The challenge: Multi-entity accounting growing pains
SagamoreHill Broadcasting, which owns and operates 13 broadcast stations with multiple channels, faced mounting challenges in financial management as the company grew. Each channel was treated as a separate entity, and with 25 entities in total, the accounting team was burdened by complex intercompany activity and time-consuming reporting.
Their previous solution, QuickBooks Online, lacked the flexibility to support multi-entity accounting, making it difficult to consolidate results and maintain visibility across the organization. Reconciling data between entities required hours of manual effort, leaving little time for higher-level financial analysis.
By May 2022, SagamoreHill made the decision to move to Gravity Software. Then, in February 2025, Matt Arnold stepped into the role of Controller and Treasurer, inheriting the system and immediately recognizing its value. With four full users and two read-only users, SagamoreHill’s finance team needed efficiency, accuracy, and scalability to support the company’s nationwide broadcasting operations.
The search for scalable QuickBooks alternative
As SagamoreHill’s structure expanded, the finance team realized they needed more than QuickBooks could offer. They began searching for a cloud based, multi-entity accounting solution that could:
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Handle intercompany transactions without manual workarounds
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Deliver real time consolidated reporting across all entities
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Scale with organizational growth
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Integrate seamlessly with Microsoft tools already in use
Gravity Software stood out as the ideal solution. Built on the Microsoft Power Platform, it provides robust multi-entity functionality, real time reporting, and deep integration with tools like Power BI. For SagamoreHill, this meant centralizing accounting processes, reducing inefficiencies, and gaining a modern platform that could grow alongside the company.
The result: More efficient, accurate and scalable accounting
Gravity Software has reshaped how SagamoreHill Broadcasting’s accounting team works, bringing greater efficiency, visibility, and scalability to their operations.
Since going live with Gravity, the team has been able to manage all 25 entities in a single system, saving hours each month on reconciliations and consolidations. Tasks that once required manual spreadsheets and duplicate entry are now automated, freeing the team to focus on analyzing results and supporting strategic growth.
“Coming into the Controller role, I was pleased to see we had already transitioned to Gravity Software,” said Matt Arnold, Controller and Treasurer at SagamoreHill Broadcasting. “It’s clear the system was designed for companies like ours that deal with multiple entities and complex reporting.”
One of the biggest benefits Matt has seen is the time savings: “Instead of working through manual spreadsheets, we have real time visibility across all our stations.”
Simplify multi-entity accounting with Gravity
SagamoreHill Broadcasting turned to Gravity Software after outgrowing QuickBooks and the manual processes that slowed their accounting team. With 25 entities and multiple broadcast channels, the organization needed a cloud-based accounting system that could handle complex consolidations and intercompany activity.
Gravity Software proved to be the ideal solution, empowering SagamoreHill’s finance team with real time visibility, automation, and integration on the Microsoft Power Platform. By streamlining multi-entity accounting, Gravity enables broadcasters like SagamoreHill to save time, reduce errors, and scale with confidence.
