Month-End Close
Why Intercompany Journal Volume Explodes as Your Group Grows — and Which Journals to Automate First
Ollie is the management accountant at Meridian Services Group, a seven-entity professional services business. At the start of each month-end…
How to Reconcile Consolidated Equity
The audit senior’s email arrived on a Tuesday morning, two weeks before year-end sign-off. Claudia, group financial controller at Veritas…
How to Reconcile Consolidated Retained Earnings
The audit PBC request landed in Priya’s inbox on the first Friday of January. She had been group financial controller…
How to Build a Consolidation Review Checklist
Ben joined as group financial controller of a six-entity manufacturing group in March. His predecessor had left a generic consolidation…
How to Review a Consolidation Before Final Sign-Off
Victoria had run the group close for six years. Her consolidation model was well-built, her adjustment schedule was complete, and…
How to Manage Consolidation When Every Subsidiary Has a Different Excel Template
It is the third working day of the month. James has seven trial balance files in his inbox. One is…
How to Prepare a Consolidation Adjustment Schedule
Patrick had been running the group consolidation for two years when the audit firm changed. The outgoing team had known…
Intercompany Reconciliation for Multi-Entity Groups: How to Match Balances and Close Faster
At almost every multi-entity group, the same conversation happens on day four or five of the month-end close. The consolidation…
Why Your Intercompany Balances Never Match (Even When Both Companies Agree)
Sarah is the group financial controller of a UK distribution holding company with four trading subsidiaries. It is 9:47 pm…
Why Your Month-End Close Keeps Slipping (And How to Get It Back Under Control)
It was day nine of what was supposed to be a five-day close. The group financial controller of a seven-entity…