We talked headcount management with Nolan Church, CEO of Continuum, and Lisa To, head of FP&A Transformation at LinkedIn. Get the highlights from the conversation here.

We are thrilled to welcome Vicky Ascencio to Trace’s leadership team as our Head of Customer Success. We’re fortunate to have Vicky join us – this is a big step towards our mission of building a place where people collaborate on the financial decisions that matter most.

Staying on track of headcount is the biggest challenge for finance teams. But some finance professionals are seeing a new way forward. Get the subject brief to learn more.

Get a single source of headcount truth to replace multiple, manually maintained spreadsheets. See how with Trace headcount management.

What if you could prove to your CEO—and your business partners—how financial processes can actually accelerate growth and make you more agile? Cleo CFO Amy Kux and Trace CEO Mike Gonzalez did just that at companies like Zenefits, Facebook, and Cloudflare.

An exploration into the breaking points and pitfalls to help Finance leaders prioritize their technology investments. Reasons to go with a planning system first generally include losing faith in the reliability and integrity of your models. If the above items don’t ring true, then you’re likely dealing with issues related to the distribution and collection of information with your business partners and reconciling plans to what’s happening or happened.

Empower your budget owners with role-based budgets. Lighten their load with project requests. And help them understand budget-to-actuals variances with G/L drill-down.

In this video, we'll walk you through a summary of our Budget vs Actual dashboard feature, which allows budget owners to have full visibility into their financial performance.

As a finance leader at a start-up, it’s on you to help people manage their budgets, execute their hiring plans, and understand their spending—all in a way that works within the context of a high-growth business.

As your business scales, you’ll likely find yourself entering into new types of contracts that often require annual up-front payment. Here’s why it matters, and how to handle it.

Collaboratively forecast your financials by administering budgets and gathering input directly from key stakeholders using this interconnected Financial Planning System.

Download the free presentation to socialize your finance strategy and operations with your team, leadership team, and board of directors. The 20+ slides include everything you need to improve finance execution.

Read the Finance Calendar to learn the operating playbook inspired by Facebook, Zenefits, GE, and interviews with hundreds of growth-stage and enterprise finance executives.

Trace has raised $8.3M from Greylock and Uncork Capital, with support from Redpoint Ventures and Nyca Partners.

Finance Service Management is the scope of work performed by people, processes, and systems to satisfy the financial needs and requests coming from the business. It drives efficiency in operations, promotes collaboration between finance and business partners, and delivers insights and automation across systems.