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What it does

Finance work rarely
stays in one application.

The ledger holds one part of the answer. The supporting document is somewhere else. Your team knows how to bring them together. That is the process to teach Northcote.

A group month-end reporting pack

Bring three companies' figures
into one finished workbook.

The data sits in different accounting systems. One is an old desktop application. The account codes differ, and an unexpected cost needs explaining before the pack reaches the finance director.

The starting pointThree companies.
Different systems and account codes.
The responsibilityPrepare the group figures,
supporting schedules and review notes.
The resultOne reporting workbook.
The evidence and exceptions alongside it.

  1. Collect and check the inputs.

    Retrieve the agreed reports through each application's screens. Check the company, period and totals. Identify missing records before they become gaps in the pack.

  2. Follow the rules and investigate exceptions.

    Use your approved account mappings, currency basis and consolidation rules. Ask about unfamiliar account codes and retain the answer. Trace significant movements to the supporting records.

  3. Deliver the reporting workbook.

    Populate the group figures, working schedules and variance analysis. Keep the source records and outstanding review points with the result, ready for your finance team.

Watch the illustrated example ↗

Start with the work that matters

A role contains several jobs.
Start with the work that needs doing.

A role can contain several jobs. Each job has tasks, decisions and a result. Start with a useful responsibility, then assess the adjacent work as the process becomes clearer.

Group month-end reporting

Collect entity figures, apply agreed rules and prepare reporting schedules, evidence and variance explanations.

Audit evidence

Trace agreed ledger entries to source documents, organise supporting records and identify what is missing.

Recurring reporting

Collect the agreed reports, prepare the working schedules and check that the inputs are complete before the next job starts.

These are examples to scope together. We confirm the specific work, software and checks before starting.

A growing record of how your business works

Keep the method,
not just the finished file.

Retain the sources, steps, checks and approved corrections for each job. Documenting the inputs and handovers helps your team understand how one job supports the next, and where another responsibility could be handed over.

How the knowledge builds ↗

Just ask Northcote

What would you like
to hand over?

Tell us about the responsibility, the software and what a good result looks like. We will discuss the fit, agree the work and quote a fixed fee.

Tell us about the work

Email us to start the conversation.