Case Studies

Transit Funds Management Solution Transformation

Industry

Transportation

Region: United States of America

Summary

Team SFA developed a comprehensive Funds Management System within PeopleSoft Financials to manage multi-billion dollar external (federal and local grants) and internal funds (debt and credits) for a large transit authority to empower funds administrators to automate funds capture, execution and billing/utilization activities with proper workflow controls and audits

Objectives and Challenges

  • Objectives: Implement streamlined capital and operating funds management solution to restore confidence with grant stakeholders and general public
  • Challenges: Complicated funding splits across donors; multi-billion dollars funds management program with high transaction volume; multiple sources of project expenditures and complex integrations; complex statutory reporting and multi-departmental obligations and approvals; master data and project expenditure data quality control; cross-departmental system implementation

Results

  • First-In-Transit Operating and Capital Funds Administration and Billing/Utilization of multi-billion dollars programs managed under one platform – endorsed by external stakeholders/grantors
  • Over a billion dollars historical expenditure’s clearance for reimbursable billing and/or utilization
  • Total transparency in transaction processing and reversals with configurable workflow and audit-friendly system
  • Standardized reporting and dashboards across funds management

Benefits

  • Comprehensive funds administrations and execution
  • Restore confidence with grant stakeholders and public
  • Auditable and traceable billing/utilization with project expenditures with automated workflows
  • Standardized operational and statutory reporting with dashboards
  • Extensive integration and data validation across funds execution
  • Reduced time on funds reimbursement process and reconciliation

Products and Technology

  • PeopleSoft FSCM
  • HCM and EPM
  • PeopleTools
  • Microsoft Technologies
  • JavaScript
  • Cronjobs
  • Oracle OAS
  • FDMEE/ODI
  • Cognos
  • Hyperion
  • Oracle Exadata