Case Study: Brunswick achieves a faster, more accurate global financial close with Longview Consolidation and Tax

Flexible, Configurable System Accommodates Multiple Data Sources and Currencies

Brunswick, a $3 billion global designer, manufacturer and marketer of recreation products, faced a fragmented financial close: more than 50 data sources, 250 reporting units and 25 local currencies fed multiple separate reporting applications, forcing manual consolidation, producing inconsistent numbers and leaving teams spending more time reconciling than managing—information was also scattered across multiple emails.

Longview implemented its Consolidation and Tax solutions with design, development and deployment advisory services to create a single, configurable system and database. The new process supports multiple data sources and currencies, offers source-level drilldown and early error detection, automates workflow to speed the monthly close, reduces IT complexity and improves data accuracy and management confidence.

Brunswick

Cathy Olstad

Senior Manager, Financial Systems