From Days to Seconds: How A Finance Leader Cut Their Month-End Close with an Oracle ERP Integration into Excel

You know the story. Your team needs Oracle ERP data in Excel, but you're stuck waiting for IT or wrestling with manual exports that always seem to have errors. Month-end close becomes more stressful when you can't get the numbers you need, when you need them. In this chat, Richard Dirkson, VP Controller at Cornerstone Building Brands, shares how his team streamlined their financial reporting process by connecting Excel with Oracle ERP in real time. With over 18,000 employees, Cornerstone needed a reporting solution that could keep pace with their scale and complexity—without sacrificing transparency or control. Come along to get some practical tips on:

• How you can use Wands for Oracle to securely connect Excel directly to your Oracle ERP data for real-time access.

• What strategies Cornerstone used to cut down on manual data work, speed up reporting, and make their data more accurate.

• Why having instant, drillable access to your numbers makes a huge difference for ad hoc analysis and getting ready for month-end.

• Ways automating boring, repetitive tasks can free up your team to focus on more important analysis.

Richard, who has used Wands for Oracle for over 10 years and implemented it at several organizations, will walk through his approach step by step, discussing what worked, where they saw efficiencies, and how his team gained confidence in their reporting and close processes. If your finance team is looking to reduce friction with IT and get more from your Oracle ERP investment, you'll find actionable tips and strategies you can implement immediately.