Case Study: Western Governors University Improves Budget Accountability with XLerant BudgetPak

Western Governors University goes live with XLerant in 2 months for better budgeting accountability

Western Governors University (WGU), an accredited online university, faced significant challenges with its budgeting process. The institution relied on cumbersome and inaccurate linked Excel spreadsheets, which lacked financial controls and failed to engage department managers. This top-down approach prevented true budget ownership and accountability. Seeking a solution, WGU's controller, Curt DeFriez, turned to XLerant after being impressed by a demo of their BudgetPak product.

By implementing XLerant's BudgetPak, WGU successfully transformed its budgeting culture. The solution provided an intuitive, web-based platform that was simple to implement and use, enabling managers to easily prepare and own their budgets. XLerant delivered powerful features for salary planning and reporting, which resulted in higher quality information and greater confidence in the numbers. The most important benefit was the cultural shift to widespread budget engagement and accountability among managers, allowing WGU to better manage its high growth with a process they now trust.

Western Governors University