Case Study: Central Coast Council achieves streamlined accounting and faster financial decision-making with Civica's Authority Financial Solutions

Central Coast Council streamlines accounting process with Civica's Authority Financial Solutions

Central Coast Council (formerly Gosford City Council) faced a sprawling, inconsistent General Ledger that required monthly manual reconciliations and significant time spent collecting and analysing data, which slowed reporting and funding decisions. The council partnered with Civica to address this through a General Ledger restructure using Civica’s Authority Financial Applications—notably the Authority General Ledger module and the Authority BIS reporting tool.

Civica restructured the council’s accounting hierarchies and implemented Authority BIS and the General Ledger module to deliver near‑real‑time financial reporting, tighter control accounts, user access controls and audit logging. The solution reduced administration and manual reconciliation, saved time and money previously spent on data collection, enabled faster reporting of total cost of services, financial statements and budgets, and allowed managers to make more informed and timely funding decisions.

Central Coast Council

Janine McKenzie

Executive Manager Transition & Business Performance