Sepal ERP

One system from budget to paycheck.

Every module shares the same chart of accounts, employee record, approval engine and audit trail, so nothing is reconciled between systems.

Finance

  • General ledger

    Governmental fund accounting on a Business Unit · Object · Subsidiary chart, with self-balancing funds, automatic interfund entries, period close and ACFR-ready statements.

  • Budget & forecasting

    Operating, capital and personnel budgets with department requests, scenarios, multi-year forecasts, position budgeting and real-time budget control.

  • Projects & grants

    Capital and operating project budgets across funding sources, grant awards with match and indirect rates, reimbursement requests and a compliance calendar.

Procurement

  • Purchasing & contracts

    Requisitions, solicitations, purchase orders with encumbrances, receiving and contract management with not-to-exceed tracking.

  • Accounts payable

    Invoice capture, three-way match, approvals, ACH and check payment runs with positive pay, purchasing cards, employee reimbursements and 1099s.

Operations

  • Assets & inventory

    Capital asset lifecycle with GASB categories, monthly depreciation, transfers and disposals, plus storeroom inventory at weighted-average cost — linked to Esri GIS and Cityworks.

  • Receivables & cashiering

    Customer billing and recurring charges, cashiering at every collection point, deposits, refunds, aging, late fees and collections.

Workforce

  • Human resources

    Employee records, positions and classifications, effective-dated personnel actions with approvals, leave administration, bargaining units and volunteers.

  • Recruiting & onboarding

    Hiring requisitions against funded positions, a public careers site, applicant pipeline, interviews, offers with approvals and onboarding checklists.

  • Performance & learning

    Review cycles, goals, training catalog and records, and license and certification tracking with expiry alerts.

  • Time & scheduling

    Timesheets with labor distribution to accounts, projects and Cityworks work orders; FLSA weekly and 7(k) public-safety overtime; shift patterns and schedules.

  • Payroll

    Pay groups and calendars, earnings and deductions, tax withholding, payroll calculation with exceptions, direct deposit files and GL distribution by position funding.

  • Benefits

    Plan setup by tier, eligibility rules, open enrollment and life events in self-service, employer and employee costs, and 834 carrier files.

Insights

  • Reports & dashboards

    Standard reports, an ad hoc report builder, scheduled delivery, role-based dashboards, Power BI feeds and an assistant that answers questions in plain language.

Administration

  • Administration

    Organization settings, users and roles, approval workflows, custom fields, segregation-of-duties rules, retention policies and the audit trail.

  • Integrations & data

    Connectors for Esri GIS, Cityworks, Laserfiche, CIS Infinity and Power BI; REST API with keys and webhooks; CSV and JD Edwards imports with reconciliation.

Underneath every module

AreaHow Sepal handles it
Technical environment & architectureBrowser-based SPA on Firebase Hosting; dev / staging / prod projects from .firebaserc; automatic updates; retention policies.
Data integration & interoperabilityRPC + REST API, API keys, signed webhooks, Pub/Sub events, scheduled imports/exports, CSV/JSON/XML/NACHA/834, connectors.
Security & access managementIdentity Platform per-tenant SSO (Microsoft Entra ID via SAML/OIDC), MFA, role-based permissions, department scoping, field masking.
Data protection, privacy & auditEncryption in transit/at rest, field masking of PII, append-only audit trail with daily seals, retention and legal hold.
Document & records managementAttachments on any record in Cloud Storage with versions and classification; Laserfiche archiving connector; e-approvals.
Workflow & notificationsConfigurable multi-step approvals with conditions, delegation, escalation, recall, real-time inbox and notifications.
Reporting & analyticsStandard catalog, ad hoc builder, scheduled reports, dashboards, CSV/Excel export, Power BI OData feed.
System configuration & administrationCustom fields, workflow designer, roles, numbering, business-rule settings, SoD rules — no code changes.
Mobile accessibilityResponsive layout, installable PWA, mobile approvals, timesheets and self-service; WCAG 2.2 AA.