{"id":7178,"date":"2021-04-08T21:10:47","date_gmt":"2021-04-08T21:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trintech.com\/case-study\/dallas-cowboys\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T16:43:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T16:43:33","slug":"dallas-cowboys","status":"publish","type":"case-study","link":"https:\/\/www.trintech.com\/case-study\/dallas-cowboys\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dallas Cowboys Score an Automated Financial Close Touchdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"resource-hero-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"maybe-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"hero-top\">\n            <div class=\"hero-title\">\n                <h1>The Dallas Cowboys Score an Automated Financial Close Touchdown<\/h1>\n                <p class=\"type\">Case Study<\/p>\n                            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"hero-share\">\n                <h2>Share<\/h2>\n                <div class=\"socials\">\n  <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=The+Dallas+Cowboys+Score+an+Automated+Financial+Close+Touchdown&#038;body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.trintech.com%2Fcase-study%2Fdallas-cowboys%2F\">\n    <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Email<\/span><span class=\"icon icon-mail\"><\/span>\n  <\/a>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.trintech.com%2Fcase-study%2Fdallas-cowboys%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Twitter<\/span><span class=\"icon icon-x\"><\/span><\/a>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.trintech.com%2Fcase-study%2Fdallas-cowboys%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Facebook<\/span><span class=\"icon icon-facebook\"><\/span><\/a>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.trintech.com%2Fcase-study%2Fdallas-cowboys%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Linkedin<\/span><span class=\"icon icon-linkedin\"><\/span><\/a>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">The Business Drivers To Automate Their Financial Close<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">As a rapidly growing and innovative organization, the Dallas Cowboys have always had a strategy around continuous innovation outwardly into the market but also internally when it comes to improving their back-office processes and systems. They understand the importance of implementing leading  technology to not only help scale the organization but also empower their people to refocus their time, energy and effort away from those manual, tedious tasks towards more value-added initiatives that in turn help drive the strategic direction of their organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">\u201cFirst off, people think we\u2019re a football team \u2014 we play on Sunday, we play 16 games a year, we aspire to advance far into the playoffs, and then the playoffs are over in February,\u201d said Tom Walker, CFO of The Dallas Cowboys. \u201cBut football is a 24\/7 business, 365 days a year. Plus, our organization is unique in that we have extremely large oil and gas and real estate divisions and actually operate as over 150 different companies with roughly 600 full-time employees. There\u2019s a lot more to it than just football, which plays a huge part in our finance and accounting side of the business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"video-block alignfull video-block--single\" data-id=\"block_b4780b520336594cb91c74e2d24f0dc0\">\n  <div class=\"maybe-wrapper\">\n    <div class=\"video-block__column\">\n\n                      <div class=\"video-block__video\">\n                      <button class=\"video-block__image\" data-modal=\"video-block-modal-0\">\n              <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trintech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Dallas.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n              <svg width=\"59\" height=\"68\" viewBox=\"0 0 59 68\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n                <path d=\"M58.5 33.775L0 67.55L0 0L58.5 33.775Z\" fill=\"white\"\/>\n              <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n          \n          <div class=\"video-block__content\">\n                          <h2>Achieving a Faster Financial Close<\/h2>\n            \n                          <p>Hear from Tom Walker, Dallas Cowboys CFO on how his team have used Adra Task Manager to help with staffing transitions, streamlining communication between remote employees, and reducing their days to close.<\/p>\n                      <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"video-block-modal-overlay\" data-id=\"block_b4780b520336594cb91c74e2d24f0dc0\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"video-block-modal\" id=\"video-block-modal-0\" data-id=\"block_b4780b520336594cb91c74e2d24f0dc0\">\n            <div class=\"video-block-modal__embed\">\n        <iframe src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JmgVyOloKk0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n\n<div      class=\"billboard-block alignfull is-style-image-second billboard-block-- \">\n     <div class=\"billboard-block__image\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trintech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dallas-cowboys-adra-by-trintech-case-study-image-2.jpg\" alt=\"Birdseye view of Dallas Cowboys stadium\">\n\n               <\/div>\n\n     <div class=\"billboard-block__content\">\n          <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Adra by Trintech?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen we came across the Adra solution, I knew it was something that made sense to implement into our organization\u201d said Walker. In 2020, the Dallas Cowboys implemented the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trintech.com\/adra\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"8264\">Adra Suite <\/a>including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trintech.com\/adra\/matcher\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"8417\">Adra Matcher<\/a> (high volume transactions), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trintech.com\/adra\/balancer\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"8367\">Adra Balancer<\/a> (balance sheet reconciliations), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trintech.com\/adra\/task-manager\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"8422\">Adra Task Manager<\/a> (financial task management and controls) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.trintech.com\/adra\/analytics\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"8425\">Adra Analytics<\/a> (providing insights and reporting).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was a seamless implementation process and our team found instant benefit and relief from the first month we went live\u201d said Walker. \u201cAnother key factor in our decision was Adra&#8217;s alignment with our technology strategy,\u201d said Walker. While Adra is ERP-agnostic, Adra also provides the first and only financial close solution embedded in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dynamics.microsoft.com\/en-us\/erp\/enterprise-resource-planning-system\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/dynamics.microsoft.com\/en-us\/erp\/enterprise-resource-planning-system\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Dynamics 365<\/a>, enabling companies to close with confidence and automate their close process natively within Dynamics 365.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n     <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div  class=\"blockquote-block alignfull\">\n     <div class=\"maybe-wrapper\">\n          <figure class=\"blockquote-block__quote\">\n               <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"63\" height=\"49\" viewBox=\"0 0 63 49\" fill=\"none\">\n                    <path d=\"M24.8087 0L27.5478 10.1325C23.7913 11.4518 20.7913 13.2461 18.5478 15.5153C16.3043 17.7318 14.9739 20.7135 14.5565 24.4604L13.2261 23.3522C17.1913 23.3522 20.4 24.5924 22.8522 27.0727C25.3565 29.553 26.6087 32.5875 26.6087 36.1761C26.6087 40.0285 25.3565 43.1422 22.8522 45.517C20.4 47.839 17.1913 49 13.2261 49C9.26087 49 6.05217 47.6015 3.6 44.8045C1.2 42.0075 0 37.8648 0 32.3764C0 25.9908 1.2 20.5552 3.6 16.0695C6.05217 11.531 9.15652 7.94238 12.913 5.30372C16.7217 2.61228 20.687 0.844373 24.8087 0ZM60.2609 0L63 10.1325C59.2435 11.4518 56.2435 13.2461 54 15.5153C51.7565 17.7318 50.4261 20.7135 50.0087 24.4604L48.6783 23.3522C52.6435 23.3522 55.8522 24.5924 58.3043 27.0727C60.8087 29.553 62.0609 32.5875 62.0609 36.1761C62.0609 40.0285 60.8087 43.1422 58.3043 45.517C55.8522 47.839 52.6435 49 48.6783 49C44.713 49 41.5043 47.6015 39.0522 44.8045C36.6522 42.0075 35.4522 37.8648 35.4522 32.3764C35.4522 25.9908 36.6522 20.5552 39.0522 16.0695C41.5043 11.531 44.6087 7.94238 48.3652 5.30372C52.1739 2.61228 56.1391 0.844373 60.2609 0Z\"\n                         fill=\"#C4E538\" \/>\n               <\/svg>\n\n               <blockquote>\n                    <p>We wanted to make our data gathering smarter to eliminate the opportunities for delay and bring it all together in a much more streamlined way. It was critical to us to deploy a financial close solution that would help standardize our data and ensure we are being as efficient and effective as possible in our closing process each month.\u201d<\/p>\n               <\/blockquote>\n\n               <figcaption>\n                                        <span class=\"author\">Tom Walker, Chief Financial Officer<\/span>\n                    \n                                   <\/figcaption>\n\n          <\/figure>\n     <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div      class=\"billboard-block alignfull billboard-block--gradient \">\n     <div class=\"billboard-block__image\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trintech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Dallas-cowboys-adra-by-trintech-case-study-image-3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dallas Cowboys Helmet held in hand by a player\">\n\n               <\/div>\n\n     <div class=\"billboard-block__content\">\n          <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Adra Solution In Action<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Adra has been instrumental in helping the Dallas Cowboys gain real-time visibility across their financial close process, ensure cash flow management is streamlined, manage risk and standardize internal controls, and close quicker each month with confidence in the numbers they are reporting. In addition, the Adra solution has helped the Cowboys with their internal controls by tracking and documenting everything in<br>one, centralized place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have all dependent tasks linked within the Adra Suite so the next person has visibility and is notified automatically when they can start the next step in the close process. I truly feel having the Adra solution has taken a load off my team\u2019s plate that used to be spent tracking what journal entries and reconciliations have been completed\u201d continued Walker.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n     <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"background-container-block alignfull has-violet-background-color\" >\n     <div class=\"maybe-wrapper\">\n          <div class=\"inner-container no-background\">\n               <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:47.5%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Read the Full Case Study<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn how the&nbsp;Dallas Cowboys&nbsp;gained greater control and visibility over their financial close process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/go.trintech.com\/rs\/187-JVG-370\/images\/WC-CS-NA-MM-DallasCowboys.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Case Study<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:8%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:47.5%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">See Trintech in Action<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Seeing is believing. 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