Finance is being asked to move faster than its systems can support; and without a single source of truth, growing multi-entity businesses feel it first. In this conversation, Jamerlyn Brown, Data Communications Manager at Intuit, sits down with Elaine Savell, Controller of Give Clean, a $10 million commercial janitorial business serving Memphis and Dallas whose profits fund its giving foundation, Lionheart. Together they connect findings from the 2026 Intuit Future of Finance Report — a national survey of 2,000 finance leaders at US businesses with $2.5M+ in annual revenue — to what those pressures look like inside a real finance team: outdated spreadsheets, siloed integrations, intercompany journal entries that never balance, and manual work that crowds out strategy. Elaine also shares how consolidating Give Clean's entities on Intuit Enterprise Suite gave her lean team a single source of truth for intercompany entries, shared expenses, and consolidated reporting — and what changed once everyone could work from the same numbers. Key takeaways: - 57% of finance leaders missed a time-sensitive strategic action in the last 6 months because financial visibility arrived too late. - 7 in 10 finance leaders say critical business data is scattered across systems, spreadsheets, dashboards, and static reports. - Fragmented data doesn't just slow reporting — it silos team members and puts finance on the defensive when leadership needs answers. - Multi-entity growth multiplies complexity: shared expenses, intercompany transfers, and consolidated reporting break down without one system of record. - Dependability is the finance mandate: inaccurate or inconsistent numbers are an immediate red flag to leadership. Chapters: 0:00 – Ending the fragmentation 0:14 – Meet Elaine Savell, Controller at Give Clean 2:21 – Why a growing business needs a single source of truth 3:40 – The speed of business: when visibility comes too late 4:44 – Manual work & the growth ceiling 6:57 – Multi-entity complexity & the monthly close 7:40 – Data sprawl: the pressure of fragmented data 9:10 – Read the full Future of Finance report Read the full 2026 Intuit Future of Finance Report: https://intuit.me/4hBfsAZ #Intuit

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