BPM acquired selected EL-ITE assets and hired three UKG specialists, extending its services from platform selection through implementation and support.
BPM is adding specialist implementation capacity to its HR technology business, pairing selected assets from EL-ITE Consulting with three professionals who know the UKG system firsthand. The move gives the San Francisco-based accounting firm a broader service offering for clients choosing, deploying and managing workforce software.
Announced Tuesday, November 11, 2026, the asset purchase covers certain human resources technology assets of EL-ITE, a UKG implementation and training firm based in Aurora, Colorado. BPM did not disclose the financial terms. The firm ranks among the top 35 accounting firms.
Three specialists join BPM
The transaction includes three experienced UKG implementation professionals who have joined BPM’s HR and People Advisory practice. Their work centers on configuring systems, managing deployments and training users—practical tasks that shape whether a new platform fits an organization’s processes and whether employees can use it effectively.
That staffing component is central to the expansion. Software selection is only one part of a workforce technology project: organizations also need systems configured to their requirements, a deployment plan, and guidance for people adopting changed tools. BPM says the new team can support those stages with hands-on experience.
EL-ITE was founded in 2021 and built a presence in the UKG ecosystem. It supported more than half of UKG’s channel partners over the past four years, according to BPM. That track record gives the three incoming professionals experience across implementation work, while their move brings that capability inside BPM’s own advisory and service operation.
A wider service path for clients
BPM says the added UKG expertise complements its existing work with iSolved for small and midsize clients and UKG Ready for larger, more complex organizations. The firm now describes its offering as spanning platform selection, implementation, training and ongoing system support.
The practical appeal of that model is continuity. A client can work with BPM to assess which platform fits, carry the decision into deployment, prepare users and receive longer-term support. BPM says its service platform can manage that work without clients needing to navigate vendor service channels themselves.
That approach puts the provider’s role across the full life of a system, rather than at the point of sale or initial setup alone. For clients, the handoffs between selecting software, configuring it and supporting it afterward can affect the effort required to put a system into daily use. BPM’s expanded team is intended to connect those stages through one service relationship.
Building on HR operations knowledge
Stacy Litteral, partner in charge of BPM’s HR and People Advisory practice, said the added capabilities and new colleagues bring practical knowledge across the HR technology lifecycle. She also pointed to their client-focused approach as a fit with BPM’s existing work helping organizations modernize workforce systems.
Litteral described the addition as a way to combine technology expertise with knowledge of HR operations. That pairing matters in implementation work: configuration choices need to reflect how an organization handles its people processes, while training helps employees make use of the system after deployment.
Her comments frame the transaction as a service expansion rather than a platform change. BPM already worked with iSolved and UKG Ready; the EL-ITE assets and hires add UKG implementation depth and give the firm more capacity to guide clients through system changes.
What to watch in the expansion
BPM has not provided a purchase price or detailed a timeline for integrating the assets. Its stated plan is to use the added capabilities alongside its existing technology work and offer clients support from selection through ongoing management. The firm’s account of the deal also makes clear that the three professionals are already joining the HR and People Advisory practice.
For service businesses considering similar growth, the transaction highlights a straightforward operating choice: adding a specialist team can broaden what a firm delivers while keeping implementation knowledge close to client advisory work. Whether BPM’s expanded offer translates into a smoother client experience will depend on how the firm coordinates platform choice, deployment and continued support in practice.
The immediate change is concrete: BPM has added selected EL-ITE assets and three UKG specialists, extending its ability to serve clients across HR technology projects. Its next measure will be how consistently that expanded team carries clients from system decisions into adoption and ongoing use.
