Shared Service Centre

In line with leading practice amongst the world’s largest companies, our Shared Service Centre gathers together in one location many of the Group’s financial and central support functions, including finance, purchasing, property, I.T., HR, payroll and transport.

The North West based office provides the opportunity to deliver service excellence to its customers both internal and external to Speedy by creating a focussed and professional support function. Concentration will lead to greater specialisation, which will in turn raise the quality of services offered to our stakeholders.

SSC Priorities

To respond to our customers’ desire for us to make ourselves easier to deal with administratively
To maximise the benefits of our investment in systems by paving the way for the creation of One Speedy
To establish a modern working environment which attracts and retains the highest calibre employees

Primary Finance Priorities

To improve efficiency through greater standardisation of processes and procedures
To free up divisional finance teams to focus more on providing commercial support to their operations
To deliver a step change in the quality and timeliness of management information

Secondary Finance Priorities

To provide a base upon which to build further domestic and international growth
To provide an environment which encourages the sharing of best practice and ideas
To improve the Group’s financial controls

Benefits of the Shared Service Centre

Support new business process capabilities, leading to improvements in timeliness and quality of management reporting
Increase the effectiveness and consistency of the financial processes’ control environment
Accelerate the opportunity to introduce the People Plan into support functions and increase the opportunities for career progression
Improve the speed and quality of internal communications