Case Study: Waipareira Trust

Case Study: Waipareira

Waipareira Trust Group (Te Whanau O Waipareira Trust) provides an array of health, housing, social justice, and education support services for a generational change in the urban Maori community in New Zealand. The business decision to leverage on the tried-and-tested solution for not-for-profit was because their legacy accounting system could no longer meet the demands of Waipareira’s ever-changing operational structure.

Initial Challenge faced by Waipareira Trust

• Legacy accounting system no longer fit for purpose
• Difficulty with reconciliation and auditing process
• Inflexible set chart of accounts
• Lack of safeguards / internal control for different users

Benefits

• Ability to leverage flexible chart of accounts
• Automated reconciliation process
• Increased efficiency, decreased errors and savings on labour
• Improved auditing process
• Multiple entities
• Internal controls for different user roles

Solution

• SAP Business One