Case Study: Grafton Group accelerates monthly financial reporting and frees FP&A for deeper analysis with Planful

Grafton Group plc Accelerates Monthly Financial Reporting With Planful, Giving FP&A More Time for Deeper Financial Analyses

Grafton Group plc is an international building materials distributor and DIY retailer operating across the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands and Finland with over 8,000 employees, £2.0 billion in revenue and more than 330 locations. The company’s federal structure and rapid growth left FP&A tied up in manual consolidation and reporting processes, limiting the team’s ability to provide timely, value‑adding financial analysis to executives and the Board.

Grafton implemented Planful to centralize financial data, standardize reporting templates and enable customized reports via Spotlight for Office. The platform shortened consolidation and reporting timelines, cut days from monthly workloads, and created a consolidated historical database for trend analysis — enabling FP&A to answer ad‑hoc requests in 20–30 minutes, provide deeper reviews before Board reporting, and earn positive feedback from business units and executives.

Grafton Group

Niall Jameson

Head of Group Reporting