Skip to content
4 min read

Streamlining the Chaos: How OneStream Simplifies Financial Close — Episode 31

Featured Image

If your financial close feels like a monthly fire drill filled with late nights, manual work, and disconnected systems, it’s time for a better way. In this episode of CPM Customer Success, Andy Smetana tackles one of the most demanding challenges facing finance and accounting leaders today: the financial close process. Andy explains how OneStream’s unified platform is transforming close, consolidation, and reporting—making them faster, more accurate, and far less painful.

Episode Summary

Andy breaks down why the close process becomes so complex in traditional finance environments, from managing multiple systems and intercompany eliminations to handling currencies, minority interests, and tight deadlines. The episode explores how OneStream simplifies these challenges by bringing consolidation, reporting, and data transparency into a single platform. Through practical examples, Andy shows how finance teams eliminate manual tasks, improve data accuracy, and gain real-time visibility—allowing them to close with confidence and reclaim nights and weekends.

Listen now:

applepodcast

Apple Podcasts
Start from the beginning or jump into the latest episodes, all available on Apple Podcasts.

 

spotify

Spotify
Stream the newest insights or catch up on past success stories, right here on Spotify.

 

youtube

YouTube
Watch full episodes and behind-the-scenes conversations anytime on our YouTube channel.

 

What You’ll Learn

  • Why the financial close becomes overwhelming in fragmented systems

  • How OneStream simplifies consolidation and intercompany complexity

  • How real-time data transparency improves close accuracy and speed

  • How a unified platform reduces manual effort and close risk

  • How finance teams can close faster without burnout

Subscribe to the CPM Success Newsletter

Don’t miss an episode. Sign up to get weekly podcast updates, OneStream insights, and real-world finance transformation stories, delivered straight to your inbox.