CFO Coffee Break EMEA · Consolidation, Sorted

Group consolidation consumes more time than it should. Entities close on different days. Subsidiaries operate under different accounting standards. Intercompany balances sit unreconciled until someone chases them down by email. The consolidation package that should take three days takes three weeks -and by the time it’s done, the numbers are already aging. This three-part CFO Coffee Break series addresses that directly. Each session is under 20 minutes, hosted live by Nicolas Wykes, insightsoftware’s EMEA Account Manager for JustPerform, and built around a working product demonstration. No slides, no sales pitch. Practical, current information on how JustPerform handles consolidation in practice -and where it can give your group finance team time and clarity back today. Session 1 of 3 - Close in Days, Not Weeks: A Live JustPerform Consolidation Walkthrough Nicolas opens with a brief frame on where consolidation time goes -then demonstrates live how JustPerform compresses the group close. From entity data collection and automated intercompany elimination through to group reporting output, the session shows the end-to-end process running in real time. Session 2 of 3 - One Close Process, 30 Countries: Multi-Entity and Multi-GAAP Consolidation Without the Complexity For group finance teams managing subsidiaries across multiple jurisdictions with different accounting standards, Nicolas demonstrates how JustPerform handles IFRS and local GAAP simultaneously -pre-configured rules, automated currency translation, and intercompany elimination without manual intervention across entities. Session 3 of 3 - AI in Consolidation: What Actually Moves the Close Forward (and What Doesn’t) The closing session takes an honest look at AI in consolidation -what it genuinely accelerates today, what it cannot yet replace, and what will distract your team from the real work. Nicolas frames where AI adds concrete value in the close process and where the hype is ahead of the product.

Group consolidation takes longer than it should. The close cycle ends when every entity has submitted, every intercompany balance is reconciled, every elimination has been posted - and none of that happens automatically. Controllers follow up with subsidiaries by email. Intercompany differences get resolved in spreadsheets. Currency translation gets done manually for entities on non-standard rates. By the time the consolidated package is ready, the board meeting it was built for is already rescheduled. JustPerform compresses the group close by handling the consolidation workflow in one place - from entity data collection through automated eliminations to group reporting output. In this opening session, Nicolas Wykes frames where consolidation time goes for EMEA group finance teams, then demonstrates live how JustPerform runs the end-to-end process. Not a slide deck overview. A working system, live. In this 20-minute walkthrough, you’ll see:

• The consolidation dashboard: every entity’s submission status in real time - which books are closed, which are still open, where the bottleneck is. No email chains, no spreadsheet trackers

• Automated entity data collection: JustPerform pulls actuals directly from connected ERPs and accounting systems -over 80 integrations, including SAP, Oracle, and Dynamics - without manual data preparation or CSV exports

• Automated intercompany elimination: matching rules eliminate intercompany transactions across entities in minutes. Differences are surfaced automatically with the relevant entity pairing, not discovered at 11pm on day five

• Currency translation built in: every entity’s local currency converted using configured exchange rates -consistent, auditable, no separate spreadsheet process running in parallel

• Group reporting output: once eliminations are complete, consolidated P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow statements generated directly from the platform -no offline assembly, no version control risk

A Fortune 500 company with 75 entities across 30 countries reduced their consolidation from 12 days to 3 using JustPerform. In 20 minutes, you’ll see why. Drop questions in the chat - Nicolas will take them in the final three minutes.

Multi-entity group consolidation is hard enough when every subsidiary runs the same accounting standards. Most EMEA groups don’t. A UK parent consolidating subsidiaries across France, Germany, the Netherlands, and a US holding company is reconciling IFRS group reporting with local statutory requirements in multiple jurisdictions - different standards, different charts of accounts, different close calendars. Every entity that deviates from the group standard adds a manual step somewhere. JustPerform handles multi-GAAP consolidation through a pre-configured rules engine that applies IFRS and local GAAP requirements simultaneously - no custom development, no parallel processes, no offline adjustments. In this second session, Nicolas Wykes opens with a two-minute frame on where multi-entity complexity stalls EMEA group consolidations, then demonstrates live how JustPerform manages it across a realistic entity structure. In this 20-minute walkthrough, you’ll see:

• Multi-entity hierarchy management: ownership structures, minority interests, and partial consolidations configured visually - no coding, no IT dependency. Restructure the group hierarchy and the consolidation rules update automatically

• IFRS and local GAAP side by side: the same underlying data produces both the IFRS consolidated group report and the local statutory report for each jurisdiction - from one system, one process, one source of truth

• Pre-configured business rules: intercompany eliminations, carry-forward entries, auto journals, entity roll-ups, and currency translations all handled by JustPerform’s rule library - no manual rule-building for standard consolidation scenarios

• Intercompany workflow management: entity-pair matching, difference resolution, and sign-off tracked within the platform -intercompany reconciliation becomes a system-managed process, not an email thread

• Audit trail across jurisdictions: every posting, adjustment, and approval logged with timestamp, user, and rule applied - compliance documentation generated automatically for group and local statutory purposes

For EMEA groups managing consolidation across 10, 30, or 50+ entities, this session shows what it looks like when multi-GAAP complexity is handled by configuration, not by headcount. 20 minutes. Drop questions in the chat - Nicolas will take them in the final three minutes.

Every EPM vendor claims AI. Predictive close. Intelligent anomaly detection. Automated variance analysis. Autonomous consolidation. The marketing is ahead of the product in most cases - and finance professionals know it. The real question is not whether AI exists in consolidation software, but which AI capabilities actually reduce the work your team does today, and which require so much setup and validation that they create new overhead rather than removing it. This closing session takes an honest position. Nicolas Wykes opens with a two-minute frame on where AI is genuinely changing group consolidation - and where it isn’t yet. Then he demonstrates live the AI capabilities inside JustPerform that are in production use today, specifically what they do, what they do not do, and what your team should expect from each one. No roadmap promises. No vague intelligence positioning. Current capabilities, demonstrated live. In this 20-minute walkthrough, Nicolas covers:

• What AI actually does in JustPerform today: anomaly detection that flags unusual variances automatically before they reach the consolidated package, pattern recognition that surfaces intercompany differences faster, and contextual guidance that walks users through unfamiliar consolidation steps without IT support

• Lineos AI companion in action: the conversational AI layer that allows finance users to query consolidation data, run variance analysis, and generate narrative explanations in plain English -without exporting to Excel or writing a report from scratch

• What AI does not replace: judgement calls on accounting treatments, approval authority over posted adjustments, and the Controller’s sign-off on the consolidated package. Every AI action in JustPerform has a human checkpoint. Automation that removes oversight is not a feature.

• Where AI will distract you: generic “AI-powered” features that require months of training data before they produce useful output, chatbot interfaces that cannot access your actual consolidation data, and AI forecasting that adds a new process rather than accelerating the existing one

• The practical framing for your team: which AI capabilities in JustPerform you can activate today with the data you already have, versus which are valuable for future cycles once baseline consolidation is running cleanly

The goal of this session is not to sell AI. It is to help you answer the question your CFO or board will ask: what is AI actually doing in our consolidation process, and is it worth the effort? 20 minutes. The final three minutes are open for questions -bring your scepticism. Nicolas will bring the demos.