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Because they span systems. "Which clients were unprofitable last quarter" needs delivery hours, cost rates and invoices, owned by three teams.
Somebody exports spreadsheets, joins them by hand, and produces a number with caveats — which is re-derived next quarter because nobody kept the working.
It reads the same record the products write to, with finance permissions applied, and answers with the postings and timesheet lines underneath.
Because it is one record, a question crossing delivery and the ledger is a normal question rather than a project.
It will not answer beyond your permissions, and it will not answer from outside the record.
It also will not replace the close. It reads what has been posted, so unposted accruals are unposted accruals.
Variance questions are answered while the meeting is happening, with the drill-down visible.
The follow-up stops being expensive — "now split that by cost centre" is another question, not another day.
It distinguishes posted from draft, and says which.
Yes, with citations attached.
Only to those already permitted to see them.
Half an hour on your own numbers is usually enough to say whether Pulse is the right place to start.