Pioneer Group Selects UltiPro® Workplace to Enhance HCM Visibility and Control

WESTON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ultimate Software (Nasdaq: ULTI), the leading provider of unified, end-to-end human capital management (HCM) SaaS solutions in North America, today announced that Pioneer Group Inc., operator of Bronco Billy’s, Buffalo Billy’s, and Billy’s Casinos, has selected UltiPro Workplace to accelerate and streamline the HCM and payroll processes for its casino companies.

“UltiPro gives us the ability to access information and reports in one solution that is so user-friendly and versatile”

According to Tami Heppard, payroll manager for Pioneer Group, the firm’s previous payroll and HR system was a mainframe-based system that was out of date. The obsolete system could neither track critical workforce information nor support and strengthen future HR initiatives. Without UltiPro, Pioneer Group’s HR/payroll team has been entering information in three non-integrated systems, and the extra data entry was translating into inefficiencies and mistakes.

The Colorado-based company needed a fresh start with a unified solution, delivered via the cloud as a convenient Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution. After analyzing many alternatives, Pioneer Group selected UltiPro in June 2010.

“The competing alternatives we examined were really nothing more than glorified mainframe systems,” said Heppard. “We’re so excited to find UltiPro. Here is a single HCM solution that will replace five applications for our payroll/HR processes. In addition, UltiPro is truly Web-based — not just pretending to be. We realized we could enter information in the solution once, and that was it. There is no need to call the provider, no downloading schedules, no uploading anything. We’d just enter the information, and our workforce data would be accurate and immediately available to us.”

“UltiPro gives us the ability to access information and reports in one solution that is so user-friendly and versatile,” added Heppard. “We’re looking forward to drastically reducing the amount of paperwork that has circulated across our organization. Now with UltiPro, the payroll and HR departments as well as our management team will share the majority of information electronically.”

In addition to making its administrative process easier, Pioneer Group is also eager to give employees a hands-on, self-service option that will allow them to view and manage their own employment information, as authorized by the company’s HR team.

“Our payroll is very complicated,” Heppard said. “With many different types of tip requirements and with employees moving from job to job on a daily basis, our workforce is in a constant state of migration and flux. UltiPro is the first solution to step up and offer us real answers to problems we’ve been trying to solve for the last 10 years.”

“UltiPro has become a leading choice for human capital management in the hospitality industry,” said Chris Phenicie, senior vice president, UltiPro Workplace. “As a leader in Colorado’s thriving gaming industry, Pioneer Group requires the highest levels of rich HCM functionality and solution convenience — which is exactly what UltiPro provides. We’re very pleased to welcome Pioneer Group and its businesses into the Ultimate fold, and we look forward to playing an important role in the organization’s future success.”

About Ultimate

The leading provider of unified, end-to-end human capital management (HCM) SaaS solutions in North America, Ultimate markets its award-winning UltiPro solution as an on-demand service through Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Based in Weston, FL, Ultimate employs approximately 1,000 professionals who are focused on developing the highest quality products and services. In 2009, Ultimate was awarded first place in the People’s Choice Stevie® competition for Favorite New SaaS Product and was ranked the #1 best medium-sized company to work for in America by the Great Place to Work® Institute for the second consecutive year. In 2008, Ultimate was the first HR/payroll SaaS provider to be audited and awarded the ISO/IEC 27001:2005 Certification for security management and was recognized for having the #1 “Best Product Development Team” in the nation by the American Business Awards. Ultimate has more than 1,900 customers representing diverse industries, including such organizations as Adobe Systems Incorporated, The Container Store, Culligan International, Elizabeth Arden, Major League Baseball, The New York Yankees Baseball Team, and Ruth’s Chris Steak House. More information on Ultimate’s products and services can be found at www.ultimatesoftware.com.

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