New York, London and Mumbai, 30 September 2024:
WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS), a leading provider of global digital-led Business Process Management (BPM) solutions, and Uniqus Consultech Inc. (Uniqus), a tech-enabled global platform that offers consulting solutions in the accounting & reporting, finance operations, governance, risk, and ESG domains today announced their strategic relationship to offer a comprehensive suite of services in Sustainability and Technical Accounting & Reporting Consulting. The combination of WNS’ leadership in Finance and Accounting (F&A) and cutting-edge AI capabilities with Uniqus’ deep expertise in ESG, accounting, and reporting will provide unique value to clients across industries.
With sustainability goals becoming integral to businesses, there is an increasing need for across-the-board reporting that seamlessly integrates environmental, organizational, and financial information. The WNS-Uniqus services suite includes consulting, reporting, and AI-enabled data streamlining via the ESG UniVerse platform. The solutions will help enterprises in advancing their ESG compliance and reporting journey, including advanced solutions such as decarbonization, climate action and bio-diversity.
The technical accounting advisory services will help enterprises address complex accounting issues, GAAP impact studies, and policy manuals. Key services include IPO readiness, transaction accounting advisory, financial statement preparation, regulatory & tax compliance, stock option accounting, audit support, and finance modernization through automation and ERP implementation. It will also offer finance analytics services that deliver CFO-level insights, business performance indicators, data visualization, finance data lake design, and finance and operational reporting design.
Together, WNS and Uniqus are already delivering enhanced value to their clients. For example, following a key acquisition, a leading biopharma company encountered significant challenges in integrating the newly acquired entity from a regulatory and compliance standpoint. WNS and Uniqus helped the client navigate the complexities of financial and accounting system integration, including the design of new business processes with the proper standards and controls. This solution spanned multiple F&A towers including Order-to-Cash (O2C), Procure-to- Pay (P2P), and Supply Chain Management (SCM), and was deployed across five entities in 31 countries.
“WNS’ ongoing commitment to sustainability continues to drive both innovation and collaboration to deliver improving outcomes for all of our key stakeholders. With our deep industry knowledge, technological capabilities, and solid client relationships, we are constantly pioneering new ways to help businesses stay one step ahead of the competition. This collaboration enables Uniqus and WNS to provide organizations with a one-stop solution to streamline data management and optimize decision-making processes, equipping them with actionable insights to achieve their long-term sustainability, accounting, and risk management goals,” said Keshav R. Murugesh, Group CEO, WNS.
“We look forward to co-creating success stories across client organizations to address their diverse financial, accounting, governance and ESG requirements. WNS is a trailblazer in leading global enterprises through their transformation journeys. Together, we strive to resolve client challenges in a way that supports their business goals. Our collaboration will aid in problem solving and decision-making across various sectors, providing immediate benefits and enabling teams to reach unprecedented levels of efficiency,” said Jamil Khatri, Co- Founder & CEO, Uniqus Consultech.
