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Accounting & Finance Process Improvement

Finance teams often spend more time gathering and fixing data than analyzing it. We work with CFOs and controllers to streamline close, strengthen reconciliations and connect financial reporting to the operational activity behind it.

Common challenges

  • Month-end close that takes too long and relies on a few people
  • Manual reconciliations across spreadsheets and systems
  • Limited visibility into product, customer or site profitability
  • Inventory and cost of goods figures that are difficult to explain
  • Controls that exist on paper but not in practice

Our approach

  1. 01

    Diagnose the close

    Map close tasks, dependencies and bottlenecks to see where time and risk accumulate.

  2. 02

    Standardize reconciliations

    Design consistent templates, ownership and review steps for key balance sheet accounts.

  3. 03

    Connect to operations

    Link financial results to inventory, purchasing and fulfilment data so variances can be explained.

  4. 04

    Automate the repeatable

    Remove manual effort from recurring preparation work using tools your team can maintain.

Typical deliverables

  • Close calendar and task ownership model
  • Reconciliation templates and review workflow
  • Management reporting pack design
  • Control and process documentation

What clients aim for

  • A more predictable close
  • Reconciliations that are consistent and reviewable
  • Better explanation of margins and variances
  • Less dependence on individual knowledge

Tools & technology

Your accounting system and ERP, Excel, SQL and BI reporting. Automation is introduced only where it is maintainable.

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