Financial Consolidation
From Multiple Entities to One Consolidated View
Entity submissions, intercompany eliminations, and group reporting in one process. Local ledgers stay where they are; the close stops living in spreadsheets between them.
WHO THIS IS FOR
Designed for leaders responsible for operational and financial performance.
Group Financial Controller
Own a close where every adjustment is traceable and no entity is holding up the group.
CFO
The group number and the explanation behind it, available at the same time.
Head of Consolidation & Reporting
Run submissions, eliminations, and translation in one process rather than chasing four.
THE CURRENT CHALLENGE
The chase
Most of the close isn't consolidation. It's chasing submissions, querying numbers that don't look right, and rebuilding a spreadsheet that ties the group together because no system does. The accounting is the easy part. Getting everyone to the same version of the truth is what takes the fortnight.
HOW WE DO IT
The close and the plan, on the same platform.
A CONTROLLED CLOSE
Standardised submissions, traceable adjustments.
One calendar, one submission format, validation before numbers reach group. Eliminations and currency translation handled in the process, with every adjustment traceable to its source months later.
ACTUALS THAT FLOW STRAIGHT INTO PLANNING
The close feeds the forecast.
When consolidation and planning sit on one platform, actuals don't need re-importing, re-mapping, or reconciling against a second version of the group structure. The month you just closed becomes the baseline for the forecast automatically.
PROVEN RESULTS
The close as it actually runs
Finance close-cycle benchmark survey.
FAQ'S
Everything you need to know before getting started
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If everything consolidates cleanly inside one ERP instance, possibly nothing. Most groups aren't in that position; entities sit on different systems after acquisitions, eliminations, and translation happen in spreadsheets between the ledger and the group report, and that gap is where the time and the audit exposure live. That's the part this addresses. Your ERP stays the book of record.
It shouldn't be. Purpose-built consolidation capability exists in Anaplan and handles the accounting mechanics, eliminations, currency translation, and reconciliation as standard. Plenty of partners will build that logic by hand instead. It works, and then you maintain it forever. We'd rather spend the time on your entity structures, your calendar, and your controls.
Most run 8–14 weeks from kickoff to first live close, depending on entity count, how many source systems are involved, and how much variation exists between local charts of accounts. Scope is fixed before signing.
It's the normal starting point, particularly after acquisitions. Mapping local charts to a group structure is part of the work rather than a prerequisite for it. What matters is that the mapping is explicit and maintained in one place instead of living in someone's spreadsheet.
Disclosure management sits alongside consolidation in Anaplan, so board packs and statutory outputs can be produced from the same numbers rather than rebuilt in Word from a spreadsheet. Whether that's in scope for a first phase depends on how much of your reporting burden sits there.
Directly, which is the structural advantage of doing both on one platform. Actuals from a completed close become the baseline for the next forecast without re-importing, re-mapping, or reconciling against a second version of the group structure. Standalone consolidation tools can't offer that.
That's a question worth putting to them early, and we're happy to be in that conversation. What we can commit to is that every adjustment is logged with its source, its author, and its approval, and that a close can be reconstructed long after the fact. We configure the workflow to your control framework rather than a generic one.
You’ll work directly with the EliteEPM team. Every consultant is an EliteEPM employee, and the partner who scopes the work stays involved through go-live. We keep delivery in-house, so the right people stay involved from start to finish.
Fixed price against a defined scope, with milestone payments. Support and enhancement work is quoted separately.
WHY ELITE EPM
We don’t do bait-and-switch consulting
Continuity is the difference between a model that survives its first planning cycle and one that doesn't. We stay focused on Anaplan, build our own specialist team, and keep senior people close to the model from the first workshop through hypercare.
All in on one platform
Anaplan is our entire business, so the platform's roadmap is our roadmap. Our team is fully certified and building on Polaris today - and they understand how businesses plan, not just how to build in the tool
Seniority where it counts
Our partners stay hands-on after the contract is signed. They shape the design, challenge decisions that won't hold up, work the difficult problems, and carry accountability through go-live.
Built for direct collaboration
You get the experience needed for complex, multi-entity work without layers of account management or subcontracted delivery teams.
Ready to Strengthen Your Financial Close?
Whether you’re building your consolidation process in Anaplan for the first time or strengthening an existing setup, EliteEPM can help you create a more connected approach to consolidation and reporting.
