How WBA brought clarity to their multi-national review and eliminated cross-border chaos

The leading international pharmaceutical company replaced tortuous spreadsheet processes with streamlined multi-currency workflows, enhanced data security, and seamless coordination across UK and USA operations.

2
Timezones
5
Currencies
2015
Long-term Partnership
"When it comes to the annual review cycle, knowledge is king. Through PayReview, we are nurturing a partnership that builds year-on-year with someone that truly understands our business."
Lauren Hall
HR Senior Manager, Reward & Benefits
Walgreens Boots Alliance
The Challenge

Excel Was Never Built for Cross-Border Pay Reviews

Five currencies. Two continents. Zero visibility.

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Multi-Currency & Cross-Border Coordination
WBA struggled with managing their multi-currency reviews whilst coordinating decision-making between executives in the UK and USA. These ime zone differences and data security concerns created significant operational challenges.
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Tortuous Spreadsheet Processes
Years of relying on spreadsheets had become increasingly burdensome. The process covered everything from initial performance reviews to final bonus decisions in one complex workflow, with dynamic bonus ranges requiring continuous manual updates and maintenance.
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Extended & Inefficient Review Cycles
The cumbersome processes led to extended pay review cycles that hamstrung managers with bumpy workflows. And senior HR resources were bogged down in managing the review instead of focusing on strategic initiatives.
The Solution

Global Pay Reviews. One Platform. No Surprises.

Together with WBA, we replaced their tortuous spreadsheet system with our comprehensive PAYreview platform.

Addresses: Multi-Currency & Cross-Border Coordination

Cloud-Based Multi-Currency Management

Being cloud-based, PAYreview automatically solved WBA's multi-national decision issues.

Managers and executives could now easily coordinate across international borders, with enhanced data security and seamless access that eliminated their previous time zone and storage constraints.

💱 Handles all 5 currencies seamlessly
☁️ Secure cloud access from anywhere
🔒 Enhanced data security across borders
🌐 Time zone coordination solved
Addresses: Tortuous Spreadsheet Processes

Integrated Performance-to-Bonus System

PAYreview integrated WBA's entire process, dynamically handling bonus ranges and allowing for continuous updates with custom calculations based on employee performance.

This eliminated their manual burden while ensuring accurate, up-to-date data management across all currencies.

🔗 End-to-end process integration
⚡ Dynamic bonus calculations
🔄 Automatic updates and maintenance
📈 Performance-driven custom calculations
Addresses: Extended & Inefficient Review Cycles

Comprehensive Partnership & Support

Our deep understanding of WBA's business enables us to offer comprehensive service that includes system setup, data management, and dedicated help desk support during active reviews.

This comprehensive approach means managers can make decisions easily despite the geographical spread of operations.

🛠️ Full system setup and management
📞 Dedicated help desk during reviews
⚡ Quicker turnaround times
🎯 Less wasted resources
"The flexibility of the system is excellent. Uploading data is efficient, it's easy to move employees and managers around, and simple to configure admins."
Lauren Hall
HR Senior Manager, Reward & Benefits
Walgreens Boots Alliance
The Results

WBA now moves faster, smarter, and with full control

A single platform now powers WBA’s pay reviews across currencies, borders, and time zones — with greater accuracy and efficiency.

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Quicker
Turnaround Times
Across All Currencies
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Seamless
Cross-Border Coordination
UK & USA Operations
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Reduced
Resource Waste
Throughout the Business

The transformation in detail

How each core challenge was completely resolved

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Before PAYreview

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    Complex 5-currency management in spreadsheets
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    Tortuous processes becoming increasingly burdensome
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    Time zone coordination challenges across UK/USA
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    Manual dynamic bonus range updates and maintenance
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    Extended review cycles with hamstrung managers
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    HR resources bogged down in process management
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After PAYreview

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    Streamlined multi-currency approach handling all 5 currencies
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    One integrated system from performance to bonus decisions
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    Cloud-based coordination solving time zone issues
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    Dynamic bonus ranges with automatic calculations
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    Quicker turnaround times with simplified decision-making
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    HR freed for strategic initiatives with dedicated support
"Since our partnership began in 2015, our understanding of with WBA has grown significantly. We now offer them a comprehensive service that streamlines their complex multi-currency process, enabling coordination across international borders with enhanced security and efficiency."
PAYreview Team
Implementation Services
Amite Ltd