[vc_section full_width=”stretch_row” full_height=”yes” content_placement=”bottom” css=”.vc_custom_1707813272312{background: #d1d1d1 url(https://finansys-staging.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Case-Studies_Cogent.jpg?id=13084) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}” el_class=”cape_bg_header”][vc_row][vc_column el_class=”row-cw-first”][vc_raw_html el_class=”sec-cw-header-title”]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[/vc_raw_html][vc_empty_space el_id=”CapeWeligama-sec-2″][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fas icon-angle-down” color=”white” size=”lg” align=”center” link=”url:%23CapeWeligama-sec-2″ el_class=”vert-move”][/vc_column][/vc_row][/vc_section][vc_row bg_color=”#f2f2f2″ top_padding=”32″ bottom_padding=”32″][vc_column][vc_raw_html css=”.vc_custom_1705399081639{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}” el_class=”vc_reset_tp20″]JTNDZGl2JTIwY2xhc3MlM0QlMjJ0d28lMjIlM0UlMEElMjAlMjAlM0NoMiUyMGNsYXNzJTNEJTIybm9ybWFsLWhlYWQtdGl0bGUlMjIlM0VQcm9maWxlJTBBJTIwJTIwJTNDJTJGaDIlM0UlMEElM0MlMkZkaXYlM0UlMEE=[/vc_raw_html][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1707820877221{padding-right: 25px !important;}”][media image=”13088″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1707820883124{padding-left: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1707820896383{padding-left: 20px !important;}”]Cogent is an established independent international insurance and reinsurance broker situated at the heart of the London insurance market and at Lloyd’s.

Established over 30 years ago, Cogent transacts insurance and reinsurance worldwide across a whole range of business classes, negotiating the broadest coverage at competitive terms with only first-class insurers.

The organisation currently has over 30 employees and a turnover of about £10 million.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row top_padding=”32″ bottom_padding=”32″][vc_column][vc_raw_html css=”.vc_custom_1694690731194{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}” el_class=”vc_reset_tp20″]JTNDZGl2JTIwY2xhc3MlM0QlMjJ0d28lMjIlM0UlMEElMjAlMjAlM0NoMiUyMGNsYXNzJTNEJTIybm9ybWFsLWhlYWQtdGl0bGUlMjIlM0VCYWNrZ3JvdW5kJTBBJTIwJTIwJTNDJTJGaDIlM0UlMEElM0MlMkZkaXYlM0UlMEE=[/vc_raw_html][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1707821680040{padding-right: 20px !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1707821692610{padding-right: 25px !important;}”]As long-standing Sunsystems users, Cogent had previously upgraded from Sun 4 to Sun 6.1 (with Q&A10).

In 2019, impending IT obsolescence necessitated another upgrade. Although the company considers their accounting needs to be straightforward, there is a level of complexity when multi-currency accounting is needed. During their evaluation of alternative accounting software, the superior capability of SunSystems in this area became clear and reinforced the management team’s decision to upgrade to Sun 6.4 and Q&A11.

In conjunction with the upgrade, the organisation also sought to streamline its heavily paper-based manual system of collating employee expenses and chose a third-party software provider to facilitate the electronic capture, processing, and paperless filing of this part of the business.

A further objective was to integrate this software with SunSystems as seamlessly as possible to eliminate the duplication of data input and wasted effort.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1707821670143{padding-left: 20px !important;}”][media image=”13090″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_id=”cape_sunsystemcloud_sec”][vc_column][vc_raw_html css=”.vc_custom_1705594075184{padding-top: 55px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}” el_class=”two”]JTNDaDIlMjBjbGFzcyUzRCUyMm5vcm1hbC1oZWFkLXRpdGxlJTIyJTNFQmVuZWZpdHMlMjBvZiUyMFN1blN5c3RlbXMlMjB3aXRoJTIwRmluYW5TeXMlM0MlMkZoMiUzRSUwQSUzQ2g0JTNFSG93JTIwRmluYW5TeXMlMjBNYWRlJTIwdGhlJTIwRGlmZmVyZW5jZSUzQyUyRmg0JTNF[/vc_raw_html][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][media animation=”none” image=”13110″][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2/3″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1707906119153{padding-left: 35px !important;}”]After the decision to upgrade, the next step was for Cogent to make a decision on a SunSystems Partner. Though Cogent had previously been with another SunSystems support provider for many years, Cogent’s management team said they were disappointed with the level of support they received from the previous support provider.

“Having reservations about embarking on our expenses integration project with the previous support provider, we felt the time was right to make the change. As a conveniently-located, recommended Infor partner, our first choice was FinanSys. From the outset, we were impressed by their responsiveness and personal service. Their product knowledge and understanding of our situation gave us confidence that our objectives could be achieved professionally and economically.”[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1707906125726{padding-top: 25px !important;}”]FinanSys’ SunSystems professional services team immediately sprung into action with the objective to modernise Cogent’s system and eliminate the data duplication through seamless integration with Cogent’s expense management system.

The result is a paperless system that is capable of handling the most complex of employee expenses, yet easy enough for any employee to use no matter their location.

“Our discussions about modernising employee expenses were productive and insightful. Eschewing the “one size fits all” mentality, FinanSys Consultant Deniz Guyuk took on board the bespoke elements of the build and her expertise delivered an integration which not only fulfilled our expectations but also enhanced the original brief. We have fully digitalised our employee expense capture, processing and filing, saving time and cost and furthermore have been able to perfectly support remote working.”[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bg_image=”11803″ bg_position=”center center” cover_bg=”true” parallax_bg=”true” text_color=”light” top_padding=”32″ bottom_padding=”32″ el_id=”cape_findingperfect_sec”][vc_column][vc_raw_html css=”.vc_custom_1705655415482{margin-top: 20px !important;padding-top: 55px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;}” el_class=”two”]JTNDaDIlMjBjbGFzcyUzRCUyMm5vcm1hbC1oZWFkLXRpdGxlJTIyJTNFVGhlJTIwT3ZlcmFsbCUyMEV4cGVyaWVuY2UlMjB3aXRoJTIwRmluYW5TeXMlM0MlMkZoMiUzRSUwQQ==[/vc_raw_html][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]In a final assessment of the upgrade process and in conclusion of their overall experience with FinanSys, the Cogent project lead said:[/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html el_class=”txtleft”]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[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″ css=”.vc_custom_1694751155327{padding-left: 20px !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row bottom_padding=”35px”][vc_column][vc_column_text][rcblock id=”12951″][/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””][rcblock id=”14024″][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row]