ERP and Financial Systems Innovation Award Fall 2010 City of Roanoke, VA “What to do when IT support is downsized?
Multiple Titles / Taglines What to do when IT support is downsized? Budget Cutbacks Staffing Reductions Advancing Technology Mainframe “hosted” systems vs. web based environments
Financial Systems Team Finance Accounting Accounts Payable Payroll High level functional users Strong technical skill set
Chronological Events 06/2005 – Accounting system upgrade deferred 06/2006 – Accounting system upgrade successful go-live CGI/Advantage (v ) 2007 – Fixed Asset System (add-on to CGI/Advantage) 2008 – FASTER – Fleet - Installation 2008 – HARMONY – Social Services - Upgrade 07/2008 – APTAFund – RCPS / New system installation 03/2010 – Manatron – Tax Treasury Phase 1 (RE & Treasury Collections) - Replacement 04/2010 – Lawson – HRIS / Payroll - Replacement
Current / Future Plans 04/2011 – P Card – Platform upgrade and enhanced servicing from vendor 10/2011 – CGI/Advantage – Accounting upgrade (v ) 10/2011 – Implement Vendor Self Service (VSS) in conjunction with accounting upgrade 2012 – Lawson – Payroll upgrade (decommission of operating system) Pending – Tax Treasury Phase 2 (Business License) – Replacement Pending – Tax Treasury Phase 3 (Personal Property) - Replacement
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Additional Benefits Trainers Organization – End users Functional/Finance – Power users Critical needs backfill Vacancies Staffing irregularities Project team members
Questions Andrea F. Trent Assistant Director of Finance City of Roanoke