Customer Story / Sky Ranch

How Sky Ranch hit 100% data accuracy with Cube

A nonprofit youth camp finance team was correcting board numbers after the fact. With Cube, they reached total trust in their data and cut board prep from 20 days to one.

Cube is the AI-powered financial intelligence platform that connects bi-directionally to Excel and to source systems like Sage Intacct, giving finance teams trusted, decision-ready data without leaving their spreadsheets.

100%

Data accuracy, no reconciliation issues

95%

Less board prep time

~4,000

Hours saved per year

The Situation

A nonprofit finance team that couldn't trust its own numbers

Sky Ranch is a nonprofit youth camp organization that has operated since 1955, with facilities across Texas, Oklahoma, and Colorado. Its finance team reports to seven different boards.

Their old FP&A platform produced inaccurate data and slow reporting. The team spent weeks on reports, only to find critical errors after the fact.

When John Johanson joined as VP of Finance and Administration, he saw quickly that the software was holding the organization back.

Company

Sky Ranch (nonprofit youth camps)

Footprint

TX, OK, CO, reporting to 7 boards

Stack

Sage Intacct ERP, connected by Cube

Finance lead

John Johanson, VP of Finance & Admin

The Pain

Numbers that wouldn't tie out, in front of seven boards

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A hidden error meant numbers didn't tie out

An undetected flaw in the old software's setup broke tie-out to their Sage Intacct general ledger. The biggest problem, in John's words, was accuracy.

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Board prep that dragged on for weeks

Reporting meant dumping data from Sage Intacct into Excel and manipulating it by hand. Board prep could take nearly three weeks.

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Slow support and an 8-hour learning curve

The interface was so complex it took an 8-hour course to learn. Vendor support could take a week, sometimes charging for basic fixes.

How Cube Fixes It

Accurate by design, simple enough to self-serve

Sky Ranch chose Cube for accuracy, intuitive design, and responsive support, and it addressed every core problem the old tool created.

Patented bi-directional connectivity

A clean line to Sage Intacct, with no tie-out errors.

Cube integrated directly with Sky Ranch's Sage Intacct ERP through its patented bi-directional connectivity, avoiding the implementation and tie-out errors that plagued their previous solution.

They're now extending Cube to pull camp data from CIRCUITREE too.

Sales dashboard showing year-to-date metrics, including sales, quantity, price, budget vs actuals, monthly trends, and forecast comparisons.

Trace to Truth

Drill-downs that actually tie to the totals.

Cube is built on trace-to-transaction trust. Where the old tool's drill-downs wouldn't match totals, Cube delivers consistent, accurate detail. The team has had no data accuracy issues since.

100% accuracy, complete confidence in every board report.

Sales dashboard showing year-to-date metrics, including sales, quantity, price, budget vs actuals, monthly trends, and forecast comparisons.

Intuitive interface

Leaders build their own reports, no waiting.

Cube's user-friendly interface and quick onboarding mean leaders create their own reports without getting in line for an analyst. Fast, simple, and right, in John's words.

Board prep dropped from up to 20 days to a single-day sprint.

Sales dashboard showing year-to-date metrics, including sales, quantity, price, budget vs actuals, monthly trends, and forecast comparisons.

How It Works

From three-week board prep to a single-day sprint

1

Connect Sage Intacct
Cube ties directly to the ERP, ending the tie-out errors of the old tool.

2

Trust the drill-downs
Detail ties to totals, so the team has complete confidence in every number.

3

Report in a day
Leaders self-serve reports and prep seven boards in a single-day sprint.

The Results

Total trust, three weeks back, six figures saved

100%

Data accuracy, no reconciliation issues

95%

Reduction in board prep time

~4,000

Hours saved per year (1-2 FTEs)

$150-250K

Projected annual savings

"With our previous solution, I had to get in line for my analyst to help. Now it's fast, simple, and I know it's right."

John Johanson

VP of Finance & Administration, Sky Ranch

Questions Buyers Ask

Cube for nonprofit finance teams: common questions

Sky Ranch cut board reporting prep from as much as 20 days to a single day, a 95% reduction. That freed up nearly three weeks per reporting cycle for strategic analysis instead of data compilation across the seven boards the team reports to.
Sky Ranch reported complete confidence in data accuracy with no reconciliation issues after switching to Cube. Their previous FP&A tool had a hidden implementation error that would not tie out to the general ledger, which forced embarrassing corrections during board meetings.
Cube integrated directly with Sky Ranch's Sage Intacct ERP, avoiding the tie-out errors that plagued their previous platform. The team is now extending Cube to pull operational data from CIRCUITREE, their camp management software, for unified reporting.
Sky Ranch estimates Cube saves the equivalent of 1 to 2 full-time positions, about 4,000 hours a year, worth a six-figure-plus annual value. As they complete their rollout, VP of Finance John Johanson projects $150,000 to $250,000 in annual savings.
Yes. Cube's intuitive interface lets leaders at Sky Ranch create their own reports without waiting in line for an analyst. Their previous tool required an 8-hour course and still was not clear, so self-service reporting was a major change.

Trust your numbers,
and get weeks back every cycle.

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