7. CITY P-CARD DATA USED
162,495 Unique Transactions
$31.8 Million Total Spend
163,386 Transactions Duplicate Transactions
Blank Purpose Transactions
Holiday Purchases
2011
–
2014
High Level Data Analytic Tests Run
12. TOP DEPARTMENTS FOR DUPLICATES
Division Number of
Transactions
Transaction
Amount Summary
Legal Services 5716 104705.46
Parks, Forestry & Recreation 1413 410383.73
Emergency Medical Services 474 94635.20
Water 441 87263,53
Technical services 358 3715.00
Economic development & culture 333 80193.81
Public health 251 44998.34
Fleet services 225 520765.70
Engineering & construction services 225 4528.00
Fire services 196 58775.05
By Division and Number of Transactions
13. ACTION:
Look at the duplicate transactions and
determine reasons for duplication.
15. TOP DEPTS. WITH NO DESCRIPTION
Division Number of
Transactions
Parks, Forestry & Recreation 6415
Legal services 2934
Technical services 844
Water 342
Solid Waste management 211
Transportation services 155
Emergency medical services 138
Public Health 134
Shelter, support & Housing Admin 75
16. ACTION:
Look at the reporting process and why
the top departments don’t include a
description in their transactions.
18. TOP DEPTS. WITH HOLIDAY PURCHASES
Division Number of
Transactions
Transaction
amount
Parks, Forestry & Recreation 23 4268.12
Economic development & culture 21 2872.50
Solid waste management 2 1621.55
Facilities management 5 1558.14
Long term care homes 4 1014.29
Public health 6 346.92
Fire services 5 296.03
Water 1 248.60
Emergency medical services 2 136.96
Information & technology 1 127.34
30. ROOT CAUSE DISCOVERY
Significant spike
Spike in exception amount
along with the increase in
number of cards
Top exceptions
Employees in
Marketing
Employee dashboard
High amounts of personal
purchases at hotels and
restaurants
Identifying root causes allows companies to recoup amounts
owed and address control weaknesses
31. CONTINUOUS MONITORING
Risk based analytics,
frequency, report on
anomalies, visualize
source, automated
remediation, business
improvement.
Continuous monitoring