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em-ply

Technology, payments and consultancy,made simple.

em-ply provides independent advisory and hands-on delivery across technology, payments and fintech, and HR programmes, supporting businesses and organisations from the first decision through to go-live and beyond.

What we do

A full service partner for businesses and organisations

We combine technology expertise, practical delivery experience and commercial insight to help organisations solve problems, improve services and deliver change.

  • HR Transformation Advisory

    Independent advice from HR operating model and process design through to HCM and Financials implementation, covering partner selection, data, integrations and adoption.

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  • Payments & Fintech Advisory

    Choose the right providers, design payment journeys and integrate mobile money, card and bank payments, with specialist knowledge of UK and African markets.

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  • Programme & Project Delivery

    Experienced delivery managers who take complex programmes from plan to go-live on time and to scope, using Agile, waterfall or hybrid approaches.

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  • Management Consulting

    Independent advice and hands-on support to help organisations set direction, improve performance and deliver change, from strategy and operations to organisational design.

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  • Cyber Security

    Understand your risk, protect your systems and data, and meet your compliance obligations with proportionate, practical security support.

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  • Training & Courses

    Instructor-led training for teams and individuals in Project Management, Agile and Core IT skills.

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Senior advisers who have sat in your seat, and delivered the programme.

We have led transformation, HR, finance and payments programmes from the client side, so we know where they go wrong: unclear decisions, partners marking their own homework, and teams left unready to run what was built. You work directly with the people doing the work, not a junior team learning on your project.

The system is only half the job. The other half is making sure your organisation can run it.
Meet em-ply
  • Hands-on experience

    Every engagement is led by an experienced delivery manager who stays with it from plan to go-live.

  • Independent by design

    We don't resell software or take partner commissions, so our advice is about what's right for you.

  • Systems and people

    Configuration, data and integrations, alongside the readiness, training and ownership that make them stick.

How we work

The em-ply Delivery Assurance approach

Most programmes are split across vendors and lose context at every handoff. Our approach keeps one senior team holding the thread from the first decision to the day your people run the system themselves.

  1. Phase 1

    Before you commit

    Get clear on what you need, who should deliver it and what it will really take, before contracts and timelines are fixed.

    • Needs and readiness assessment
    • Vendor and partner selection
    • Statement of work and commercial review
    • Roadmap your board can approve
  2. Phase 2

    During delivery

    Keep the programme honest: decisions made on time, scope under control and quality checked independently.

    • Governance and decision-making
    • Scope and change-request control
    • Testing and quality assurance
    • Risk and issue management
  3. Phase 3

    After go-live

    Stabilise, hand over properly and keep improving, so the investment keeps paying back.

    • Hypercare and stabilisation
    • Ownership handover and training
    • Optimisation roadmap
    • Ongoing support when you need it

Working together

Two ways to work with us

Bring us in alongside the partner you already have, or let us lead the programme with advisory built in.

Option 1

Independent client-side advisor

Another partner is building your system. We sit on your side of the table: owning the plan, challenging scope and change requests, keeping governance tight and getting your people ready to run what's built.

  • Works alongside your existing partner
  • Advice that's independent of the build
  • Flexible: a few days a month up to full-time

Option 2

Delivery with advisory built in

em-ply leads the programme. The same people who shaped the plan stay to deliver it, with readiness, data and adoption covered from day one rather than handed to someone else.

  • One team, one plan, one point of accountability
  • Delivery and readiness run together
  • Support continues after go-live

Start with a conversation, not a rate card

Every engagement is shaped by where your programme is, what's at stake and what your team can take on. Tell us what you're facing and we'll suggest the simplest way we can help.