Case Study: Urban Ventures cuts budgeting time in half with Centage

Urban Ventures cuts budget revision time from 5–6 hours to 20 minutes with Centage

Urban Ventures, a nonprofit social services organization, faced complex and time-consuming personnel budgeting and forecasting using Excel and Microsoft Dynamics GP. Their VP of Finance, Renee Sherman, needed a more streamlined and accurate FP&A process, particularly for staffing which comprised 85% of expenses, and wanted to eliminate vulnerable spreadsheets and lengthy data reconciliation. They turned to the vendor Centage for its FP&A platform.

Centage provided a solution with seamless integration into Dynamics GP, eliminating dual data entry. This enabled detailed personnel planning and scenario forecasting. The results were dramatic: budget revisions that once took 5-6 hours in Excel were reduced to 20 minutes with Centage, cutting overall budgeting time in half. The finance team gained confidence in their numbers and could provide better insights to leadership for strategic hiring decisions.

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