Arts Council Upgrades to Infor FMS SunSystems to Manage €75m Budget

Arts Council Implements Infor FMS SunSystems Version 5

Dublin, IRELAND - Jun 21, 2010

Infor, the leading provider of business software for mid-market companies, today announced that the Arts Council of Ireland has implemented Infor FMS SunSystems version 5 software for online grant payment administration and full accounting management. The solution, which was deployed by Infor partner Core Financials, enables the Arts Council to handle confirmations and payments online as well as produce full management accounts more timely and accurately.

Previously the Arts Council was faced with a difficult task of managing grant payments and its €75m+ budget across a diverse range of artists, groups and communities. This was managed using a legacy MIS system combined with manual extraction of data which was pushed through Excel spreadsheets to provide management reports. The level of manual work required was very intensive.
Infor partner Core Financials deployed FMS SunSystems and was selected to provide an integrated Web-based application that allows the Arts Council to manage internal expense management and procurement, together with comprehensive end-to-end grant payment processing.
Infor FMS SunSystems generates accurate management reports delivered in a significantly shorter time than the previous manual system. The automation of the process has also resulted in significant improvements to the quality of financial information available to senior management within the Arts Council.

What Others Say
“I had not previously worked with Core Financials or Infor but was very impressed by the features of FMS SunSystems, especially the modules that handled the grant payment administration, that was very powerful,” said John Broderick, IT project manager, Arts Council, who was brought in specifically to help select and project manage the installation of an accounting solution.

What We Say
“Today, the Arts Council is well positioned to administer its grant portfolio in an efficient manner and to provide the necessary accurate reports in a timely fashion,” concludes Tony Salmon, managing director, Core Financials. “Automating the Arts Council’s financials has seen a great improvement in the ease and accuracy of its reporting.”

Additional Resources
For more details on:
Infor FMS SunSystems - www.infor.co.uk/sunsystems

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About the Arts Council
The Arts Council of Ireland is the Irish government agency for developing the arts. The not-for-profit agency works in partnership with artists, arts organisations, public policy makers and others to build a central place for the arts in Irish life. As the Irish Government’s development agency for the arts, the Arts Council is the major funder of the arts in Ireland. The Arts Council's grant from the Irish Exchequer in 2009 is €75.7 million.

About Core Financial Systems
Core Financial Systems is a fully accredited Principal SunCentre. It is awarded by Infor, authors of SunSystems, based on the level of technical and market experience within the SunCentre. Independent audits of our client base have confirmed that our level of service is second to none. We have over 200 SunSystems clients in Ireland and abroad, including many of the largest Irish and International companies and organisations.
Core Financials is based in Dublin: our local knowledge and expertise is critical to the delivery and support of the solutions we deploy. We believe that a local provider with local knowledge and ability to be on site quickly to address issues guarantees successful implementations.