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Why should you be working with Aqilla?
Within our Cloud Accounting Software Solution, we combine all the features and tools an effective and successful finance professional needs. We would be delighted to show you what we can do, and how we can work together to grow your business.
From roots firmly established in the IT revolution of the 1980s working for Kewill Systems plc, Hugh Scantlebury went on to join Systems Union in 1992. As EMEA Channel Sales Director he led a team managing a £30 million market which generated in excess of £11 million pounds worth of net revenue from channels selling integrated financial and business solutions in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. At Sage, working as General Manager for the Corporate and European Division, he launched two new business initiatives focusing on OLAP and e-Business development services. In 2002 Hugh took up the role of managing director for a 3i-backed business, Foundation Systems, which specialised in the supply, implementation and support of integrated financial and business management. This business became a wholly owned subsidiary of Systems Union Group in December 2003, which in turn was subsequently acquired by Infor, a US$2.1 billion corporation backed by Golden Gate Capital in 2006.
Colin Christianson, Director & Chief Product Architect
His early career was spent working for Smiths Industries where he was responsible for the implementation of a variety of mainframe and mini-computer systems covering manufacturing, distribution, accounting, and payroll. After a spell as a senior consultant with Hoskyns, Colin joined Systems Union as a founding member and director of R&D, leading the development of SunSystems, the mid-market accounting systems leader, from its early inception in the early eighties. In 1999, Colin recognised that solutions based on emerging web technologies offered an exciting new opportunity and left to setup ncSoft to develop a set of web based applications covering time recording, expense management, and procurement. In 2004, Infor (Systems Union) purchased ncSoft and now offers these products as part of their SunSystems procurement and productivity portfolio of products.
, the UK-based business had to be confident that the software would fundamentally comply with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s regulations on data protection and storage. Ruling out FinancialForce and NetSuite, Argonaut chose UK-based Aqilla and it was up and running in less than one month.
From 2015, all offenders who enter prison, even if just for a few days, must serve 12 months under supervision in the community. The new approach will see a change in the existing Probation Service and a far greater role for private and voluntary sector organisations which are to be paid by results. Essex Probation’s Director of Finance and Performance Debbie Came is working with cloud-based accounting solution Aqilla to prepare her systems for reform.
Aqilla works closely with its partners to deliver web-based accounting software to organisations across all sectors and markets.
to market the product through a dedicated partner programme. It is designed such that together we and our partners work to develop, organise and maintain business facilities and business intelligence to fully and properly exploit the market potential for Aqilla in a given market.
for a partner to demonstrate that it is maintaining competent Sales and Marketing resources that are structured in such a way that the market for Aqilla subsisting within a designated territory can be efficiently and effectively penetrated and serviced. That means in essence that you or your staff need to be well-trained in the demonstration, configuration, operation and use of Aqilla; and backed by a competent product support infrastructure such end-users may be properly and efficiently supported with respect to those services set out in the standard Aqilla Terms of Use Agreement.
We are always looking for like-minded, talented and motivated individuals to join our growing team of professionals and help our business to thrive. Our approach to employing the brightest and best people is almost as flexible as our approach to product development. If you know you can offer us the best, but are restricted in terms of the number of hours you can work, we will consider applications for job share.
Aqilla aims to continuously work towards demonstrating good practices across all employee, customer, supplier, community, environment and shareholder criteria as laid out in the Good Corporation standard (
). Specifically, Aqilla endeavours to protect and preserve the environment where it operates by:
