All posts by: Black Diamond Advisory

As accounting practices have evolved over time, not much has been said to challenge the traditional model, which fundamentally is as simple as ‘capture first, analyze second.’ And why would you? After all, you can’t analyze what you don’t have. For smaller companies and start-ups, this idea still holds true. But for most of you......
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Dear Finance Executive,    Join us on October 15, 2020 at 5:00 PM Pacific for a complimentary virtual mixology event powered by and Black Diamond Advisory, a Platinum OneStream Partner. Our guests will craft two cocktails with an award-winning mixologist. Learn about flavor balance and mixology skills with instructions, tips and stories along the way. We provide......
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REGISTER NOW Local government agency finance leaders within the Office of Budget & Management (OMB) and Comptroller offices are under pressure to improve decision support, increase transparency, and create efficiencies. With continued scrutiny of fiscal spending and the tightening of legislative budgets, the formulation process is evolving from line item approvals to performance-based budgets to......
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How OneStream Software offers the most customer-focused cloud offering in the industry. “You’ve gotta start with the customer experience and work backward to the technology. You can’t start with the technology and figure out where you are going to sell it.” – Steve Jobs, 1997 After years of being a happy OneStream customer and gaining......
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Corporate Performance Management Software Is Now a Financial Imperative The natural reaction to be cautious and delay seems logical, but our recent experience proves that now is the time to make huge progress in leveraging technology to support finance processes and analytical capability. The greatest advances occur in challenging times when people are forced to......
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Robotics Without Robots Most people hear Robotic Process Automation and immediately start picturing an assembly line, not unlike the one above. Repeatable processes handled in a highly efficient manner using purpose-built machines with exacting specifications. Every detail is monitored, every action precisely performed, all with an extremely low failure rate and, with proper maintenance, infinite......
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The stage data dashboard was initially developed for One Stream users and consultants coming from Hyperion/FDMEE.  In FDMEE the workflow displays both source and target data on one form.  You can filter by a target dimension and easily see what source accounts are mapped to the target.  This is very helpful when your mapping from......
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Behind the Diamonds In the late ’90s, I took a leap of faith – leaving my job as a finance manager at the wonderful world of Disney to join a company called Hyperion Solutions. I was terrified to fly, had a full head of hair, and no clue what EPM was or what this cutting-edge......
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