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A Game Changer for multi-entity organisations

5th Mar 2019
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Complex company structures are a headache for finance departments.

Whilst operationally, we want to gain efficiency by removing silos and duplication of effort. For a finance department, working across multiple statutory entities is, at the very least problematic. With the fear of hidden costs in unreconciled intercompany balances. The pain of endless recharging of costs, and the fingers crossed, don't ask to many questions approach to consolidation, we ask ourselves, surely there's a better way.

Thankfully, this statutory and operational conflict is no longer a foregone conclusion with some forward thinking finance systems addressing this issue with hierarchal configuration.

OK, I get it, hierarchal configeration sound pretty dull. As a consequence it gets little marketing exposure and is often overlooked. The benefits however, are a game changer for multi-entity organisations.

Whilst retaining the integrity of statutory reporting, with hierarchical configerration you can;

  • Instantly consolidate in real-time
  • Drill down from consolidation to individual transactions
  • Apply reporting dimensions (e.g. an account codes or cost centres) to some or all statutory entities in the group
  • Apply the same customer/supplier record to some or all statutory entities in the group
  • Post journals across multiple entities with auto-balances intercompany transactions.

 

Ask yourself,

How much time does your finance department spend explaining the movements in consolidated numbers? Reconciling inter-company balances? Creating and maintaining the same customer, supplier and reporting dimensions in multiple entities. If you don't know, find out because I guarantee, if you've got lots of entities, forget the fancy marketing gimmicks, hierarchy is a game-changer.

 

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