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Fast-tracking procurement efficiency at Greystone GT

Greystone GT Ltd is a motorsport team based in the UK that competes in various racing championships across Europe, the UAE, and the US. The team specialises in high-performance GT racing with a focus on McLaren cars, including 720S GT3 EVO and Artura GT4 & Trophy models. It participates in prestigious events like the British GT, International GT Open and McLaren Trophy series, plus hosts premium track days to showcase its cars.

HQ
Silverstone, UK
Industry
Motorsport
Employees
100+
Started using Payhawk
2024
Features they love
  • Centralised procurement process
  • Real-time spend visibility
  • Robust PO management
  • Easy categorisation and expense tracking

Greystone GT’s Payhawk experience in a nutshell:

Since adopting Payhawk, Greystone GT has achieved impressive results:

  • Processing times cut by up to 80%, allowing the finance team to focus on analysis, insight & reporting rather than administrative processing
  • Averaging around 800 transactions per month, all automatically synchronised with integration to their Xero accounts package
  • 40 cardholders, with the flexibility to issue/manage cards in seconds
  • Elimination of out-of-pocket expenses (using shared funds via the Team Cards instead)
  • Over 600 POs completed, ensuring clarity in communicating purchase requirements and confirming costs with suppliers

Life before Payhawk:

Greystone GT Ltd, a leading motor racing team, uses Payhawk to manage spend across its team and global operations. With a lean finance team supporting a wide range of high-value transactions, from race events to parts purchases, Greystone GT needed a solution to streamline its procurement processes and gain better control over its spend.

Before adopting Payhawk, Greystone GT’s procurement processes were fragmented. In particular, they were missing a formal purchase order system, which meant expenses often went unchecked until they’d been incurred. The team knew they wanted to improve their spend control and slash inefficiencies, especially around frequent large-scale purchases.

Ryan Franklin, Financial Controller at Greystone GT, explains:

We have a broad range of expenses, from tyres and race fuel to flights, accommodation, and event staffing. Tyres and fuel, in particular, are costly, and I need to ensure we’re not overspending or holding unnecessary stock. Payhawk helps us keep everything efficient, allowing us to manage these diverse costs more effectively.

Ryan Franklin, Financial Controller at Greystone GT Ltd.

"As a motorsport team, our expenses cover everything from expensive tyres and fuel to travel/accommodation expenses and event staff… Payhawk helps us manage these costs efficiently and avoid overspending."

Ryan Franklin, Financial Controller at Greystone GT Ltd.

Fueling Greystone GT’s spend visibility

After evaluating several solutions, Ryan and his team chose Payhawk for our ‘all-in-one’ platform. Our platform combines corporate card payments, purchase orders, subscription management, and more in one place for better visibility and efficiency.

By incorporating both procurement and card payments into a single system, they’ve enhanced transparency and control, which are essential for managing the high-volume, high-cost transactions typical in motorsport.

Ryan describes:

I particularly like Payhawk’s line item functionality. It breaks down invoice details and splits them into lines. We can then analyse these line items in much more detail than with a traditional PO system.

Since adopting Payhawk, the Greystone GT team has gained vital visibility and control over its global procurement operations. It can now track expenses in real time from anywhere in the world.

“With Payhawk, we can now see exactly what’s being spent and by whom.”

‘Revving up’ supplier relationships with clarity and control

Since implementing our solution, Greystone GT has centralised procurement and enforced a formal process for managing purchase orders, ensuring that a validated PO backs every purchase and payments are only processed once all documentation is in place.

And with numerous high-cost purchases across multiple suppliers and regions, Ryan leverages our platform to better control supplier expectations.

“We’ve become quite strict with suppliers,” says Ryan. “If they don’t provide a valid purchase order, we simply send their invoices back and ask them to try again.”

The above approach ensures that supplier management involves robust procedures from start to finish by eliminating wasted time on incomplete orders.

Plus, with full visibility and control over all supplier transactions, the finance team can scale operations while keeping costs in check. The result? Stronger, more efficient supplier relationships that perfectly align with Greystone GT’s high-performance operations.

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Customisation built to handle every turn

At Payhawk, we’re ensuring the Greystone GT team can auto-categorise and track every transaction (no matter how big or small) in real time.

Ryan explains:

I can categorise all my spend correctly and automatically with Payhawk… and I can track it all with just a few clicks. It’s a huge time-saver.

And this level of clarity and control is only becoming more critical as the business accelerates internationally.

“The flexibility, control, and transparency that Payhawk offers is exactly what we needed.”

As Greystone GT scales, Ryan explains that the team is confident that Payhawk will evolve with them, ensuring every part of spend management stays aligned and accurate, even as the volume and complexity increase.

Still stuck in first gear with your procurement processes?

Since implementing Payhawk, the finance team at Greystone GT is confident that their spend management processes are as fast and advanced as those of their race team.

Book a demo to see how Payhawk could accelerate control, speed, and scalability in your spend management processes.

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