How Databricks Uses Databricks to Run Its Own Finance Organization — and Why That Changes Everything

The most credible proof of a platform's power is how the company that built it uses it to run its own business. Databricks' Office of the CFO has gone all-in on the Databricks platform to unify transactional data from ERP, CRM, HRIS, and planning systems into a single, governed source of financial truth, eliminating the 'which number is right?' debate that costs enterprises countless hours in every close cycle. In this fast-paced, demo-forward lightning talk, you'll see how Genie and AI/BI enable natural language financial analytics and forecasting, how Unity Catalog ensures SOX compliance and audit readiness, and how RowZero enables seamless data ingestion from spreadsheets into governed pipelines without disrupting the workflows finance teams already use. If your CFO or finance team is still living in spreadsheets, this talk demonstrates what it looks like when finance becomes a first-class data organization. Expect less theory, more demo.