FREE WEB SERIES: SaaS Success in 2020

Accelerating past your competition in an economic downturn can seem overwhelming or impossible particularly for software as a service, SaaS, companies. If you are one of these businesses please be our guest for the SaaS Success Series Join us online for a complimentary 4-week series for finance leaders focused on how we can lead our organizations out of crisis and re-ignite growth.

SaaS experts and SaaS finance leaders throughout the country will be joining on the following Thursdays for this online event:

June 18 – Accelerate Through the Curve – 3 Key Strategies for Growth in a Downturn

The best companies know that the right place to pass competitors is in the sharp curve of a crisis or economic shock; while “followers” only react once they’re in the straightaway of the recovery.

Zach Blaine, Controller at Expel, Ben Murray, CFO of Cartegraph and The SaaS CFO, and Andre Lafayette, VP of Budgeting and Planning at Sage Intacct, will share three key strategies that successful companies implement, but laggards fail to:

Encourage selective investments (offense) in addition to cash management (defense)
Leverage tools that can automate billing and revenues
Elevate your forecasting and planning, above your competitors

June 25 – Discover the Next Level in Spend Management – Greater Controls, Visibility, and Team Engagement

Do you hate being the bad guy who communicates budget cuts? And when the business team doesn’t understand the justifications or implications, employee morale can take a hit.

Matt Wolf, VP of Finance at Roadster, a leading AI firm, and Thejo Kote, CEO of Airbase, a company that provides next generation business-spend management solutions, will share how you can:

Give every employee a view into the impacts their expenditures have on company performance
Improve the business processes that link specific customers or cohorts to the cost of closing them
Provide faster feedback on the results generated by your company’s business decisions

July 16 – The Road to Recovery: Month-End Close Best Practices and Tips

Finance and accounting teams have had to quickly react, changing processes and procedures due to the pandemic. Nowhere has it felt more acute than during the month-end close.

Kevin Neary, Controller at Wistia, Mike Whitmire, Co-founder and CEO of FloQast, and David Appel, Head of Subscription and SaaS at Sage Intacct, will share best practices to manage the month-end close, post COVID-19, and use Sage Intacct and close-management software. You’ll learn how to:

Streamline processes and reconciliations to close faster and more accurately
Collaborate better with virtual teams
Identify ongoing improvements with actionable analytics

July 23 – Cash is King: Maximize Cash Flow Perfomance with Artificial Intelligence

Cash management is critical in this downturn. Investors want a 12 to 18-month runway before you raise again. Uncertainty and rapid changes put a strain on your finance teams. How can you leverage automation and avoid hitting a cash crunch?

Carlos Vega, Tesorio’s CEO, and peer finance leaders will share how AI can maximize cashflow performance. Learn how to manage your cashflow during today’s business volatility by: