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January 10, 2024
Client Overview
A Global biotech company that focuses on developing plant-based hemp solutions signed a National Distribution Agreement that led to increase in their workload multifold.
Client Challenges
In order to reduce the cost of operations and fulfill their increasing need for qualified accounting staff. They did not require pure ‘number-crunchers’ but rather qualified accountants who were dynamic, fundamentally sound, and had the ability to think ahead while giving due consideration to the inherent complexities of their reporting requirements.
The Board of Directors and auditors were very focused on the top line. A2X migration and clearing accounts reconciliations were the key financial control measures those were missing.
Low quality assurance on reconciliations standards.
befree's Solution
SOP creation and setting up of reconciliation processes.
Designing of BI tools to track Traffic, Order details, Customer engagement, and Conversion Rate.
Data for necessary KPIs were brought in from multiple accounting software to create a data pool that could grow periodically.
Staying true to the brief, consolidated data from multiple sources and automating it with VBA, coupled with a pleasing dashboard helped CFO get a clear and real time visibility of the processes.
Designed a robust reporting system to deliver the desired report.
The CFO was empowered with a long-term solution to a recurring problem.
An effective reporting tool streamlined communication with the management and
board of directors.
The collation of data streams onto a single platform permanently streamlined the flow of information in an easily consumable format.
The interactive dashboard
transformed simple data
into actionable
information.