Fund accounting & the ACFR
General, special revenue, road-and-bridge, and enterprise funds each carry their own budget and reporting, and the ACFR has to come straight out of that structure.
Counties · Public-sector ERP
ERP consultant for counties.
Senior, vendor-neutral ERP consultants for counties — finance, payroll, property tax, justice, and human services across many independent elected offices on one ledger. Built for the ACFR, tax settlement, and grant compliance. From a defensible selection to a clean close.
Senior public-sector ERP operators — trusted by counties and local governments across the country.
The county landscape
3,000+ counties. Many elected offices, one ledger.
A county runs finance, tax, justice, roads, and human services — often under separately elected officials who share a single system of record. That's the environment senior, vendor-neutral ERP leadership is built for.
3,000+
counties across the United States
ACFR
the audited annual report each county produces
Elected
assessor, treasurer, clerk, and sheriff on one ledger
HHS
the grant-heavy human-services programs counties run
Why county ERP is different
A county is a federation of offices sharing one system.
A county ERP has to carry fund accounting and the ACFR, property-tax billing and settlement, justice and jail operations, and grant-heavy human services — across independently elected offices. We build for those because we've closed county books under them.
Property tax billing & settlement
The treasurer bills, collects, and settles property tax across dozens of taxing districts — and distributions have to be exact. When the ERP can't model settlement, it becomes a spreadsheet risk.
Many elected offices, one ledger
Assessor, treasurer, clerk, sheriff, and more each run their own operation but post to the same books. The system has to respect that independence while keeping one source of truth.
Justice & human services carry grants
Jails, courts, and health-and-human-services programs bring their own systems, funding streams, and grant reporting that have to reconcile back to finance.
What we do
The full ERP journey, led by people who've done the work.
Whether your county is choosing a platform, leading a full ERP implementation, rescuing one that's slipping, or keeping a live system healthy with managed services and support, the same senior operators lead the engagement end to end — vendor-neutral, embedded with your team, and accountable to county reporting.
ERP selection & RFP advisory
Vendor-neutral selection that turns how you actually operate into a defensible platform choice — with an RFP that survives procurement review and a TCO your board can stand behind.
- Requirements built around real reporting
- RFPs aligned to public procurement law
- 7–10 year total cost of ownership modeling
Implementation leadership
Senior program leadership for new finance, HCM, and payroll deployments — on-time go-lives with compliance configured from the start, not retrofitted after audit findings.
- Chart of accounts mapped to your filings
- Payroll built for your retirement system
- Engineered go-lives, scope held
Recovery & stabilization
The call finance leaders make when an implementation is slipping, close won't reconcile, or a new firm just left the project half-built. We stabilize the system and finish the work.
- Stalled go-lives put back on a timeline
- Reconciliation and close-cycle repair
- Reporting back in compliance
Managed services & support
Ongoing, senior-led support that keeps a live ERP healthy through fiscal year-end and staff turnover — without the dependency model that keeps you paying for problems you didn't create.
- Month-end and year-end close support
- Enhancement, patching, and upgrade paths
- Knowledge transfer, so you're never trapped
Built for county reporting
The compliance details a commercial vendor misses.
These are the requirements that decide whether your county ERP is a clean system of record or a source of annual pain. We design for each one before go-live — not in a corrective action plan afterward.
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GASB ACFR & fund statements
Fund and account structure — including road-and-bridge and other county funds — mapped so the ACFR comes out of the system, not out of overtime.
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Property tax billing & settlement
Tax billing, collection, and distribution to taxing districts modeled so settlement is exact and defensible every cycle.
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Elected-office segregation
Assessor, treasurer, clerk, and sheriff operations set up with the access and controls each office needs while sharing one ledger.
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Justice & jail systems
Court, jail, and public-safety systems integrated so fees, bonds, and commissary reconcile back to finance.
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Human-services grants
Federal and state health-and-human-services grant tracking, indirect cost, and Uniform Guidance reporting built into the ledger.
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Payroll, retirement & procurement
County payroll, retirement reporting, competitive bidding, and cooperative contracts kept compliant from selection through go-live.
Outcomes
From an ERP that fights the county to one built for it.
What senior, vendor-neutral leadership changes for a county — how ERP tends to go without it, and what it looks like with us accountable to you.
- The ACFR is rebuilt by hand every year
- Tax settlement lives in fragile spreadsheets
- Each elected office keeps its own system
- HHS grant reporting falls behind
- Audit findings surface reporting gaps late
- The ACFR comes straight out of the system
- Tax settlement and distribution are exact
- Every office posts to one system of record
- Human-services grants reconcile in the ledger
- Reporting is clean before the auditor arrives
Who we serve in the county
Every elected office and department.
We work with counties of every size — on site when a go-live or a close needs hands in the room, and remotely for the steady work in between.
Auditor & finance
Auditors, controllers, and finance staff carrying budget, close, and the ACFR across the whole county.
Treasurer & tax
Treasurer and tax offices running property-tax billing, collection, and settlement to taxing districts.
Justice & public safety
Sheriff, courts, and jail operations that need fees, bonds, and payroll to reconcile back to finance.
Health & human services
Grant-funded HHS programs that need clean tracking, indirect cost, and expenditure reporting.
Testimonials
In our customer's words.
What public-sector leaders say after working with KCT — the same senior team that would lead your engagement.
★★★★★
KCT transformed our implementation from start to finish. Their expert team provided seamless, tailored support, ensuring every step of the process was efficient and effective. With a proactive approach and deep industry expertise, KCT quickly resolved challenges, paving the way for long-term success. Their commitment to excellence and true partnership has had a lasting impact on our operations. I highly recommend KCT to any organization seeking exceptional support during both implementation and ongoing operations.
★★★★★
The KCT Team takes the time to understand our processes and invests in our team's success, which has fostered a strong sense of trust in their ability to lead us to effective solutions. Their communication has always been timely, and their project management skills are exceptional. KCT brings a wealth of tools, expertise, and experience to the table, consistently delivering positive results for our district. I highly recommend them for any organization seeking a reliable partner in technical solutions.
FAQ
ERP for counties, answered.
+Do you already work with counties?
Yes — counties are a core part of our public-sector ERP practice, and we lead programs for county governments on selection, implementation, recovery, and ongoing support. The operating model is the same everywhere: senior operators, strictly vendor-neutral, embedded with your team.
+Which ERP platforms do you support for counties?
We're hands-on with every major public-sector and county ERP platform and strictly vendor-neutral — no reseller, referral, or partnership with any vendor. We tell you which platform genuinely fits your county's size, elected offices, and reporting.
+Can you handle property tax billing and settlement?
Yes. Tax billing, collection, and settlement — with exact distribution to taxing districts — is central to how we scope and configure county implementations, so settlement stops being a spreadsheet risk.
+How do you handle separately elected offices on one system?
We set up the assessor, treasurer, clerk, and sheriff operations with the access and controls each office needs, while keeping one shared ledger as the source of truth — so independence and clean reporting coexist.
+We're mid-implementation and it's slipping. Can you step in?
That's one of the most common ways county finance leaders first call us. We join a live project, stabilize the go-live, repair close and reconciliation, and get reporting back in compliance — whether the original firm is still on the project or already gone.
County ERP
Bring senior ERP leadership to your county.
A 30-minute discovery call. Tell us your county, your platform, and where things stand — a selection ahead, an implementation slipping, or a close that won't reconcile. You'll reach Chris Rodney, our Client Relationships Director, and the senior operators who would lead the work.