Remember When Waiting Was Normal?

Why Growing Organizations Outgrow Manual Finance Processes

📆 Podcast ft. Sikich, September 15, 1:00 pm ET (USA)

As organizations grow, the processes that once worked begin to show their limits. What starts as a few manual approvals or disconnected workflows can quickly become operational bottlenecks that slow decision-making, reduce visibility, and make it difficult to scale with confidence.

In this episode of the Truvio Talks Throwback Series, we're asking a simple question: What is the cost of waiting? From waiting on invoice approvals to tracking down invoice status and relying on manual processes, we'll explore why today's finance teams can no longer afford yesterday's ways of working.

Joining us are experts from Sikich, who will share their perspective on how finance operations have evolved over the years and why growing organizations eventually reach a point where manual processes begin to limit performance. Throughout the conversation, we'll reference a real customer case study to explore the challenges many organizations face as they scale, the lessons learned during the modernization journey, and practical strategies Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations customers can apply within their own organizations.

Whether you're leading finance, IT, or business operations, this conversation will help you recognize the warning signs that your processes are holding back growth and how connected ERP workflows can help build a finance organization that's ready for what's next.

This conversation will cover: 

• Why growing organizations eventually outgrow manual finance processes 

• The hidden cost of approval delays and operational bottlenecks 

• How real-time visibility improves decision-making across finance operations 

• Lessons learned from our joint customer's finance transformation journey

• What operational maturity looks like for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations organizations

• Practical steps finance leaders can take to build scalable, connected processes before growth outpaces their operations

Guests:

• Matthias Dorau, Senior Consultant, Sikich 

• Ryan Meade, VP of Regional Partner Business Development, Truvio