Current initiatives

Migration of Orion's own 14-year-old ERP platform to SAP S/4HANA, covering finance, procurement, project accounting and payroll interfaces.

• Finance general ledger and accounts payable cutover scheduled for the FY27 Q1 weekend freeze.
• Vendor master data is being cleansed and re-verified before migration — 1,400 supplier records in scope.
• User acceptance testing runs across Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi Minh City with 60 nominated testers.
• External implementation partner on site three days a week; a large number of unfamiliar consultant email addresses are currently in circulation.

Orion's flagship annual client conference: 600 attendees, 18 speakers, 9 sponsors and a supplier list that grows every week.

• Registration platform, AV contractor, catering and stand builders are all new suppliers this year.
• Sponsor invoices and speaker travel reimbursements are processed on an accelerated approval path.
• The CEO delivers the opening keynote; speaker logistics run through the Executive Office.
• Marketing is running paid social and email campaigns to a purchased attendee list.

Three-yearly recertification of Orion's information security management system, covering all three offices and the managed-services practice.

• Evidence collection under way across access control, payment controls, training records and physical security.
• External auditors will request documentation directly from staff during Stage 2 fieldwork.
• Access reviews, joiner-mover-leaver records and phishing simulation results are all in scope.
• A non-conformity here would jeopardise two client contracts that mandate certification.

The quarterly consolidation, reporting and audit-schedule cycle across the Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam entities.

• Accruals, intercompany recharges and revenue recognition all land in the same six-day window.
• Payment runs continue on the normal Tuesday and Friday cadence, with a higher volume of urgent supplier requests.
• Management reporting pack is due to the board five working days after close.
• The finance team works late; approval requests arrive at unusual hours and get answered quickly.

Orion's fifth graduate intake: twelve places across consulting, engineering and finance, recruited from six regional universities.

• High volume of inbound applications, CVs and portfolio attachments from unknown senders.
• Campus events and assessment centres run at external venues with third-party facilitators.
• Offer letters and pre-employment screening involve sensitive personal data.
• Graduate onboarding in February brings twelve new accounts, devices and access requests at once.