Case Study: Stearns County cuts expense report processing time by more than half with Emburse
Key results
The challenge
Stearns County had moved from paper to a SharePoint-based expense system with limited reporting, no mobile capabilities, and manual auditing. Its accounts-payable team spent roughly 40 hours per week manually reviewing expense reports.
The solution
Emburse configured custom compliance rules to enforce policy automatically, and added mobile expense submission and email-based manager approvals to streamline reimbursement.
“A huge upside of selecting Emburse is that they offer a suite of spend management tools, so as we advance as an organization, we can easily add more Emburse solutions to help support our digital transformation.”
JGJoe GreshowakAccounting Supervisor, Stearns County
The results, in context
With Emburse, Stearns County reduced expense report processing time by more than 50% and automated its compliance checks, enabling faster reimbursements and freeing AP staff from manual review.