Written by Nils R. | Jul 25, 2020 7:00:00 AM
What is
a
Consolidating Cash Flow Statement
? Consolidating Cash Flow Reports are considered month-end consolidation tools and are used by CFOs and Group Controllers to compare and consolidate subsidiary cash flow statements. Key functionality in this type of report dynamically lists select subsidiaries across the columns with a consolidated total located on the far right. The report can be shown in any currency and the user can drill down on figures to review the underlying transactions. You will find an example of this type of report below.
Purpose of
Consolidating Cash Flow Statements Companies and organizations use Consolidating Cash Flow Statements to provide corporate executives with easy analysis through a single view of cash inflows and cash outflows across all subsidiaries. When used as part of good business practices in a Finance & Accounting Department, a company can improve its analytical speed and agility, and reduce the risk of not detecting key contributors to consolidated cash flow results.
Consolidating Cash Flow Statement
Example Here is an example of a Consolidating Cash Flow report with companies listed across the columns. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="2560"]
Consolidating Cash Flow Statement Example[/caption] You can find hundreds of additional examples
here.
Who Uses This Type of
Report
? The typical users of this type of report are: Executives, CFOs and Controllers.
Other
Report
s Often Used in Conjunction with
Consolidating Cash Flow Statements Progressive Finance & Accounting Departments occasionally use several different Consolidating Cash Flow Statements, along with consolidating profit & loss and balance sheet reports, and other management and control tools.
Where Does the Data for Analysis Originate From? The Actual (historical transactions) data typically comes from enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems like: Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) Finance, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (D365 BC), Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics SL, Sage Intacct, Sage 100, Sage 300, Sage 500, Sage X3, SAP Business One, SAP ByDesign, Acumatica, Netsuite and others. In analyses where budgets or forecasts are used, the planning data most often originates from in-house Excel spreadsheet models or from professional corporate performance management (CPM/EPM) solutions.
What Tools are Typically used for Reporting, Planning and Dashboards? Examples of business software used with the data and ERPs mentioned above are:
- Native ERP report writers and query tools
- Spreadsheets (for example Microsoft Excel)
- Corporate Performance Management (CPM) tools (for example Solver)
- Dashboards (for example Microsoft Power BI and Tableau)
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