Children’s Aid Society of Toronto Improves Financial Visibility, Eases IT Management with Upgraded System
 
 

Children’s Aid Society of Toronto Improves Financial Visibility, Eases IT Management with Upgraded System

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The Children’s Aid Society of Toronto is a not-for-profit agency that protects children from physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and neglect. Since 1875, it has been keeping children safe, helping parents build healthy families, and providing safe, nurturing environments for young people who cannot live at home due to family problems.

 
 

 
 

Challenges

A word from Children’s Aid Society of Toronto

  • “With Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Financials 9.0, we gained a more flexible and user-friendly system that puts information at the fingertips of accounting team members, while providing new levels of granular visibility to ensure optimal use of public and foundation funds.” – Vanla MacDonald, Supervisor of Operations and Development, Children’s Aid Society of Toronto

  • Gain a more user-friendly and flexible user interface for the organization’s financial management system
  • Improve the social enterprise organization’s ability to accommodate more granular accounting requirements, such as tracking payments by client to ensure optimal use of public-sector and foundation funds
  • Ensure a smooth upgrade to ensure that vital child services are not disrupted

Solutions

Oracle Product and Services

  • Upgraded to Oracle’s JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Financials 9.0 to gain a more flexible and user-friendly financial system that supports improved business user productivity, as well as more detailed financial reporting
  • Worked with Oracle Partner Mid-Range Computer Group Inc. to complete the upgrade (including complex data conversion) in four months, without business disruption
  • Gained the ability for business users to easily and quickly download information to reports, a process that used to require IT support and the use of a file transfer protocol (FTP) site
  • Reduced by half the time required to administer the financial management system, thanks to more flexible configuration  in Version 9.0?freeing IT team members for other responsibilities
  • Benefitted from an easy-to-use interface that helps users to increase productivity and more quickly locate and report on important financial information, such as information related to specific projects or property costs


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