Little Flower Children and Family Services of NY is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit that has served children, families, and individuals with developmental disabilities across New York City and Long Island since 1929, offering foster care, residential treatment, adoption services, and medical and mental health support. Prior to Martus, the organization relied on manual budgeting and forecasting processes with limited integration into its existing systems, making it difficult to get timely, accurate insight into its finances. Since adopting Martus, Little Flower has gained faster, more detailed visibility into its financial data and streamlined day-to-day analysis for its finance team.
"The Martus software is a key tool in my day to day financial analysis, including comparing actuals versus budgeted costs. It's very user friendly and provides an easy bridge from our data in Sage Intacct."
— Matthew Bredes, CFO
The Challenge
Little Flower Children and Family Services of NY faced complex financial management needs typical of a large, multi-program social services organization, with a particular focus on accurate budgeting and forecasting. Manual processes and limited integration capabilities hindered efficient financial tracking, making it difficult to achieve timely, precise insight into the organization's financial position.
The Solution
Martus gave Little Flower's finance team a more connected, detailed view of their financial data, tied directly into their existing systems.
Seamless integration with Sage Intacct, enabling real-time synchronization and data accuracy
Income statement dashboarding with line-by-line drill-downs into sub-departments to compare monthly trends
Quick access to financial information by entity or department through key metric dashboards
Ability to run both high-level and highly detailed departmental reports depending on the task at hand
The Result
With Martus in place, Little Flower's finance team has more immediate access to financial insight and has cut down on manual data handling.
Replaced the need for an additional staff position through reduced manual data handling
Enhanced collaboration and transparency across the financial team through consistent, accurate data flow
Megan Alba
