For many finance teams, month-end reporting means days of copying, pasting and reconciling spreadsheets. It doesn’t have to. Moving month-end reporting beyond spreadsheets into automated dashboards saves days and cuts errors. Here’s how.
Beacon builds on Microsoft Power BI, the industry-leading analytics platform.
The trouble with spreadsheet month-end
- Hours of manual copying and reconciling
- Version chaos and broken formulas
- Errors that are hard to trace
- Reports that are out of date by the time they’re done
Automating month-end reporting
With Power BI, month-end reporting refreshes itself – data flows in automatically, numbers reconcile, and the report is ready when you are. Finance teams get their time back for analysis instead of admin.
Related: going beyond spreadsheets and financial KPI tracking.
Frequently asked questions
Can month-end reporting really be automated?
Yes. Once your data sources are connected, Power BI refreshes the numbers automatically – turning days of work into minutes.
Do we have to abandon Excel entirely?
No – Excel still has its place. We simply move the repetitive month-end reporting into automated dashboards.
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