Multisite church gains ability to create flexible reports

Client background

Founded in 1986 under the vision of "doing ministry in the shadow of the [Chicago] skyline,” today Park Community Church’s vision is to reach one percent of the city of Chicago with the message of the gospel. To that end, since the summer of 2008, the church has opened five additional campuses in various Chicago neighborhoods, with plans to open additional campuses and church plants in other neighborhoods. After a rigorous evaluation, Park Community Church chose Baker Tilly over other on-premise and cloud solutions as the best fit to meet the unique needs presented by its ongoing expansion. 

The business challenge

• The church's finance department relied heavily on inefficient, manual processes and bulky, complex spreadsheets to generate accurate and timely reports
• Park Community Church's legacy accounting system did not allow for real-time reports tailored to the unique needs of its various ministry directors, pastors and leaders
• The management and reconciliation of credit card expenses and payments was a complicated and time-consuming process

Strategy and solution

• Park Community Church now has the ability to create flexible reports by dimensions, such as by ministries, locations or both
• Baker Tilly helped Park Community Church easily integrate other financial management software, like Nexonia, to provide time-saving credit card and expense automation
• Now that their digital transformation is complete, it's easy for their finance team to ensure control and regulatory compliance with nonprofit accounting and tax standards