Police force streamlines processes with Civica Financials software

1 September 2010, London: Gloucestershire Constabulary has improved its financial management and reporting systems with a £310,000 five-year investment in software system from Civica (www.civica.co.uk) - a market leader in specialist systems and outsourcing services that help organisations improve service delivery and efficiency.

An existing Civica Powersolve customer, the authority – which provides police service in Gloucestershire, responding to the needs of local people – has now implemented Civica Financials software platform to simplify general ledger administration as well as other functions, including debt recovery process and bring them into consolidated organisation-wide reporting formats.

The programme started in May 2010 and the force’s new approach will help reduce reporting cycles and provide a clearer and more regular overview of debtors and creditors, avoiding unnecessary duplications while increasing reporting accuracy – Civica Financials provides the tools to deliver up to 99 different levels of analysis.

In addition, the web-based solution will dramatically improve financial processes across all departments, allowing the Constabulary’s financial managers to access key information at any time. The system will also help the finance team improve cash flow management as it generates payment requests to debtors at pre-set intervals.