Unit4 Enterprise Resource Planning
Core HR Software
Complete workforce data. Up-to-date cost visibility. Seamless ERP integration.
Trusted by 6,000+ organizations to control workforce costs and streamline operations
Workforce management that speaks finance
Centralize workforce data for financial accuracy
Every employee, contractor, and temporary worker in one system that feeds directly into your ERP. Unit4 Core HR maintains a single employee record across HR, payroll, and finance, helping ensure workforce costs and allocations remain accurate. Track global workforces, handle complex employment scenarios (multiple concurrent roles per person), and generate DEI compliance reports without separate tools. When workforce data is consistent across finance and operations, forecasting becomes reliable.
Key Features:
- Single employee record integrated across HCM and ERP platforms
- Real-time workforce cost visibility for budgeting and forecasting
- Support for complex employment scenarios and multi-role cost allocation
- Built-in DEI and compliance reporting without manual data aggregation
Automate absence and expense flows into finance
Stop reconciling absence data and expense reports manually. Unit4 automates both with direct integration to payroll and general ledger. Absence requests update leave balances, trigger payroll adjustments and are reflected in project cost forecasts. Expenses captured on mobile flow through approval workflows, enforce policy compliance, and post directly to the GL, accelerating month-end close. Dashboards surface absence trends and spending patterns before they become budget variances.
Key Features:
- Automated absence tracking with direct payroll and project cost integration
- Real-time absence impact on workforce availability and project budgets
- AI-supported mobile expense capture with automated GL posting
- Policy enforcement and automated expense reconciliation for faster close
Plan compensation within budget constraints
Salary reviews shouldn't blow budgets or create audit risk. Unit4 Core HR enables structured compensation planning with real-time budget allocation, performance data integration, and complete audit trails. Plan raises and bonuses aligned to performance ratings, market benchmarks, and approved budgets, with full visibility into total compensation impact before decisions are finalized. Transparent workflows ensure fairness and reduce compliance risk. When compensation planning is integrated with financial systems, you control costs while retaining critical talent.
Key Features:
- Budget-constrained salary review and compensation planning workflows
- Real-time visibility into total compensation cost impact
- Integration with performance data and financial budget systems
- Audit-ready documentation and transparent decision workflows
Prepare for what's next with succession planning
Critical roles create financial risk when vacancies disrupt operations or delay projects. Unit4 succession planning identifies key positions, assesses potential successors using competency and performance data, and tracks development progress to reduce operational risk and protect revenue. Model succession scenarios to quantify risk exposure across departments and project portfolios. Create development plans that prepare high-potential employees for future roles. When someone retires or departs unexpectedly, you have a ready successor instead of costly delays, recruitment fees, and project disruptions.
Key Features:
- Identification of key positions and quantification of succession risk
- Competency and performance-based successor assessment
- Development tracking to reduce time-to-productivity for successors
- Succession scenario modeling to protect operational continuity
More key features & capabilities
One Record,
ERP-Wide
Single employee record shared across HCM, payroll, finance, and projects. No duplicate data entry. No manual reconciliation. Complete financial accuracy.
Employee
Self-Service
Cloud-based portal where employees update personal info, request leave, and submit expenses, reducing administrative overhead and accelerating approvals.
Configurable Workflows
Build approval workflows for any process. Route requests to the right approvers automatically based on org structure, budget authority, and compliance rules.
Document Management
Centralized, audit-ready storage for contracts, visas, work permits, and compliance documents. Secure, searchable, and always accessible.
Flexible Competency Library
Customizable competency framework with rating scales. Track skills critical to project delivery and operational continuity.
Fully Integrated HCM + ERP
Core HR connects directly to payroll, finance, projects, and procurement. One provider, one platform, zero reconciliation.
Seamlessly connects with your tech ecosystem
Frequently asked questions
What is Unit4 Core HR Management and how does it integrate with ERP?
Unit4 Core HR Management is the foundational HR system within Unit4's integrated ERP and HCM platform that manages the complete employee lifecycle, including employee records, absence tracking, expense management, document storage, workflow automation, and employee self-service. The platform maintains a single employee record shared across HR, payroll, finance, and project systems.
This single record eliminates duplicate data entry and ensures workforce costs, project allocations, and compliance data remain consistent across financial planning, payroll processing, and general ledger. When data changes in one place, it updates across connected systems automatically.
Core HR serves as the system of record for all workforce data, feeding directly into financial reporting, project costing, budget forecasting, and compliance audits without reconciliation or manual syncing.
How does Unit4 handle absence management and its impact on finance?
Unit4 Core HR includes self-service absence management where employees submit leave requests through a cloud-based portal or mobile app, managers approve via automated workflows, and absence data flows directly to payroll and project costing systems. This covers all absence types including vacation, sick leave, parental leave, and unpaid leave.
Integration with payroll ensures leave balances and unpaid absences flow automatically into pay calculations and project cost forecasts, eliminating the manual handoff that typically causes errors between HR, payroll, and finance teams.
Real-time dashboards show absence impact on workforce availability, project timelines, and budget forecasts, enabling proactive resource planning and accurate financial reporting without manual data aggregation.
How does Unit4's AI Agent work and how does it streamline expense-to-GL workflows?
Unit4's virtual AI assistant Ava helps reduce manual effort in travel and expense management by extracting expense details from receipt photos captured on mobile devices, then routing submissions through approval workflows based on policy rules and budget authority, reducing manual data entry and finance rework.
Built-in policy enforcement flags non-compliant expenses before approval, reducing exceptions and accelerating approvals. Approved expenses post automatically to the general ledger with correct cost center, project, and account coding, eliminating manual reconciliation and accelerating month-end close.
Finance teams gain real-time visibility into expense commitments before they hit the GL, improving cash flow forecasting and budget management.
How does Unit4 Core HR support complex employment scenarios and cost allocation?
Unit4 Core HR supports employees in multiple concurrent roles assigned to a single employment record, tracking compensation, time allocation, and project costs separately for each role while maintaining one unified employee profile. This eliminates duplicate profiles and ensures accurate cost allocation across departments, projects, and cost centers.
This capability is particularly valuable for organizations in professional services, healthcare, and education where employees commonly work on multiple projects or split time across departments, requiring accurate cost allocation for project profitability analysis and client billing.
Integrated time tracking and project costing ensure workforce costs flow accurately into project budgets, financial forecasts, and profitability reporting without manual adjustments.
Why is the single employee record important for finance?
A single employee record means all employee data, from personal information and employment history to compensation, performance reviews, skills, absences, and expenses, exists in one place and is consistent across every system that needs it, from payroll to financial planning to project costing. This eliminates reconciliation work and reduces errors from duplicate data entry.
When payroll runs, it uses the same data that finance uses for workforce cost forecasting and that project management uses for resource planning. Compliance reporting (DEI, headcount, compensation) reflects accurate, current information without manual aggregation or audit risk.
For organizations using Unit4's integrated ERP and HCM, this single record extends across finance, projects, procurement, and operations, creating a truly unified data foundation for accurate financial reporting and strategic decision-making.
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ERP
Finance, projects, procurement, payroll, and HR unified. One data foundation, one platform, zero reconciliation holding back your financial close.
Financial Management
From record to report without the runaround. Flexible GL, automated workflows, and real-time reporting that adapts to how service organizations work.
Project Management
Projects that stay profitable from start to invoice. Unified budgeting, resource planning, time tracking, and billing with real-time margin visibility.
Procurement
Control spending before it happens. Automate requisition-to-payment with controls that prevent overspending without creating bureaucracy.
Payroll
Payroll costs visible in real-time. Posts directly to GL with correct coding. No exports, no imports, no reconciliation between payroll and finance.