group reporting
How to Build Recurring Consolidation Journals That Post Automatically Every Period: A Step-by-Step Guide for Multi-Entity Groups
Multi-entity finance teams waste hours each month rebuilding the same consolidation journals from scratch. This step-by-step guide shows how to…
Hotel Group Consolidation: How to Eliminate Management Fees, Brand Royalties, and Intercompany Rent Across Multiple Properties
Hotel groups operating across multiple properties face substantial intercompany transaction volumes each month — management fees, brand royalties, and intercompany…
SaaS Group Consolidation: How to Handle Deferred Revenue, ARR, and Intercompany Licensing Across Multiple Entities
Multi-entity SaaS groups face consolidation challenges that go well beyond traditional businesses: deferred revenue must be reconciled across subsidiaries and…
How to Automate the Monthly Intercompany Elimination Journal: A Step-by-Step Guide for Multi-Entity Groups
Intercompany eliminations are one of the most time-consuming steps in any multi-entity monthly close. This guide explains the mechanics behind…
Management Consolidation vs. Statutory Consolidation: Why They’re Different and Which One Your Group Needs
At a recent board meeting, a director of a four-entity Australian property group asked the CFO whether the consolidated accounts…
Xero Tracking Categories in Multi-Entity Groups: Why They Can’t Replace Consolidation
Sophie is the financial controller for a property development group based in Melbourne. The group has three legal entities: a…
IFRS 16 Leases in Group Consolidation: What Multi-Entity Groups Need to Know
When the group finance director sat down to prepare the first IFRS 16 consolidated accounts, she had expected the hardest…
GAAP Journals and Consolidation Journals Are Now Separate — and Month End Status Reflects It
Groups that consolidate entities across different accounting frameworks — IFRS subsidiaries into a US GAAP parent, for example, or SFRS(I)…
US GAAP Foreign Currency Translation: A Practical Guide to ASC 830 for Multi-Entity Groups
The Australian subsidiary had been running profitably for three years. In its own accounts, denominated in Australian dollars, it had…
How to Prepare a Group Reporting Package From Consolidated Data
Harriet closed the consolidation model at 7pm on a Thursday — three days after the quarter end — and opened…