The FI$Cal system modernized how the state of California manages its finances and is one of the largest and most dynamic IT and business-transformation undertakings in California’s history. It eliminates the need for hundreds of independent legacy systems by combining the state’s accounting, budgeting, cash management, and procurement operations into a single financial-management system.

It is a critically important job to support the financial management of California, which serves 39 million residents and boasts the fourth largest economy in the world. Enormously complex by its very nature, FI$Cal is used by 150 departments and nearly 16,000 state employees who process more than $453 billion in expenditures each year. FI$Cal is the procurement system utilized by nearly all state departments and more than 201,000 suppliers that sell goods and services to the state. Departments are paying their bills and balancing their budgets every single day using the FI$Cal system.

FI$Cal is the system utilized by the State Treasurer’s Office to track banking transactions; and it is the budgetary system used by the governor, the Department of Finance, and the legislature in the preparation, proposal, and enactment of the state’s annual spending plan.

In addition, FI$Cal has made California state government finances significantly more transparent through the creation of Open FI$Cal, the website that opened California’s “books” to allow the public to view how taxpayer money is being spent.

At FI$Cal, our customers and partner agencies are critical to our success, helping to guide our evolution and making continuous improvement possible. To support our ongoing mission, we are pleased to present the Department of FISCal’s 2026-2030 Strategic Plan, which defines our commitment to the state, our customers, our partners, our employees, and the people of California.

The FI$Cal system modernized how the state of California manages its finances and is one of the largest and most dynamic IT and business-transformation undertakings in California’s history. It eliminates the need for hundreds of independent legacy systems by combining the state’s accounting, budgeting, cash management, and procurement operations into a single financial-management system.

It is a critically important job to support the financial management of California, which serves 39 million residents and boasts the fourth largest economy in the world. Enormously complex by its very nature, FI$Cal is used by 150 departments and nearly 16,000 state employees who process more than $453 billion in expenditures each year. FI$Cal is the procurement system utilized by nearly all state departments and more than 201,000 suppliers that sell goods and services to the state. Departments are paying their bills and balancing their budgets every single day using the FI$Cal system.

FI$Cal is the system utilized by the State Treasurer’s Office to track banking transactions; and it is the budgetary system used by the governor, the Department of Finance, and the legislature in the preparation, proposal, and enactment of the state’s annual spending plan.

In addition, FI$Cal has made California state government finances significantly more transparent through the creation of Open FI$Cal, the website that opened California’s “books” to allow the public to view how taxpayer money is being spent.

At FI$Cal, our customers and partner agencies are critical to our success, helping to guide our evolution and making continuous improvement possible. To support our ongoing mission, we are pleased to present the Department of FISCal’s 2026-2030 Strategic Plan, which defines our commitment to the state, our customers, our partners, our employees, and the people of California.