{"id":9851,"date":"2021-11-03T10:01:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T09:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/axiante.com\/?p=9851"},"modified":"2023-04-04T14:59:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T12:59:53","slug":"how-to-improve-the-consolidation-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/axiante.com\/en\/insights\/how-to-improve-the-consolidation-process\/","title":{"rendered":"How to improve the consolidation process?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<span class=\"nectar-dropcap\" style=\" color: #1e83ec;\">A<\/span>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/smarterwithgartner\/top-priorities-for-finance-leaders-in-2021\/\">study by Gartner<\/a> confirms what daily emerges from the comparison with our customers: Cfos during 2021 are strongly focusing on digital initiatives, supporting in this way the business objectives and optimizing the financial function.<br>Taking this last point into consideration, finance leaders have several priorities, many of which focus on critical team activities.<br><strong>Let us consider, for example, consolidation.\u00a0<\/strong>Traditionally, Cfos focus on risks, but at present the focus is on finding new opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 style=\"color:#1e83ec\">But how can we improve this processi?<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The consolidated can be long and laborious, especially if we are talking about a group context with different entities. It is necessary to collect the necessary data, make sure that all the inputs are accurate and be able to meet the deadline for closing.<br>In 2021, a year characterized by Covid-19, the consolidation process became even more complicated, as many companies have suffered a series of turbulence.<br>Unfortunately, to date, many organizations still rely on an outdated approach, in which data is organized into unrelated silos.\u00a0This turns data into inaccurate information.<br>Others still use Excel, although the risk of human error is high and there is a lack of intelligent insights.<br>The best view in this case, is definitely to adopt a solution that allows you to have a single point of information management, able to connect to disparate data sources.\u00a0This translates into the possibility of having valuable strategic data, useful in planning and financial forecasting.<br><br>As you know, <strong>data accuracy is crucial in the consolidation process<\/strong>.<br>In its development, financial teams use data from the previous month, cyclically repeating this activity, updating it accordingly.<br><strong>Automation <\/strong>in this area helps maintain high precision and accelerate the entire input, offering efficiency and cost optimization.<br>By investing in the right technology, you\u2019ll have full visibility of the process at all times, and you\u2019ll be able to monitor progress in real time, so <strong>you can improve decision-making, and keep an eye on business performance.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To improve the consolidation process, another (no apostrophe) certainly useful point is to provide its stakeholders with r<strong>elevant information.<\/strong><br>In fact, when you give the people involved the opportunity to view the relevant data, these (people) are able to influence critical decisions<strong>, also bringing out trends not previously noticed.<br><\/strong><br><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/axiante.com\/onestream\/\">Onestream <\/a><\/strong>is a software that allows you to automate the aggregation of financial data and use it from a single point, so as to make financial consolidation easier and accelerate the closure.<br><br>Would you like to know more?<a href=\"https:\/\/axiante.com\/contattaci\"> Contact us<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traditionally, Cfos focus on risks, but at present the focus is on finding new opportunities.<br \/>\nBut how can we improve this process?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":9847,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[328],"tags":[233],"class_list":{"0":"post-9851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-finance-en","8":"tag-consolidation"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to 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