Case Study: GlobalData cuts finance reporting from weeks to minutes with Astrato

GlobalData cuts management accounts from 4–5 person-weeks to a single click with Astrato

GlobalData, a major data analytics and consulting business, faced a significant internal challenge with its finance reporting. Despite being experts in external data delivery for clients, the company relied entirely on manual, Excel-based processes for its own management accounts. This required approximately 250 accountants to spend weeks each month on repetitive data export and manipulation, leading to stale data and inefficiency. They turned to the vendor Astrato to implement a modern business intelligence (BI) solution.

Astrato provided a solution that automated the entire reporting workflow by connecting directly to GlobalData's Snowflake data warehouse. A key feature was its ability to export data directly into pre-formatted Excel and PowerPoint templates with a single click, which helped drive user adoption. The results were dramatic: the management accounts cycle was reduced from 4-5 person-weeks of work to just minutes. This saved hundreds of hours, improved data accuracy, and allowed accountants to focus on strategic analysis instead of manual tasks, fundamentally changing the BI team's role within the organization.

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