Take Command is a health benefits technology company that helps CFOs use Health Reimbursement Arrangements to control costs and escape the annual cycle of increasingly expensive health insurance renewals.
What’s In Your Tech Stack?
At Take Command, our finance team’s core tech stack includes Bill.com for accounts payable and tracking spend and expenses, Sage Intacct, Fathom and Google Cloud’s Looker.
These tools work together to give us visibility into expenses, track our financial performance and deliver the key insights we need to scale effectively.
What’s your joy and what’s your headache?
My joy is replacing dated software with products that offer new and better features.
My headache is implementation—it always takes longer than you think—and the reporting challenges that come with new systems.
Renewal price increases for the software tools are another pain point. Much like our clients, whose CFOs face sky-high health insurance renewals and turn to HRAs to avoid passing higher costs on to their employees, our finance team looks for alternatives that still achieve our aims.
If you could wave a magic wand, what would you make software companies do for you?
If I could wave a magic wand, I’d ask software companies to simplify their implementation process as much as possible. The easier and faster the onboarding, the quicker teams like ours can realize value.
What’s your best piece of tech advice for others in your job?
My best advice is to be intentional about your tech stack. Don’t chase every shiny new tool.
Instead, focus on solutions that actually solve problems and integrate well with your existing systems. A smaller, well-connected stack will serve you better than a sprawling set of tools that don’t talk to each other.
