What We Do
Current state assessment and close cycle bottleneck identification
Standard operating procedure (SOP) design and documentation
General ledger clean-up and account reconciliation improvement
Close calendar design and accountability framework development
Close automation implementation (BlackLine, FloQast, and ERP-native tools)
Redundancy removal and task rationalization across the close process
Common Month-End Close Projects We Support
We help growing organizations and lean finance teams with:
Shortening Close Cycles
- Designing & Documenting Standard Operating Procedures
- Identifying & Resolving Bottlenecks & Redundancies
- Temporary Backfill & Surge Support
- Implementing Technology to Automate Close Activities
- Clean-up of General Ledger & Historical Data
Case Studies
Real results for real finance teams. See how we’ve helped companies close faster, scale smarter, and transform their office of the CFO.
• ACCOUNTING ADVISORY
PRIVATE COMPANY
Cutting Close From 45+ Days to 10 Through Process Redesign and Automation
45 → 10 Days
Close cycle reduction
5
Senior consultants embedded
Post-acquisition ERP issues left this technology company with a 45+ day close, overdue reconciliations, and heavy manual processes. Alliance deployed five senior consultants to automate NetSuite reporting, reconcile subledger backlogs, and establish a sustainable 10-day close.
TECHNOLOGY
• ACCOUNTING ADVISORY
PE-BACKED
6-Day Close in 60 Days: Transforming Financial Reporting After a $1B Acquisition
6 Days
Month-end close achieved
2 Months
Time to full close transformation
Three weeks after a ~$1B acquisition, Alliance was deployed to review NWC calculations, strengthen accounting methodologies, and overhaul close operations. Within two months, the close was down to 6 business days and multi-million dollar NWC discrepancies had been identified and corrected.
INSURANCE
• ACCOUNTING ADVISORY
PE-BACKED
From 11-Month Audit Cycle to 3.5 Months and an 8-Day Close
8 Days
New close standard
3.5 Months
Audit cycle (down from 11 months)
After rapid growth and heavy turnover left a FinTech's accounting function without structure, Alliance stepped in as interim leadership by rebuilding the close cycle from scratch, overhauling GL balances, and compressing an 11-month audit backlog into a 3.5-month cycle with zero team turnover.
FINTECH
How long should your close really take?
Let’s find out together.
Frequently Asked Questions
A few signals indicate your close process needs to be optimized such as your close consistently running longer than it should, errors surfacing after the books are closed, your team is exhausted by month-end every month, or leadership can’t get timely financials to make decisions. If any of those sound familiar, there’s almost certainly a structural fix available and it usually doesn’t require more headcount.
We diagnose what’s slowing you down, redesign the process to eliminate the friction, and help implement the changes so they stick. We’ve helped finance teams meaningfully shorten their close cycles and reduce the errors that create rework.
