Solution optimized for financial consolidation, without the inevitable design compromises of multi-purpose tools.
Automated Financial Consolidation
Optimise statutory closing and management reporting with IBM Controller. AEXIS helps you harmonise data, eliminate intercompany transactions and ensure fast, reliable and compliant financial consolidation across your organisation.
Overview
Maximize the efficiency of your consolidation process
IBM Controller is a core component of IBM's powerful Business Analytics solution, specifically designed to help companies overcome technical consolidation challenges and transform disparate data into uniform and coherent information. This robust solution meets the complex requirements of producing consolidated financial statements in compliance with international standards.
Aexis supports organizations in implementing and optimizing IBM Controller to streamline their close, consolidation, and financial reporting processes.
Reliable financial consolidation: up to 50% faster close
Key benefits
Key Benefits
Manages technical challenges of financial consolidation Overcome complexities related to disparate source systems, multiple currencies, and intercompany transactions
Ensures data integrity and traceability Guarantees that all submitted data meets validation controls with a complete audit trail
Integrates seamlessly with Excel -Leverages users' existing Excel skills for quick adoption and maximum buy-in
Offers a solution tailored to finance needs -Allows finance teams to make changes without programming skills
Use cases
IBM Controller
Fast, accurate, and reliable close, consolidation, and reporting.
Purpose-built for consolidation
Out-of-the-box application
No scripting required, configuration via an intuitive user interface, predefined dimensions, and pre-programmed consolidation processes.
Comprehensive Excel integration
Leverages users' existing skills with an Excel add-in offering over 60 custom functions and an innovative browser-based Excel experience.
Key challenges
Consolidation Capabilities
Currency translation
Management of different functional currencies with translation methods adapted to international accounting standards.
Ownership adjustments
Processing of intercompany ownerships, complex and cross-ownership structures, and changing ownership percentages over time.
Intercompany elimination
Automated reconciliation and elimination of transactions and balances between group entities.
Aggregation and consolidation
Final consolidation of financial data in a multi-level hierarchy with rigorous integrity controls.
Business impact
Business Benefits
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Fast and lower risk implementations
Standardized solution enabling faster deployments and simple modifications without requiring specialized skills.
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Increased control for finance teams
Finance teams can maintain and modify the application without relying on expensive external consultants.
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Deployment flexibility
On-premises or cloud deployment options, with easy and seamless migration between both environments.
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Proven reliability
Tried and tested solution used by over 1,400 clients in more than 50 countries, from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies.
Consolidation with AEXIS ?
Aexis supports the implementation of consolidation,
Our team of experts helps you maximize your ROI through: personalized consulting, ongoing support
With Aexis, benefit from a complete and scalable solution: fast deployment, technical support, advanced training
Frequently Asked Questions about Financial Consolidation
IBM Controller addresses key consolidation challenges such as:
• Multi-currency management and conversions compliant with accounting standards
• Complex and evolving ownership structures
• Elimination of intercompany transactions
• Audit trail and integrity controls
• Production of reliable and consistent consolidated statements
The solution applies conversion methods aligned with international accounting standards, managing functional currencies, period-based exchange rates, and documented conversion impacts.
Yes. Reconciliations and eliminations of intercompany transactions and balances are automated with integrity controls and full traceability of all adjustments.
Yes, in two main ways:
• Full Excel integration for adoption and data entry
• Connectors and imports from ERP/accounting systems, reference data, and flat files (CSV/Excel)
A standard project (8-20 weeks) includes:
• Scoping and design of the consolidation model
• Data integration and configuration
• Implementation of controls and reporting
• Training, testing, and go-live
Last updated on May 18, 2026