Business Challenges
- Limited Critical Analysis – Legacy excel files unable to provide actionable revenue, operations or workforce insights
- Lack of Data Fidelity – Multiple business units utilize consolidated models leading to reconciliation and reporting risks; lack of version control across end user spectrum
- Global Growth Stagnating – Inability to effectively scale internationally; different currencies lead to duplication of data templates and inaccurate financial data
Solution
- Anaplan – Replaced legacy excel-centric system with a holistically connected cloud platform
- Data Harmonization – Built a Data Hub model to standardize source information from 5 repositories
- Administrative Guardrails – Implemented Anaplan’s selective access feature based on user roles
- Debt Facility Planning – Planned tranched debt facility and used week-to-month conversion logic to forecast interest payments on monthly basis
Impact
- Confluent Accessibility – 23 users across 7 business units in 2 continents able to plan and analyze asynchronously
- Proactive Business Process – Simplified user interface allows for quicker response time, increased leadership confidence and hands-on adaptation
- Granular Insight – Integration of three software platforms allows for headcount-level information and employee-level analysis
- Scalability – Able to service 700,000+ active users
