Michigan Colleges Alliance (MCA) is a nationally leading consortium of private universities and colleges.  It has partnered with Financial One for the past seven years for all of its accounting and financial management needs.  Without question, this relationship has been one of the most productive in my nearly 15 years as MCA president.  Financial One literally has become an extension of our operational staff, seamlessly integrating with MCA team members to ensure flawless financial tracking, management, and reporting.  The company’s stellar group of professionals, coupled with its knowledge of our business and close client engagement, has allowed MCA to allocate minimal resources to internal financial oversight, focusing instead on core missional activities–so important to smaller, non-profit organizations.  As a senior executive in the private higher education sector, I routinely recommend Financial One to MCA peer organizations throughout the country, who equally praise the company’s significant impact on their productivity.