Since 2002, Genesys Works has enabled economically- disadvantaged students by moving them out of poverty and into a professional career. However, with its expansion to 6 entities nationwide, the organization needed a better solution to manage its budgeting and reporting.
The Situation
As Genesys Works outgrew its time-consuming Excel process, the team needed more budget visibility, scenario planning, and overall streamlining.
With six locations nationwide, Genesys Works needed more efficient financial processes and systems to support a consolidated organization. Some challenges included:
Exporting NetSuite data into time-consuming “Excel Hell” – 50-tab workbooks for budgeting
Low budget visibility into updates and versions
Slow budgeting process that required multiple analysts sharing datasheets via email
Siloed team members working on related projects, but in separate downloaded files
Key Points
Challenge
Genesys Works outgrew its time-consuming Excel process.
Strategy
E78 implemented a more effective, user-friendly budgeting process.
Result
With Workday Adaptive, changing a single assumption cascades beautifully through every budget in the organization.
The Solution
E78 helped Genesys Works implement a more effective, user-friendly budgeting process along with the following:
A Single Cloud Solution: Manage, view, edit, & drill down into any aspect of their financial data in one place
Easier Forecasting: The leadership team can more quickly and easily compare actuals to budgets
Data Integrity: Moving users into the cloud to edit data cuts down on manual calculation errors
Budget visibility: Rather than working in silos, various teams can see budget changes in real time
Operational efficiency: The company can now share its updates within Adaptive, rather than via email
Scenario Planning: Versioning within the platform allows users to build multiple scenarios instantly
The Results
"In our current budget cycle, a substantial expense was higher than expected."
“Prior to Adaptive, I’d go to six different people to change a cell in their Excel workbooks… Now, I change a single assumption and it cascades beautifully through every budget in the organization.” – Amir Yunis CFO, Genesys Works