Sierra at Tahoe is a top ski resort in the western U.S., attracting hundreds of thousands of skiers and snowboarders a year to its lofty slopes just south of Lake Tahoe, California. Created in 1946, Sierra at Tahoe is an independent operation without the greater resources of major U.S. chains that have more than a dozen resorts in their portfolios. For Sierra at Tahoe, that puts a premium on business agility, cost efficiency, and informed decisions—especially as the company navigates the financial peaks and valleys between its winter and summer seasons.

“We don’t have the deep pockets that the big operating companies do, so we need to be nimble and quick and continue to make smart financial decisions,” said Jim Feeney, Sierra at Tahoe controller. The need for sound spending prompted the ski resort to re-evaluate its Oracle NetSuite financial management platform, in place since 2010. As a three-year NetSuite license neared expiration in late 2020, Sierra at Tahoe found itself facing a significant price increase to renew its NetSuite contract.