The full Record-to-Report process
From the transaction hitting the ledger to the signed external report. Treating R2R as one flow is what removes the rework, the reconciliation gaps and the surprises late in the close.
General Accounting & Close
From accounting to external reporting — the FULL Record-to-Report process, driving quality and a single source of truth.
Overview
What this service is
We work across the complete Record-to-Report process: general accounting, reconciliations, period-end close, consolidation, statutory and external reporting. Not one step in isolation — the full end-to-end flow.
The objective is quality and a single source of truth: numbers that are right the first time, traceable to their source, and produced by a process that runs the same way every period.
In detail
How we look at it
A single source of truth
One controlled data foundation feeding accounting, management reporting and external reporting — so internal and external numbers reconcile by design rather than by manual effort.
Automation over manual work
Reconciliations, recurring journals, data collection, validation and report assembly are automated wherever it pays. Adios clunky manual work — and the risk that comes with it.
Enhanced quality and fluid processes
Controls are designed into the flow, the close calendar is re-sequenced around dependencies, and handoffs between teams are made explicit. The result is a faster close that is also more accurate and audit-ready.
Benefits
Key benefits
- A shorter, more predictable period-end close
- One single source of truth across accounting and reporting
- Automated reconciliations and materially less manual work
- Higher data quality and fewer post-close adjustments
- Audit-ready documentation and controls built into the process
- A close that scales with the group instead of with headcount
Delivery
How Next Level Finance delivers
01
Map
We map the end-to-end R2R flow, the close calendar and every manual intervention, and quantify where quality and time are lost.
02
Redesign
We re-sequence the close, standardise accounting processes and define the controls and data model behind the single source of truth.
03
Automate
We implement automation across reconciliations, recurring entries, validation and reporting assembly.
04
Run & hand over
We run the first cycles alongside your team, document the process and transfer full ownership.
Why us
Why clients choose Next Level Finance
Certified partnerships
For reporting, consolidation and controls technology we deliver as a certified partner of Workiva, and together with NDC Group where wider platform expertise is required.
- Senior specialists who have owned the close and external reporting in real organisations.
- End-to-end perspective from ledger to statutory report, not point fixes.
- Automation delivered in practice, with your systems and your data.
- Experience with listed groups, PE-backed structures and complex consolidations.
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