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