Touchstone and Infor SunSystems^®

Fans of SunSystems

For over 30 years SunSystems® has been one of the most prolific, well respected, and much-loved financial management solutions in the UK and internationally. Many finance professionals have built their entire careers around SunSystems® as users, managers, administrators, and implementers of the solution. We actively seek to find and work with these loyal fans of SunSystems® to offer them the best advice, counsel and support on all versions of SunSystems®.

Selection Specialists

Whether it’s one of the big six or a one-person operation we can help you if your job is to identify potential FMS / Financial ERP solutions for your client(s). We have a team of specialists that can answer your questions ahead of a PQQ or RFP process or give you an early insight into what SunSystems® can offer. We can then engage with you as a respondent to your RFP / ITT by putting forward a high-quality response followed by a presentation(s), putting forward references and flexible contract negotiations, should we be awarded your business.

Independent Consultants

Many “fans of SunSystems®” have taken the ultimate step and built a business around SunSystems, offering their skills and expertise as independent advisors and implementers of SunSystems®. We have worked with many such individuals over the years and continue to do so. If you’re an IC and would like to work with us, we’d love to hear from you.

Financial Services

The largest market sector for SunSystems®, born in North London at a time when the FS sector needed financial management software that was highly flexible, multi-currency, multi-entity, quick to implement and could report against stringent standards, SunSystems® was well positioned. We have worked for decades in and around The City of London and with global financial institutions to deliver high quality projects, our clients include, The Corporation of Lloyds, BA Pension Fund, Bank of England, Artex Insurance and Aviva, to name a few.

Hospitality

SunSystems® is a proven solution within the hospitality sector, with its requirements around the chart of accounts (USALI) and global hospitality accounting common practices (GHACP), SunSystems® with its international capabilities in terms of language, configuration and integration options is particularly well suited.

Not for Profit

Traditionally a strong sector for SunSystems® because of the flexibility in the chart of accounts, configurable analysis, international and reporting capabilities. Whether you are a domestic charity, a NGO or an international aid organisation SunSystems® offers a robust solution that can be used locally and globally. Our clients in this sector include Christian Aid, The Prince’s Trust, NSPCC, Scope and VSO.

Professional Services

For any organisation where your stock in trade is your people and selling their time is what you do, then SunSystems® coupled with our PSA solution time@work / expense@work is an ideal and affordable solution. Time and expenses can be captured, stored and billed from WIP, using flexible rules with the accounting being taken care of by SunSystems®.

Energy

We have a dedicated business unit which specialises is this sector, with SunSystems® at the financial heart. Our clients include BP Lightsource, Premier Oil, Infinis Energy, Addax Petroleum and Severn Energy Group. Visit the Touchstone Energy website.

Office of the CFO

An umbrella for any business where the requirement is to have robust financial processes that cover revenue (and revenue recognition), procurement (discretionary AP spend), cash management, employee expense management, time recording, budgeting & planning, industrial strength ledgers and enterprise-wide reporting. Clients include The Ports of Jersey, Autovista Group, Breedon Group and Welcome Break.

Bluestone

Bluestone National Park Resort is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.

Bluestone National Park Resort upgraded its finance system to Infor SunSystems, choosing TouchstoneFMS thanks to our experience and expertise in providing support.

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Local Government Ombudsman

The Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) looks at complaints about councils and some other authorities and organisations, including education admissions appeal panels and adult social care providers (such as care homes and home care providers).

LGO chose to partner with TouchstoneFMS because of our easy-to-access support, to help them prepare for the future.

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Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) is a free and independent service set up by Parliament.

PHSO replaced their finance system with Infor SunSystems to reduce costs and provide a powerful platform for the future.

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Breedon

Breedon is one of the largest construction materials businesses in UK and Ireland.

In 2022, they awarded Touchstone a significant contract to upgrade and modernise their financial management infrastructure putting Infor OS and SunSystems® at the heart of their financial operations.

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Ports of Jersey

The Ports of Jersey is the organisation that operates the airport, seaport and marinas on the island of Jersey.

Infor OS, SunSystems® and EAM are critical business management systems used across the organisation.

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ASI

Welbeck Health Partners are a leading global specialist day surgery provider and rapidly growing business who had outgrown their on-premise mid-range accounting software.

They implemented SunSystems Cloud, a solution that can scale with their business and offer sophisticated functionality to cope with the nuances of their financial processes. 

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West Yorkshire Police

West Yorkshire Police are one of our largest and longest established clients.

They have been using SunSystems® for over 20 years to automate processing and to support decision making structures through the provision of timely information. 

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Gnosis

Gnosis Limited is a business and technology consultant for Bermuda businesses.

They recently selected TouchstoneFMS to supply and implement the latest flagship solution from Infor, Infor SunSystems Cloud for their Bermuda-based reinsurer client.

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Braza UK

Touchstone successfully implemented Infor SunSystems Cloud and integrated it with Braza’s currency trading system.

Key to the selection and success of the project was the multi-currency and analysis functionality of Infor SunSystems and Touchstone’s extensive experience in the financial services sector.

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AMPYR

AMPYR Distributed Energy, a global developer of renewable energy assets, has chosen Touchstone FMS Limited (Touchstone) to digitise their financial accounting, AP (Accounts Payable) and AR invoicing processes and Management reporting.

By implementing Infor SunSystems Cloud, powered by Sysynkt AI (Artificial Intelligence) automation and Sharperlight for budgeting and management reporting, this new system will deliver the digital platform to support the ambitious growth plans of AMPYR.

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Tysers Insurance Brokers

In 2019, Tysers initiated a project to roll out a new finance and procurement solution with the aim of significantly reducing the annual finance system costs and providing Tysers with a platform that harnesses the power of automation to provide efficiencies and flexibility within a user-friendly interface.

They selected Infor SunSystems® for financial management and Proactis for purchase management and expenses, with Touchstone as their implementation partner.

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Crown Agents Bank

Crown Agents Bank provide trade and correspondent banking services to governments, NGOs, and commercial enterprises in emerging markets worldwide.

With Infor SunSystems, the global wholesale bank achieves accounting control, efficiency, and compliance.

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