The approvals process is an important but often a time-consuming and error-prone task. Time spent tracking down who approved what means less time spent on your business. Which can limit your business’s growth. Host, Jake Jones and guests, Alex Ellis, Jacob Ross, and Tereza Yondemli discuss the approval process, what it’s really like, what solutions are out there, and how the approval process can bottleneck your business’s growth.

Electronic Invoicing or E-Invoicing is slowly but surely taking over the world of finance. Join host, Jake Jones and guests, Dennis van der Graaf, Justyna Bielak, and Sammy Guirguis as they discuss what E-invoicing is and how to prepare your business to use it. 

Payment reconciliation can be one of the most time consuming parts of a finance team's workload. today we're going to discuss modernizations changing the payment reconciliation process and how they can unlock efficiencies and growth at your company. Join host, Jake Jones and guests, Jurian Van Maanen and Stephen Murray as they talk all things payment reconciliation.

In our last podcast, we discussed the evolution of usage-based billing with Janna Herman and Sam Burkmon. We had a great conversation about how businesses need to prepare for variation in their business model. Join host, Jake Jones and guests, Eric Park and Keith Goldschmidt as they discuss how do you prepare for variation in your business?

All businesses have unique needs when it comes to how they bill their customers. One of the most popular billing methods is usage-based billing. Guests, Janna Hermon and Sam Burkmon join host, Jake Jones to discuss how usage-based billing has evolved over the years. What are some of your biggest struggles around usage-based billing? Let us know by emailing [email protected] learn more, visit zoneandco.com

Growth in your business can be exciting and is what most business owners are striving for. However, it can be dangerous and scary to grow too rapidly. Host, Jake Jones and guest, Hylke Sluis discuss the history of Fast Four and how they dealt with scaling rapidly.

While the world is still dealing with Covid-19 and its many variants we are already seeing its impacts on the business world - especially on finance roles. Host, Jake Jones and guest, Jamie Beane discuss their experience over the last 2+ years. Watch the video version of the podcast here:https://youtu.be/dc3WJVRf3Bw

On this episode of Finance in the Clouds, we are asking the question “Does Excel Still Have a Place in Finances in 2022?” Like our show intro says every week Excel was created in 1985 and it is still one of the most widely used tools for presenting and analyzing data. In 2021, Excel had over 750 million users worldwide. Host Jake Jones and guest Patti Swanson discuss the pros and cons of Excel.