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Finance and Accounting System Upgrade

Finance and Accounting System Upgrade

Demand Profile · Generated 5/15/2026

Feasibility assessment

This enterprise-wide system upgrade faces substantial execution risk driven by low confidence in early-stage concept maturity, unresolved architectural decisions, and high integration complexity across finance and shared services. The 18–24 month timeline combined with 100/100 cross-functional intensity and dedicated resource demands from Program Delivery, Change Management, and L&D creates significant capacity strain and displacement risk across People and Change functions. Success depends heavily on early resolution of vendor selection, data quality assessment, and architectural decisions—delays in any of these areas will compress the delivery window and escalate resource conflict.

Cross-functional intensity

100/ 100 — Enterprise-scale

Broad sustained cross-functional engagement

Function demand mapping

Capacity signals — based on registered functional capacity

Signals reflect self-reported capacity envelopes and should be validated with functional leaders.

Change Management and Business Partners
dedicated
Communications
part-time
Learning and Development
dedicated
Business FinanceLimited Tier 3
owner
ControllerLimited Tier 3
owner
TreasuryLimited Tier 3
dedicated
TaxLimited Tier 3
dedicated
Reinsurance
part-time
Actuarial
part-time
Compliance Processes
advisory
Legal and Regulatory Counsel
advisory
Program Delivery Leads
dedicated
Business Analysts
dedicated
Procurement
part-time

Capacity scoring suggestions

Shared services capacity

Significant displacement

Skill availability

Significant scarcity

Displacement required

High-value work displaced

Overlap with in-flight

Significant overlap

Portfolio balance

Worsens balance materially

Dependencies

  • Vendor selection or contracting
  • Data availability or quality requirements
  • Architectural decisions not yet made
  • Operational readiness in another area
Several decisions are unresolved

Enterprise impact flags

  • Affects multiple business units beyond the primary owner
  • Has regulatory or compliance implications beyond the primary function
  • Introduces systemic or enterprise-wide risk

Confidence level

Low — early concept, significant uncertainty