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The perils of consolidating financials in Excel

                                                                                    Visit:  https://finalyzer.beyondsquare.com/ Excel is a fantastic tool for the finance professional. It allows for a reasonable amount of reporting, budgeting, analysis & forecasting. It is inexpensive, and is widely understood within the finance industry. This means that most employees are already trained and comfortable using it. These things make it a practical choice, at least until the business grows to a size where the problems of using excel start becoming evident. Financial consolidation can be complicated or simple, but for CFOs the overriding goal is always the same: faster and more efficient closes. Once you begin adding complexity to the business with operation...