Case Study: Arizona Cardinals cut commission statement time from 10 days to 5 seconds with Vena Solutions

Arizona Cardinals turn 10 days of Excel work into 5 seconds with Vena Solutions

The Arizona Cardinals, the oldest franchise in the National Football League, faced significant inefficiencies in their finance processes. Their controller struggled with manual Excel work and had implemented two other software solutions, Blackline for account reconciliations and Adaptive Insights for budgeting, which failed to meet their needs. This resulted in a cripplingly slow process, such as taking 10 days to produce commission statements. They sought a user-friendly solution that could leverage their team's comfort with Excel while providing greater automation, leading them to partner with Vena Solutions.

Vena implemented its Complete Planning platform, which features a native Excel interface, to create a central database for budgeting and account reconciliation. This solution replaced both previous tools entirely. The most impactful result was reducing the time to produce commission statements from 10 days to just 5 seconds. The Arizona Cardinals also gained on-demand access to live data and freed up significant time, allowing the finance team to adopt a more proactive and strategic role within the organization.

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