Case Study: Deschutes County achieves 60–65% faster budget book production with Workiva

Fast-Growing Deschutes County Scales Budget Book Process with F.H. Black & Company Incorporated and Workiva

Deschutes County, Oregon — one of the state's fastest-growing counties — needed a faster, more accurate way to produce its 300+ page annual budget book. Budget manager Daniel Emerson struggled with disparate systems, time-consuming manual tasks, and constant back-and-forth between about 15 departments, which limited time for forecasting and analysis.

F.H. Black & Company implemented Workiva’s connected financial reporting to centralize data, automate processes and enable real-time, permissioned collaboration. The county now has a single source of truth and a repeatable, scalable process that reduces budget book production time by an estimated 60–65% (about a month to six weeks saved annually), cuts errors and frees staff to focus on long-term analysis.

Deschutes County

Daniel Emerson

Manager