Breaking Free from the Month-End Madness: The Fast-Track to an Efficient Financial Close — Episode 48

If your month-end close drags on for weeks and delivers numbers that are already outdated, it’s putting your business at risk. In this episode of CPM Customer Success, Andy Smetana dives into breaking free from month-end madness and explains how finance teams can fast-track their financial close—moving from days (or weeks) to hours with the right approach and platform.

Episode Summary

Andy breaks down the biggest pain points that slow down the financial close, from manual reconciliations and disconnected systems to lack of real-time visibility. The episode explores why close speed matters more than ever and how a slow close limits leadership’s ability to act with confidence. Through real-world success stories, Andy shows how global organizations are using OneStream to automate close activities, improve accuracy, and dramatically shorten close cycles—freeing finance teams to shift from data processing to strategic decision-making.

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What You’ll Learn

• The biggest bottlenecks slowing down the financial close

• Why a slow close creates risk and delays decision-making

• How OneStream accelerates close and consolidation

• Real-world examples of organizations cutting close time dramatically

• How finance teams can move from month-end chaos to control

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