Fortifying the Close-To-Disclose Process

A growing number of CFOs and finance directors are now turning their attention to the close-to-disclose process, which involves all activities needed to close an organization’s accounting books, perform all necessary intercompany accounting and reconciliation steps, finalize consolidated financial statements and, finally, release earnings and publish official statements with regulators ranging from the Securities and Exchange Commission in the U.S. (SEC) to operators of securities markets in Europe and Asia. At many firms, this bastion of financial management (FM) has functioned in much the same way for decades. But change is underway.

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