“Concur Travel & Expense Gives Beecher Carlson Holdings, Inc. Leverage for Better Rates and Discounts”
- Company:Beecher Carlson Holdings, Inc.
- Implementation:Concur Travel & Expense
- Industry:Insurance Brokerage and Risk Management
- Company size:455 employees
Beecher Carlson Holdings, Inc. is an insurance brokerage and risk management consulting firm that goes way beyond expectation to provide clients with a unique experience. The organization is dedicated to finding new systems and operational procedures to improve efficiency and drive effectiveness. With this mission in mind, Beecher Carlson has found a solution to replace its time-consuming manual spreadsheet expense reporting process.
"We were dealing with a lot of paperwork, not to mention a lot of file cabinet space," says Scott Tofil, Vice President and Corporate Controller at Beecher Carlson. The company expects its expense reporting process to be paperless thanks to Concur® Travel & Expense. Other benefits realized because of the solution include:
- Detailed analytics reporting, which provides the flexibility to leverage travel vendors for better rates and discounts.
- The ability to import expense report information directly into the company's accounting system.
- Increased efficiency and cost-savings; Tofil was facing the need to hire a part-time person to help with the previous expense reporting system.
- Automated and standardized online processes that can be completed anytime, any where.
- A "checks and balance" system for employees' travel budgets.
"We manage our employees' travel budgets a little differently," says Tofil. "Employees are given a travel budget based on their needs and manage their budgets independently. The detailed reporting in Concur Travel & Expense allows us to see if employees are spending their budgets wisely and make adjustments as necessary."
The employees can utilize the new solution to automatically reconcile itinerary and credit card data with e-receipts through one seamless process. "The automation, along with Google Maps integration with Concur Travel & Expense, has proved to be the employees' most favorite feature," states Tofil.
"Concur is continually moving forward by offering new features and functionality on a monthly basis," says Tofil. "We're very pleased with the system. It makes our lives pretty easy."