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Yerba Buena Center for the Arts - United States

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts sees the big picture with Sage Intacct

San Francisco’s premier performing arts center gains some operational context using Sage software, whilst slashing its monthly close.
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Finding a solution that checks all the boxes

The YBCA finance team realized it needed a modern financial management solution to replace its legacy Blackbaud Financial Edge software. They wanted to eliminate manual, duplicate data entry and Excel workarounds by deploying an easy-to-access platform that could fully integrate with other applications and bring all of the center’s functions together on the same page.

We especially liked how Sage Intacct provides understandable reports with visual impact so people who aren’t in finance can track how we’re doing against our mission.

Chris Safford
Finance Director

Switching the focus

After implementing Sage Intacct, YBCA has sped up all of its financial processes – including accounts payable, deposits, accounts receivable, budgeting, and reporting. The finance team avoided $30,000 in temp costs and an additional full-time employee, and now has 25% more time to focus on strategic work.

We produce financials and push information out to our stakeholders a lot quicker, and with more detail.

Chris Safford
Finance Director

Moving at the right time

YBCA enjoys more timely, granular reporting with Sage Intacct. The system’s dimensions add operational context to each and every transaction, so the team can view financials and key performance indicators at a level of detail that simply wasn’t possible with their old software.

By using Sage Intacct to monitor whether we’re spending down a grant too slowly or too quickly, we can make course corrections to get things in line as needed.

Chris Safford
Finance Director

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