# How Stack Overflow uses FloQast

**22 days to ten**: “time to close has been cut by more than half, from 22 days to ten”

As published on [floqast.com](https://www.floqast.com/stories/stack-overflow-halves-time-to-close-and-ensures-audit-readiness). Captured by usedby on 2026-10-10.

- Company: [Stack Overflow](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/stack-overflow.md)
- Tool: [FloQast](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/floqast.md)
- Industry: [DevTools & Infrastructure](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/industry/devtools-infrastructure.md)
- Teams: Accounting, Finance

## What the story says

Stack Overflow uses FloQast to run a formalized month-end close with detailed checklists, controls and timelines. FloQast connects to Sage Intacct and the team's Excel workbooks to automate reconciliations and keep accounts audit ready.

Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of FloQast and Stack Overflow, not ours.

> As a result, time to close has been cut by more than half, from 22 days to ten, freeing their accounting team to focus more time on their day-to-day responsibilities and strategic projects.

> With FloQast, I can sleep at night, knowing all of our accounts are audit ready.
>
> Jerry Raphael, Vice President of Finance

Source: [floqast.com](https://www.floqast.com/stories/stack-overflow-halves-time-to-close-and-ensures-audit-readiness), captured 2026-10-10.

## What usedby checked

We compared the story with its live page on 2026-10-10.

- Checked: the figure 22 days to ten is printed word for word on the page, near the name of Stack Overflow.
- Checked: the passage quoted above is copied word for word from the page, near the name of Stack Overflow.
- Checked: Stack Overflow uses FloQast. Confirmed line. Latest check across sources: 2026-10-10.
- Not checked: the result itself. We quote it; we did not measure it.

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