What happens when a finance team stops simply surviving and starts leading?

In this three-part video series, follow Rachel Noel, Senior Director of Quote-to-Cash and Revenue Accounting at Zuora, as she shares how her team went from late nights and manual reconciliations to a streamlined, strategic operation that powers complex deals, faster closes, and cross-functional collaboration.

Hosted by Katherine Shealy, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Zuora, this series goes beyond a typical system implementation story. It’s about rebuilding finance from the inside out — people, processes, and the platform — and making space for what really matters: real accounting, real strategy, and real life.

The Single System Solution: How a Tech Reset Helped Zuora’s Finance Team Get Their Time (and Sanity) Back

What does it take to shrink close from 15 days to 3? In Part 2, we go behind the scenes of Zuora’s reimplementation of Revenue. Rachel reveals how ditching custom workarounds, reconnecting systems, and embracing out-of-the-box tools gave her team more than speed, it gave them their nights and weekends back.

Saying Yes to Innovation: How Rachel’s Team Powers Growth Without Burning Out

Complex deals, GTM innovation, AI — oh my! In this final episode, see how Rachel’s team is no longer scrambling to keep up, they’re leading the charge. With an integrated, audit-ready system in place, Finance is now the team that says ‘yes’ to GTM innovation without breaking process, people, or pace.