General ledger and multi-entity accounting
Shared chart of accounts, financial dimensions that survive reporting, intercompany posting and eliminations, and a structure that still works when the group buys another company.
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance
Enterprise finance,
closed on time.
Dynamics 365 Finance is the enterprise financial management platform for groups running several legal entities, currencies and statutory regimes. We implement it, support it, and fix it where an earlier programme left the close harder than it was before.
UK Microsoft partner delivering Dynamics 365 Finance implementation, support and optimisation.
What it covers
Dynamics 365 Finance capability, in the terms finance uses.
The functional areas we implement most often, and what has to be true in each for the close to hold together.
Consolidation and group reporting
Multi-currency consolidation, translation, elimination rules and a close calendar that produces the same answer twice. Where the pack is assembled in a spreadsheet today, that is the thing we set out to remove.
Month-end close
Accruals, allocations, period control, subledger reconciliation and financial period close workspace. The measure is how many days it takes and how many manual adjustments survive.
Accounts payable and receivable
Vendor invoice automation, approval workflow, payment proposals, collections, credit management and cash application, with the exceptions visible rather than buried.
Fixed assets, tax and compliance
Asset books and depreciation, VAT and Making Tax Digital submission, audit trail, segregation of duties and the evidence an auditor asks for without a fire drill.
Budgeting, planning and cost control
Budget control, forecast positions, project and cost accounting, and the reporting layer that connects committed spend to the position the board is shown.
Who this is for
UK mid-market and enterprise groups: several legal entities, more than one currency, acquisitions to absorb, statutory reporting obligations and a finance team that spends too much of the month assembling numbers rather than explaining them.
Problems we are usually asked to fix
- A close that takes longer every quarter and depends on one person.
- Consolidation done in a spreadsheet outside the ERP.
- Entity structures and dimensions that no longer match the group.
- An implementation that went live technically but not operationally.
- Reporting that produces different answers to the same question.
- An ageing AX estate with no supported route forward.
We say when Business Central is enough
Dynamics 365 Finance is the right platform when multi-entity, multi-currency, statutory complexity or transaction volume genuinely demand it. Where it does not, we will say so, and Business Central costs less to run.
The close is the acceptance test
We design around the close rather than the demo script. If the first month-end after go-live is calmer than the last one before it, the design was right.
Reporting is part of the scope
Financial reporting, Power BI and the management pack are designed alongside the ledger, not bolted on once everyone has moved on to the next project.
Moving from Dynamics AX? The AX to Dynamics 365 migration page covers the upgrade decision. For the operational side, see Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management.
Before you call
The questions finance directors ask us first.
A conversation, not a demo
Start with your last month-end.
Tell us how the close runs today, where the manual work sits and what the group structure looks like. We will tell you whether Dynamics 365 Finance is the right platform, or whether Business Central would do the job for less.