Case Study: Brunswick achieves a faster, more accurate global financial close with insightsoftware Longview

Flexible, Configurable System Accommodates Multiple Data Sources and Currencies

Brunswick, a 165‑year‑old diversified manufacturer with brands across marine, fitness, bowling and billiards, faced a complex global finance environment—50+ data sources, 250 reporting units, 25 local currencies—and multiple separate reporting applications that forced manual consolidation, produced inconsistent numbers, and consumed time reconciling rather than managing the business. To address this, Brunswick selected insightsoftware’s Longview (Longview Consolidation and Tax solutions).

insightsoftware implemented Longview Consolidation and Tax with design, development, and deployment advisory services, delivering a single, flexible system that accommodates multiple data sources and currencies, provides drill‑down to source data, and automates workflow. The solution improved data accuracy and consistency, enabled early error detection, reduced consolidation cycle time, increased management confidence in the numbers, and lowered IT complexity while streamlining the global financial close.

Brunswick

Cathy Olstad

Senior Manager, Financial Systems