City of Austin Migrates Financial System to CGI Advantage SaaS, Adds Grants Management

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City of Austin migrated its financial management system to CGI Advantage SaaS, upgrading to the latest CGI Advantage Financial Management and shifting from on-premise to vendor-managed continuous updates. The rollout centralizes finance and administrative processes and adds grants management functionality to standardize grants processing and reporting.

1. Contract Overview

CGI completed migration of City of Austin’s financial management system from an on-premise deployment to the CGI Advantage SaaS platform, including an upgrade to the latest version of CGI Advantage Financial Management.

2. SaaS Model Benefits

Under the SaaS operating model, Austin now receives continuous product enhancements and vendor-managed updates, designed to support system stability, regulatory compliance and streamlined administrative maintenance.

3. Grants Management Functionality

The implementation incorporates CGI Advantage grants management functionality to unify grants processing, strengthen oversight controls and enhance reporting capabilities across the City’s grant portfolio.

4. Strategic Implications for CGI

This contract win underscores growing demand for CGI Advantage in state and local governments, expands CGI's SaaS footprint and could serve as a reference for future municipal deployments.

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