Case Study: City of Lincoln Council achieves streamlined finance, procurement and resource efficiency with Unit4 Financial Planning & Analysis

Maximizing the value of local authority resources

City of Lincoln Council, a comparatively small local authority in the English East Midlands, needed to do more with less: streamline operations, reduce repetitive manual finance work, and free staff to focus on citizen‑centric services while staying responsive to regulatory change.

The council standardized on Unit4 Financial Management and Procurement Management to create a single, shared view of finance and procurement, using low‑code tools and automated workflows. The platform delivers real‑time analytics, tighter controls and supplier visibility, faster plan‑to‑budget processes, lower costs and increased efficiency, and has freed people to focus on strategic tasks — with a cloud migration planned as the next step.

City of Lincoln Council

Jason Smith

Finance Business Partner