Case Study
Multisite church increases visibility and scalability
Read more to learn how A Jesus Church Family increased visibility and scalability with Baker Tilly.
Case Study
Multisite church increases visibility and scalability
Read more to learn how A Jesus Church Family increased visibility and scalability with Baker Tilly.
Client background
A Jesus Church Family is a church organization in the Portland, Oregon area experiencing tremendous growth.
The organization is comprised of three locations, with two more planned in the near future. A Jesus Church doesn’t view church as just a building or a weekend activity, but a people. They strive to live out the Gospel in their different communities throughout the week, and then gather each weekend as a collection of Missional Communities. After a rigorous evaluation, A Jesus Church Family chose Baker Tilly over other on-premises and cloud solutions providers as the best team to meet the unique needs presented by the organization's ongoing expansion.
The business challenge
- Tracking data and generating reports with their legacy software required a great deal of manual work in Excel
- The finance team could not calculate average giving by location or provide the appropriate statistical information
- The lack of accessibility to data for key leaders was a detriment to making mission-critical decisions
- Data was not available in real-time
- Analytics and budgeting were difficult and error-prone
With Baker Tilly, we're so happy that we're no longer tied to certain Windows machines - we can work anywhere and on any device. Baker Tilly's dimensions are invaluable, allowing us to provide better information to our leadership about restricted funds, ministries, and locations. Baker Tilly brought impressive church knowledge and team investment to the project, making it a great success.Jason Hall, Accounting Manager, A Jesus Church Family
Strategy and solution
- Finance staff enjoy the ability to quickly connect the new accounting system to other systems via API or imports
- The church back office can take advantage of streamlined processes and automation – saving time
- All users can get anytime access and visibility securely via a web browser
- Their complex chart of accounts is now organized into a robust general ledger that is multi-dimensional
- The finance team as well as church leaders can access real time reports and dashboards to view key metrics, tailored for their concerns
