Orange County Taps Oracle Cloud Suite for Financial, HR Systems

The Orange County Auditor-Controller's Office is in the early stages of implementing a new suite of cloud-based technologies that will unify finance and human resources operations across 21 departments, saving tens of millions of dollars over the next decade.

The county selected Oracle’s Fusion Cloud applications in a bid to streamline costly, aging on-premises server technology and get a better handle on the county's nearly two dozen departments. The new applications include Oracle’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), and Human Capital Management (HCM).

Orange County Auditor-Controller Andrew Hamilton said the move to the cloud-based solution suite will ultimately save the county $45 million over the term of the 10-year contract, not to mention the benefits that come with unifying historically disparate financial systems. The solution will also include the governance and compliance component.

“We have a lot of standalone, separate systems. In fact, there are 21 …,” he said. “We're excited to combine into one Oracle product.”

While Hamilton said that the savings are substantial, the contract award came down to more than just the return on investment; functionality was the primary concern. The cost to move into the cloud with the county’s current on-prem server provider would have been prohibitive, he added.

As it stands, the several kickoff sessions have already been conducted, and officials hope to have what Hamilton calls the "general ledger” component live by late June 2027, with the human resources and payroll components slated for December 2027.

In a press release, the company said the implementation of the applications will be handled by Deloitte Consulting, part of the Oracle PartnerNetwork.

Orange County is the sixth-largest county in the U.S., with nearly 20,000 employees and 34 cities within the jurisdiction. Its annual budget was more than $9.5 billion for 2024-25, with non-general fund IT projects making up more than $51.7 million.

The county’s proposed budget for the 2025-26 fiscal year is being developed, with virtual workshops scheduled for May 29, budget hearings scheduled for June 10 and 11, and final adoption is slated for June 24.