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Relational Blending: Connecting Finance Strategy to the Details with OneStream - Episode 71

Written by Nova Advisory | Fri, Aug 22, 2025

Struggling to tie financial plans to real-world data?

In this solo episode, host Andy Smetana explains how OneStream’s relational blending capability is reshaping FP&A by connecting high-level finance strategy with granular operational data—in real time.

From people planning and CapEx to zero-based budgeting and lease accounting, this episode walks through real-world use cases that eliminate manual data prep, accelerate decision-making, and bring true visibility to performance drivers.

You’ll also hear a success story from a large public university that consolidated 24 legacy apps and enabled planning across 25,000+ employees with OneStream’s unified platform.

Listen now to hear how forward-thinking finance teams are rethinking consolidation and futureproofing their processes along the way.

What You’ll Learn

  • Why disconnected operational data slows down finance

  • How relational blending brings HR, CRM, and project data into financial plans

  • Use cases: workforce planning, CapEx, ZBB, and lease accounting

  • How drill-down visibility drives faster, more confident decisions

  • Real-world results: university reduces 3.5 hours of manual work to 5 minutes 

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