Many public sector finance teams want to improve how they prepare and publish financial reports, especially those that are complex, such as the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR). But when the process breaks down, the first assumption is often: “We need new systems.”

In most cases, that’s not true.

The real issue? It’s what happens after the data leaves your ERP.

Disconnected spreadsheets. Formatting chaos. Footnotes rewritten every year.

What teams need isn’t a system replacement—it’s a structure that eliminates rework.

Where the Process Breaks Down

Government ERP systems handle transactional data well. But when it’s time to build complete financial reports, especially those intended for public or audit review, most teams default to:

• Exporting data to Excel
• Copying numbers into Word
• Manually formatting tables, footnotes, and disclosures
• Updating headers, pagination, and the table of contents by hand

These reports often take weeks (sometimes months), with little ability to reuse past work or track changes reliably. And each minor update creates a ripple of new work across disconnected files.

Why Replacing Systems Isn’t the Answer

ERP replacements are expensive, complex, and rarely focused on publishing. Most don’t offer:

• Audit-ready formatting
• Public-facing outputs (like ACFRs and budget books)
• Traceable footnotes and narrative commentary
• Automated document structure or compliance formatting

Many teams still rely on fragile workflows built in spreadsheets and documents, even after investing in ERP.

A Smarter Alternative: Add Structure Around What Works

You don’t need to overhaul your ERP to modernize reporting. You need to improve what happens after the data leaves it.

At Gravity, we help public finance teams streamline reporting by:

• Linking numbers directly to their source, eliminating copy/paste
• Keeping footnotes, tables, and totals in sync automatically
• Controlling formatting and layout — headers, TOC, and pagination update with a click
• Tracking versions and edits across the entire report lifecycle

This approach reduces risk, improves consistency, and gives your team back time and control, without disrupting the systems you already use.

Why Public Sector IT and Finance Teams Choose Gravity

Finance and IT leaders adopt Gravity because it fits seamlessly into existing workflows. It doesn’t require replacing or reconfiguring ERP software; it gives finance teams the structure and automation they’ve been missing. There’s no complex rollout. No steep learning curve. And no new support burden for IT.

Instead of asking IT to customize core systems or build one-off solutions, Gravity gives finance teams a self-managed way to publish structured, accurate reports — with built-in controls, audit tracking, and compliance tools designed for public sector reporting.

Results Without Rework

Public finance teams using the Gravity report:

• Up to 85% less time spent preparing the ACFR
• Fewer errors and less back-and-forth during audit reviews
• A more repeatable, scalable reporting process year after year
• More time to focus on analysis and communication, not formatting

You get modern outputs without modern headaches.

Don’t default to an overhaul if your reports feel harder than they should. You can streamline financial reporting without disrupting what’s working.

Want to see how Gravity supports government reporting without ERP replacement?

Book a demo, and we’ll show you what structure looks like — and what it saves you.