Professional services account for a large part of the US economy, generating about $600 billion in annual
revenue for 600,000 individual firms. The largest segments are legal services ($130 billion);
engineering services ($120 billion); computer-related services ($110 billion); accounting ($60 billion);
management consulting ($60 billion); advertising ($50 billion); and scientific research ($25 billion).
Professional Services are infrequent, technical, or unique functions
performed by independent contractors or consultants whose occupation
is the rendering of such services. Professional firms frequently provide services that require special
expertise. Their ability to provide services cross-border make them particularly useful to multinational
clients. Services are frequently delivered on a project basis.
How Employee
Workforce Automation Can Help
Paramount’s WorkPlace Suite
helps professional services firms improve efficiency and reduce errors across multiple geographies:
Integrated project accounting, time and expense management
Multi-language capabilities
Comprehensive multicurrency support
Single point of entry from approved expense through to
client invoicing
Able to integrate seamlessly with both off-the-shelf and
internally developed systems
“One of the greatest advancements we were looking for with WorkPlace Project — and that we’ve achieved
— is full international capability: full intercompany, foreign currency, conversions, being able to
receive from multiple payable ledgers worldwide, and being able to push out to multiple receivable
ledgers worldwide from a central data repository. We wanted a global business services type of
environment, and WorkPlace Project is directly aligned with that type of model. It’s really enabled
us to realize the benefits of centralized and streamlined operations."
David Munro Executive Director, Integrated IS PharmaNet