BRIDGELINE IT
Finance: Practical Help for Real Business Issues
We help SMEs resolve finance difficulties with respect and precision: reliable statements, shorter close, stronger controls, and timely visibility for better decisions. We diagnose root causes and implement an Odoo-based operating model tailored to how you actually run the business.
Key Finance Capabilities we implement
  • Accurate close & reconciliations (bank feeds, automated matching, exception handling)
  • Management accounting & unit economics (cost/profit centres, contribution margin)
  • Executive & budget-owner dashboards (real time, drill down; no external BI required)
  • Flexible approvals for invoices / contracts / POs (steps, roles, conditions)
  • Committed vs. achieved budget control (obligations vs. actuals) with variance alerts
  • Multi-company budgeting and group visibility
  • Controlled expense lifecycle (mobile capture, policy at entry, corporate card sync)
  • Compliance & audit trail (maker–checker, logs, evidence packs)
  • Multi-currency discipline (rate calendars, revaluation, translation)
  • Data quality & integrations (one definition of revenue/cost; clean master data)
  • Extended roles & access segmentation (fine-grained rights for budgets, contracts, invoices)
  • Payments via agencies (optional) with separated management vs. financial reporting
What You get with the Solution
  • Reliable, real-time financial visibility across the whole company
  • Faster, predictable period closing
  • Accurate multi-company consolidation without manual work
  • Management accounting that actually reflects the business
  • Clear, auditable approval flows for contracts, invoices, and payments
  • Reduced manual corrections and fewer reconciliation bottlenecks
  • Policy-compliant employee expenses and reimbursements
  • Integrated cash flow forecasting and obligation control
  • Stable, scalable business processes instead of spreadsheet-based workarounds
  • A single source of truth for all financial and operational data
What Bottlenecks and How They Solved
Inaccurate accounting and reporting
Late or inconsistent postings, spreadsheet rework, and delayed reconciliations reduce confidence in the numbers.
  • Business impact

    • Decisions stall because figures are questioned
    • Budget variances linger longer
    • Cash forecasts carry wider error margins
  • What we implement
    • Disciplined posting & reconciliation flow
    • Bank/data feeds; exception queues
    • Pre-publication checks and controlled adjustments
Lack of management accounting insight
Statutory outputs exist but analytic views are thin (cost/profit centres, product/region/customer profitability).
  • Business impact
    • Pricing/discounts lack contribution clarity
    • Resource allocation follows habit, not evidence
    • Growth bets are mis-sized without driver visibility
  • What we implement
    • Analytic structures mirroring how you operate
    • Contribution margin & driver-based reports
    • Budgets/forecasts tied to accountable owners
Spreadsheet dependency for core numbers
Critical data lives in offline spreadsheets leading to version drift and formula errors.
  • Business impact
    • Time lost on reconciliation and duplicate work
    • Conflicting figures across teams
    • Audit preparation becomes a manual project
  • What we implement
    • Central, governed data model (single source of truth)
    • Standardised templates with validation
    • Exception-driven reconciliations
High manual data entry load
Invoices and journals are keyed in by hand; documents are emailed around for coding.
  • Business impact
    • Late close and higher error rates
    • Slower audits and more samples requested
    • Team bandwidth tied up in low-value tasks
  • What we implement
    • Capture at source and validated imports
    • Automated matching; exception queues
    • Role clarity for changes and approvals
Slow document approvals
Approvals for invoices, contracts, and POs depend on inboxes and side-chats.
  • Business impact
    • Delayed vendor payments; missed early-payment benefits
    • Procurement stalls; service interruptions
    • Limited traceability of who approved what and when
  • What we implement
    • Role-based, conditional approval flows (maker–checker)
    • Routed in-system with timestamps and notes
    • Escalation paths and delegated authority
Uncontrolled expense processes
Expenses are submitted and approved via email/spreadsheets; corporate-card activity is poorly governed.
  • Business impact
    • Leakage and out-of-policy spend
    • Month-end delays chasing missing data
    • Lower employee satisfaction due to slow reimbursements
  • What we implement
    • Mobile capture with receipt OCR & policy at entry
    • Automatic analytic coding and routed approvals
    • End-to-end audit trail and status visibility
Fragmented systems and disconnected tools
Sales, purchasing, inventory, and finance live in separate systems; exports are merged by hand.
  • Business impact
    • Duplicate work and higher error rates
    • Longer close due to manual reconciliations
    • Conflicting KPIs across teams
  • What we implement
    • Finance-as-source-of-truth around Odoo
    • Clean master data & controlled integrations
    • One shared definition of revenue, cost, and margin
Regulatory compliance and audit risks
Evidence is dispersed; approvals are informal; access rights are broad.
  • Business impact
    • Findings or prolonged audits absorb leadership time
    • Penalties or costly remedial work
    • Lower investor/lender confidence
  • What we implement
    • Role-based access; maker–checker approvals
    • Logged changes and document controls
    • Evidence packs and retention policies
Multi-company consolidation difficulty
Intercompany, eliminations, and translation are managed offline, delaying group reporting.
  • Business impact
    • Slower group close and late visibility
    • Less meaningful comparisons across entities
    • Avoidable elimination errors
  • What we implement
    • Standardised charts across entities
    • Intercompany automation and documented eliminations
    • Unified calendars and transparent consolidation journals
Multi-currency and multi-jurisdiction complexity
Rates, revaluation, and exposures handled inconsistently; local tax rules vary by country.
  • Business impact
    • Unexplained P&L volatility from FX
    • Hedging decisions made with late exposure data
    • Reduced confidence in cross-border reporting
  • What we implement
    • Clear rate calendars and revaluation policy
    • Automated translation & jurisdiction reporting
    • Exposure views by currency/customer/supplier
How our solutions address these problems
  • Stabilize the ledger
    Cut-offs, exception queues, reconciliations, and locked posting sequences so statements are reliable.
  • Make profitability visible
    Analytic structures that mirror your business; driver-based reports; accountable budgets/forecasts; committed vs. achieved tracking for spend.
  • Automate the repetitive
    Move approvals and policy checks into the flow, not after the fact. Claims, matching, and routine postings run through controlled workflows.
  • Surface issues early
    Real-time dashboards and alerts with drill-down from KPI to transaction; early warnings for cash, margin, and working capital.
Why choose Bridgeline IT
  • We fix problems respectfully
    We address difficulties and complexity without labels. Our work is to help, not to judge.
  • Outcome‑oriented implementation
    Faster close, fewer exceptions, clean audit trails, clear profitability, and early warnings—tracked with you.
  • Experience with complexity
    Multi‑company, cross‑border, lender/investor expectations—configured to your reality.
  • Practical change that sticks
    We document the process, train the team, and stay long enough for habits to form and results to persist.
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Talk to our experts to learn how we can help your organisation elevate productivity and rocket up your competitiveness.
Phone: +44 33 01 33 25 26
Email: hello@bridgelineit.com
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