TwinSix
Finance Doesn't Get a Summer Break
This year, after a cold and gloomy winter, it seems like summer will be one for the books — so it'd be a shame to miss it.
Picture it: the grill's going, someone's just handed you a cold drink, the kids are in the yard. Then your phone buzzes. H2 reforecast needs a number before Monday, and the board deck won't build itself.
Here's the thing nobody warns finance about: summer isn't slow. It's a collision. The first half is closing, board meeting prep is starting and the second half forecast needs to be completed. A great tool like Pigment helps, but four cycles stacked on top of each other don't care that you had plans.
Our most successful clients have one thing in common: they've stripped out as much manual work as they can and let the system carry the load. Summer's a good time to take stock. Is there anything you're still doing manually that could be alleviated more easily than you'd expect with Pigment? Our team has seen just about all of it. Just reply to this email and let us know.
PRODUCT PREVIEW
Something new from us: TwinSix Spark
Across the TwinSix team, we’ve got over a century of combined finance and Pigment experience — and if there’s one theme we see again and again, it’s data. Almost every client struggles with it in some way. So we built something for exactly that, and we wanted you to hear it from us first. It’s called TwinSix Spark.
Take a first look at TwinSix Spark →
THE EXPANSION PACK
What Your Headcount Tab Isn't Telling You
Most teams stand up workforce planning first — headcount, roles, comp — and stop there. Instrument kept going. Working with TwinSix, they turned the same data into a people analytics hub: pay equity, retention and attrition, role-level trends, and representation across gender, race, and ethnicity, all connected in Pigment.
The point isn't another report. It's a live picture of what's happening with your people, in the hands of the leaders who can act on it — before a small gap turns into an expensive one. Think of it as a blue-dollar move that protects green dollars down the line. If your workforce data already lives in Pigment, you're closer to this than you'd think.
Chat with us about people analytics →
PIGMENT AI
You Have AI. Now What?
You’ve seen the headlines about AI in Pigment. What we find is that most teams still aren’t sure how to actually use it well — where it helps, where it doesn’t, and how to trust it. We’ve been working with AI since the IBM Watson days, over a decade ago, so this isn’t new ground for us. If the AI question is on your mind, let’s talk it through.
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IN PERSON EVENTS
We'll be at Pigment Catalyst Chicago
June 18 · Wrigley Field. Come find the TwinSix team.
FAQs
Why is summer so busy for FP&A teams?
Summer is one of the busiest stretches for FP&A teams because the first half is closing, board meeting prep is starting, and the second half forecast needs to be completed, all at once. Teams that handle it best have removed as much manual work as possible and let their planning system carry the load.
Can Pigment be used for people analytics?
Yes. Teams that already run workforce planning in Pigment can extend the same headcount, role, and compensation data into people analytics, including pay equity, retention and attrition, and role-level trends. Instrument worked with TwinSix to build this kind of people analytics hub in Pigment, giving leaders a live view of their workforce so they can act before small gaps become expensive ones.
What is TwinSix Spark?
TwinSix Spark is a solution from TwinSix, a Pigment implementation partner, built to solve the data challenges that nearly every finance team faces. It draws on the team's more than a century of combined finance and Pigment experience to help clients get their data into Pigment in a state they can trust.
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