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Case study · PRV-018

Month-end close cut from 18 to 6 working days after four acquisitions

One chart of accounts, one close calendar and an interim finance lead through integration.

Client

Multi-site healthcare services group

$260M revenue · 4 acquired entities

Industry

Healthcare services

Service

Transformation & Execution

Length

6 months

Year

2025

Statement of result · Month-end close

Sample data

Before

18 days

−12 days

After

6 days

Change

−12 days

Relative

−66.7%

Timeline

6 months

186M1M7

Source

Group finance close calendar, January vs July 2025.

Clinic corridor lit by daylight

Fig. · Client site — Multi-site healthcare services group

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Clinic corridor lit by daylight

Fig. · Client site — Multi-site healthcare services group

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01 · The question

Four acquisitions in two years. Why does month-end now take eighteen working days?

02 · What we found

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Each acquired entity kept its own chart of accounts and close calendar.

Each acquired entity kept its own chart of accounts and close calendar.

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Intercompany reconciliation was manual and left until last.

Intercompany reconciliation was manual and left until last.

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The group controller spent half of every month consolidating spreadsheets.

The group controller spent half of every month consolidating spreadsheets.

03 · What we did

We mapped every entity to one chart of accounts, set one close calendar with daily checkpoints, automated intercompany matching, and provided an interim finance lead through integration.

Deliverable · Group close calendar

Sample · PRV-018

Group close calendar

Measure

Result

Result

Note

Working days to close

Working days to close

6

6

From 18

From 18

Charts of accounts

Charts of accounts

1

1

From 5

From 5

Intercompany breaks a month

Intercompany breaks a month

Under 10

Under 10

From 140

From 140

Multi-site healthcare services group

Transformation & Execution ·

2025

04 · What happened

Month-end close fell from 18 to 6 working days by July 2025, measured on the group finance close calendar.

Before

18 days

−12 days

After

6 days

Before

18 days

After

6 days

Timeline

6 months

Source

Group finance close calendar, January vs July 2025.

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