent Partner Network. A global ecosystem of partners building AI agents that will connect with the Workday Agent System of Record (ASOR).
Industry leaders including Accenture, Adobe, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Auditoria.AI, Compa, Deloitte, Glean, Google Cloud, IBM, Kainos, KPMG, Microsoft, Paradox, PwC, Salesforce, and WorkBoardAI are among the first to partner with Workday. The partnership aims to help joint customers thrive in a future where AI agents are a central part of how work gets done.
Workday also announced Agent Gateway, which will enable customers to seamlessly connect and manage AI agents from Workday and its Agent Partner Network within the Workday Agent System of Record.
The company also announced a new unified, AI developer toolset to support Workday Illuminate directly into the hands of customer and partner developers. This will enable them to easily customise and connect AI apps and agents on the Workday platform.
Enterprise Times: What this means for business
This partnership reflects Workday’s continued growth in the facilities management sector. It also demonstrates the increasing demand for modern, employee-centric HR and payroll solutions. Churchill Group expects this partnership to enhance employee experience, drive operational efficiency and support its long-term growth. Workday says its platform is built with AI at the core.
The solution is designed to help customers elevate people, supercharge work and move their business forever forward. Today’s workforce is increasingly becoming a hybrid force that will be both human and digital. The deal will enable the Churchill Group to more effectively use AI to support the back office processes and systems. As a result, these employees can focus on more productive activities that generates revenues to the bottom line.
