Case Study: Rize Education builds investor-ready finance reporting with LiveFlow

Rize Education scales to 500+ university partners with LiveFlow

Rize Education, a company that partners with small private colleges to launch career-oriented degree programs, faced a challenge with its financial operations. Its finance head, Myles McGinley, inherited a patchwork of Excel and Google Sheets that required manual data extraction from QuickBooks. This archaic process was time-consuming, error-prone, and prevented the company from having a clear view of its performance for investors and internal teams. Rize needed to automate reporting to build a scalable finance engine without expanding headcount.

LiveFlow provided the solution by seamlessly connecting QuickBooks to Google Sheets, automating data updates and financial reporting. By implementing LiveFlow, Rize Education replaced its web of spreadsheets with a single source of truth. This allowed its operating model to update automatically, enabling faster, data-driven decisions. The results were immediate: the finance team saved hours of manual work and could now focus on analysis, providing investor-ready reporting as the company scales toward its goal of 500+ university partners and $100M+ in annual revenue.

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