Case Studies

Two ledgers. Two sectors. One standard.

The same discipline applied to an Infor SunSystems estate spanning dozens of jurisdictions and a Xero group of ten entities: take the trial balance, and build everything the board needs on top of it — governed, validated, and strong enough to stand in front of auditors and acquirers. Client names withheld under engagement confidentiality; details available in conversation where permitted.

Engagement 01 · Infor SunSystems

Reporting fit for a transaction

A London-headquartered global financial markets group with operations across dozens of countries needed more than a faster month-end. Its reporting had grown organically around SunSystems without the process, structure or validation to match the scale of the business — and a strategic transaction was on the horizon, meaning every number would soon face the most demanding audience in finance: buyers and their advisers.

Sector
Global financial markets
Ledger
Infor SunSystems
Footprint
Multi-jurisdiction, multi-currency
Engagement
18 months, on-site and embedded
Context
Supported through a strategic sale process

The situation

Scale without structure

Month-end was ungoverned: no enforced process, limited validation, and reporting logic that lived in people's habits rather than in the system. Output existed — but it couldn't be traced, repeated or defended at the standard a transaction would demand.

What we built

A platform from the TB up

  • Automated trial balance ingestion from SunSystems
  • Governed mapping to a group reporting structure
  • Consolidation logic and currency translation
  • IFRS reporting and management packs from one spine
  • Built-in validations at every stage — errors surfaced, not discovered
  • Executive dashboards, FP&A and scenario modelling

The result

Numbers that survived scrutiny

A repeatable, controlled close with a defensible line from ledger to board pack — built to audit standard and put to work supporting the group through its sale process, where reporting is examined line by line by people paid to find weaknesses.

Process, rigour and future-proofing replaced habit and heroics.

Engagement 02 · Xero

Group-grade reporting on an SME ledger

A UK services group of around ten legal entities — spanning several distinct business models — ran its ledgers on Xero. Nothing wrong with Xero; everything missing above it. There was no governed route from ten trial balances to one group view, and month-end depended on effort rather than architecture.

Sector
UK services group
Ledger
Xero
Footprint
~10 legal entities, multiple business models
Engagement
6-month build
Since
Retained for ongoing annual work

The situation

Ten ledgers, no group spine

Each entity closed in isolation; the group picture was assembled by hand. Different business models meant different account structures — and no consistent mapping between them, so consolidation was slow, fragile and impossible to validate properly.

What we built

Enterprise logic, SME cost base

  • Automated TB ingestion from every Xero entity
  • A single mapping layer reconciling divergent account structures
  • Consolidation logic with full validation
  • IFRS-aligned group reporting and management packs
  • Dashboards, FP&A and scenario modelling on the same spine

The result

A close that runs on process

A governed group close producing one version of the truth across ten entities — built to audit standard, without enterprise software or enterprise cost. The build took six months; the relationship didn't end there. The group has retained RepoLogic for ongoing annual work since — the reference that matters most.

"This is a millionaire spreadsheet."

— Client finance leadership, on first seeing the finished platform

Both engagements share the method now offered as RepoLogic's standing services: the discipline is described in Capabilities, the independent version of it in the Model Assurance Review. Client identities are withheld under engagement confidentiality and can be discussed, with references where permitted, in a scoping conversation.

Next step

Your ledger is somewhere in these stories

SunSystems, Xero, SAP or anything else with a trial balance — the method is the same and the standard doesn't move. Tell us where your close hurts.

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