09 June 2026 
Matt Sisson, Projects and Membership Manager
We're pleased to announce that we have now launched version 2 of our 'Ahead in the Cloud' guide to implementing Financial (and other) Systems in Higher Education, in partnership with KPMG. The new version is a minor refresh of the guidance with particular updates in the sections on Procurement, Tax, and post-implementation.
Ahead in the Cloud draws upon the experience, thoughts, and advice of many senior Finance, IT, HR, and transformation leads in a sample of universities around the country, to help institutions run successful implementations (and hopefully avoid the most common, damaging, and expensive pitfalls!). It's an essential read for anyone implementing new systems (finance or otherwise) in H E, or even just starting to think about it.
We hope that this proves a useful resource for transformation in the sector. If you have any questions, please contact Matt.
