Automation is the key to a streamlined Close, which means companies must identify opportunities to reduce or eliminate manual tasks and integrate software tools. This not only adds speed, accuracy, and efficiency to a company’s month-end, but delivers an additional critical advantage: data. By integrating the right technology tools, controllers can begin to examine their workflows with unprecedented detail, develop metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs), and then use that information to zero-in on persistent pain points and make much-needed improvements.
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