Grant Thornton launches Technology Services and bridges the gap between finance and technology
New service helps growth companies translate technology into more efficient processes and reliable financial insights
Antwerp, 25 September 2026 – Grant Thornton Belgium is launching Technology Services, a new service designed to help organisations transform their operations through technology. The multidisciplinary team combines in-depth expertise in accounting and finance with practical experience in ERP implementations, automation, system integrations and reporting.
With this approach, Grant Thornton aims to support both Belgian growth companies and international groups in scaling their processes, improving data quality and gaining faster access to reliable financial and operational insights.
Many ERP projects still begin as IT initiatives, even though decisions about workflows, master data, approval rules, VAT treatment, cost allocation, intercompany transactions and reporting directly affect how an organisation is financially managed. When finance becomes involved only at a later stage, shortcomings often surface too late. The result: manual detours, additional reconciliations, inconsistent data and reports that fail to meet management’s needs.
Technology Services therefore does not start from a specific technology, but from the client’s business goals and end‑to‑end processes. The team analyses how information flows through the organisation and translates that operational and financial reality into a coherent technological ecosystem. The service includes advisory, process design, as well as the selection, build, implementation, integration and further optimisation of solutions.
“An ERP system touches the very core of an organisation. It determines not only how transactions are processed, but also how management gains insight, controls are embedded and decisions are made. Yet finance is still too often involved too late in the process. With Technology Services, we bring together financial, operational and technological expertise from day one. This way we avoid companies merely implementing a new system and ensure that technology truly delivers greater efficiency, control and scalability,” says Tom De Greef, Managing Director Technology Services at Grant Thornton Belgium.
From technological advice to implementation
Technology Services brings together ERP systems, automation, integrations and reporting in one connected ecosystem. AI can also be used to automate repetitive processing and controls, flag anomalies faster and make information more readily available for reporting and decision-making. Depending on the client’s processes, challenges and ambitions, Grant Thornton advises and implements the technology that best suits the organisation.
The service focuses on:
- automating manual financial and administrative processes, among others through AI;
- improving data quality and creating real-time insight into financial performance;
- aligning operational workflows with accounting, reporting and compliance;
- integrating systems into one connected information ecosystem;
- promoting user-friendliness, training and adoption;
- providing support and further optimisation after go-live.
Depending on the needs, the team can also involve other Grant Thornton specialists, for example in cybersecurity, privacy, internal controls, taxation and legal matters. This ensures that digitalisation is not approached as an isolated technology exercise, but as a broader business transformation that brings together efficiency, control and continuity.
Technology that supports people and processes
In its approach, Grant Thornton places a strong emphasis on the people who will work with the new technology. The team involves employees and key users in the analysis and design, supervises testing and data migration, and supports the organisation through training and change management. Moreover, the service does not stop at go-live: solutions are continuously adjusted and optimised as the business grows and its needs evolve.
“The real question is rarely which ERP package a company should choose. What truly matters is how you make technology work for the specific processes, people and ambitions of that organisation. By combining accounting knowledge with implementation power, we bridge the classic gap between finance and IT,” concludes Tom De Greef.
Grant Thornton also Odoo implementation partner
Within Technology Services, Grant Thornton is also an Odoo implementation partner. The team can guide organisations in setting up and deploying an Odoo environment when that platform best meets their needs. The initial focus is on SMEs with 10 to 100 employees that have reached the limits of fragmented applications and manual processes and require an integrated solution that can grow with their organisation. For international groups, Grant Thornton can also roll out Odoo across multiple entities and countries, ensuring harmonised processes and reporting.
Grant Thornton will present its Technology Services approach from 24 to 26 September 2026 at Odoo Experience in Brussels Expo. Visitors will have the opportunity to speak with experts about digital transformation, ERP implementations and the optimisation of financial and operational processes.
