Every finance team has its crunch periods — month-end close, budget season, year-end reporting.
I’ve been through plenty of them.
But over time, I’ve realized that what separates teams that thrive from those that scramble isn’t how intense the work is.
It’s how predictable it feels.
That’s where cadence comes in.
When every deadline feels like a fire drill, it creates a subtle but constant tension:
The irony?
Most of this work happens on a schedule.
We know the closing date.
We know when the board materials are due.
Yet the chaos persists.
What changes this dynamic isn’t more time - it’s better rhythm.
Finance teams that build rituals into their workflows reduce friction, boost trust, and improve over time.
Here are a few ways we’ve seen rituals work magic:
These rituals create consistency without micromanagement. They anchor your work in rhythm, not chaos.
Finance thrives on reliability.
Your team is the backbone of how the business understands itself - so stability matters. Rituals give your team predictability internally, which translates into credibility externally.
They also create a shared sense of time:
Rituals aren’t bureaucracy. They’re breathing room.
They give people confidence to plan, space to think, and the ability to improve instead of just survive.
Because when your team stops sprinting from one fire to the next, they start building something that lasts.
/ Filip Ullsten @WorkTiles
