Repsol, a Spanish energy company, is a global operation with 25,000 employees across more than 30 countries. At the time of its first conversation with Alight, its existing payroll systems were no longer agile enough to support a growing and increasingly complex pay and rewards structure.
The challenge
In 10 countries, Repsol’s payroll was performed on a 20-year-old SAP system. Ahead of its time at its installation, the SAP system was increasingly limited in the scope and functionality required to support a modern, international business.
As a result, the payroll process was complex to manage. There was no standardization across the company, and it lacked the flexibility to factor in the specific reporting, regulatory and legal requirements specific to each country. Manual intervention was often required, and it was incredibly time consuming to pull together management information reports.