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Scaling Finance Without Adding Headcount - Episode 70

Written by Nova Advisory | Fri, Aug 22, 2025

How OneStream Helps Finance Teams Handle More Work, More Data Without Hiring More People

In this episode, we explore how finance teams can scale smarter, not bigger, by embracing OneStream’s unified platform to handle growing complexity without adding headcount.

As organizations expand, finance leaders face mounting challenges: more data, more reporting demands, tighter timelines but with the same lean team. Disconnected spreadsheets and legacy systems only make it harder to keep up.

Host Andy Smetana breaks down the most common growing pains modern finance teams experience and shows how OneStream helps eliminate them. From automating reconciliations to enabling self-service reporting and predictive forecasting, OneStream gives teams the tools to scale without increasing overhead or overloading IT.

You’ll also hear a real-world customer story from a $6B global chemical company that transformed its finance operations, simplifying processes, accelerating close cycles, and reducing manual effort across 120+ countries, all without growing headcount.

Listen now:

What You’ll Learn

  • The 5 most common pain points finance teams face as they scale

  • How OneStream helps finance stay lean without sacrificing control

  • Why automation and self-service capabilities matter more than ever

  • A customer success story from a global enterprise that scaled without growing its team

  • Key features like extensible dimensionality, task manager, and built-in AI forecasting 

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