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Ditch Delayed Reports: How Real-Time Insights Transform Finance — Episode 47

Written by Nova Advisory | Thu, Jan 30, 2025

If your finance team is making decisions based on yesterday’s numbers, you’re already behind. In this episode of CPM Customer Success, Andy Smetana dives into the power of real-time finance and how real-time reporting and analytics are transforming finance teams from reactive to proactive decision-makers.

Episode Summary

Andy breaks down the four biggest pain points slowing finance teams down today—data silos, slow reporting cycles, outdated insights, and disconnected systems. The episode explores how real-time visibility changes the role of finance by enabling faster closes, more confident forecasting, and better business alignment. Andy also highlights the OneStream advantage, including unified data, AI-powered forecasting, and real-time analytics, and shares a compelling case study of a global nutrition company that reduced its financial close time by 80% using OneStream.

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What You’ll Learn

  • The four biggest bottlenecks holding finance teams back

  • Why real-time insights shift finance from reactive to proactive

  • How OneStream delivers real-time reporting and analytics

  • How AI-powered forecasting enhances speed and accuracy

  • A real-world example of dramatically accelerating the financial close

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