Manufacturing · A manufacturing group
Cutting a multi-entity month-end close from 18 days to 4
A multi-entity manufacturer was closing its books three weeks after period end. We rebuilt the close on FinLens and an automated reconciliation layer.
4 days
to close, down from 18
The challenge
Finance was consolidating a dozen entities by hand in spreadsheets, with reconciliations spread across email and shared drives. The close took 18 working days and numbers rarely tied out on the first pass.
What we built
We deployed FinLens for consolidated, board-ready MIS and layered an automated reconciliation engine across AP, AR, bank and intercompany. Exceptions were routed to owners instead of chased manually.
The outcome
The close now lands in 4 working days with a full audit trail. The finance team spends its time investigating real exceptions rather than rekeying data.