Shared Ledger Collaboration

Shared Ledger for Financial Close, Consolidation, and FP&A Planning

The Taxilla Shared Ledger is a proprietary architectural layer - a single live ledger shared across entity finance, group consolidation, and FP&A planning. The same governed data that supports consolidated accounts also underlies the planning model, helping reduce the data consistency gaps that make plan-vs.-actual comparisons difficult.

  • Single

    Source of truth for plan & actual
  • Zero

    Data reconciliation between systems
  • Live

    Actuals in planning - always
  • Cross-level

    Entity, group, and plan

Why Plan vs. Actual Comparisons Break Across Disconnected Systems

In most organisations, close/consolidation and FP&A run on entirely separate platforms - connected only by a periodic, manual data extract. This creates a fundamental data consistency problem that no amount of analytical sophistication can overcome.

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01

Close and planning on different platforms

Actuals come from the ERP or consolidation system. Plans live in a separate FP&A tool. The two never truly match - different accounting period definitions, different entity hierarchies, different GL structures.

02

Actuals extracted and reformatted manually

Every month, actuals are exported from the consolidation system, reformatted to match the FP&A tool's data structure, and loaded - a process that takes days and introduces reconciling differences.

03

Actuals always lag the close

By the time actuals are loaded into the planning tool, period-end decisions are already being made - the planning model reflects last month's state, not this month's close.

04

Plan vs actual variances are partly artificial

Some of the variance between plan and actual is real business performance. Some is caused by differences in how the two systems treat the same transaction. Finance teams spend time explaining system differences, not business performance.

05

Drilldown from consolidated to entity level is manual

When CFOs want to understand a consolidated variance at entity level, FP&A must manually compile entity-level data - there is no system drilldown from the consolidated view to the underlying entity detail.

06

Collaboration requires data reconciliation

When entity finance and group FP&A discuss performance, they are often looking at different numbers from different system extracts - requiring reconciliation before the conversation about business performance can begin.

One Shared Ledger Across Entity, Group, and Planning Levels

STEP 01

Entity actuals post to shared ledger

When entity ERP transactions are imported into Taxilla for Financial Close processing, they write into the Shared Ledger-a single, governed data store accessible across all Taxilla modules.

STEP 02

Consolidation reads from shared ledger

The Financial Consolidation module reads entity actuals from the same Shared Ledger—eliminating the separate extract/reload cycle between entity and group levels.

STEP 03

FP&A plans against shared ledger actuals

The FP&A Planning module reads actuals from the same Shared Ledger that produced the consolidated accounts—so plan vs. actual comparisons use the same governed numbers.

STEP 04

Auto-update when close completes

When the period close completes and actuals are approved, the Shared Ledger updates - FP&A planning models reflect the latest approved actuals immediately, with no manual refresh.

STEP 05

Drilldown from group to entity

Any consolidated variance can be drilled to entity, cost centre, and transaction level within the same platform - no manual compilation, no cross-system lookup.

See plan and actual running from the same ledger - in a live demonstration

We will demonstrate how the Shared Ledger connects entity close, group consolidation, and FP&A planning - eliminating the data reconciliation that separates them today.

What the shared ledger enables

Single data layer across close, consolidation, and FP&A

Single data layer across close, consolidation, and FP&A

Entity actuals, consolidated results, and planning data all stored in the same governed ledger - a single source of truth shared across all three Taxilla modules.

Instant actuals refresh in planning

Instant actuals refresh in planning

When the close approves period actuals, the planning module reflects the update immediately - no export, no load, no delay between the close completing and the planning model updating.

True plan vs actual comparisons

True plan vs actual comparisons

Budget, forecast, and actual figures drawn from the same ledger - plan vs actual variances reflect business performance, not system differences between separate platforms.

Drilldown from consolidated to entity detail

Drilldown from consolidated to entity detail

Navigate from consolidated group P&L to entity, cost centre, and transaction detail within a single system - no manual cross-platform lookup required.

Cross-level collaboration on the same data

Cross-level collaboration on the same data

Entity finance, group consolidation, and FP&A teams all see the same governed numbers - conversations about performance happen on shared data, not reconciled extracts.

Governed with period controls

Governed with period controls

The Shared Ledger is governed by the same period controls, approval workflows, and audit trail that govern the close and consolidation processes - data integrity is maintained across all use cases.

What Changes With a Shared Ledger

Single

Source of truth - always

Plan, forecast, and actual figures all come from the same Shared Ledger - the data reconciliation debate between close and planning teams ends.

Zero

Manual actuals refresh in planning

Actuals post to the Shared Ledger when the close approves them - the planning model updates automatically, with no manual extract or load cycle.

True

Plan vs actual variance - not system artefact

Variances reflect real business performance - not differences caused by two separate systems treating the same transaction differently.

Instant

Drilldown from consolidated to entity

Any group-level variance can be drilled to entity, cost centre, and transaction level in the same system - minutes, not days.

D+0

FP&A works from current actuals

The month the close completes, FP&A immediately works from current actuals - not from last month's extract waiting for the next load cycle.

Connected

Close, consolidation, and planning - one platform

The Shared Ledger is the architectural foundation that makes FCCP a genuinely connected suite - not three separate modules with data pipelines between them.

Shared Ledger FAQs

Is the Shared Ledger a separate module or part of the platform?
The Shared Ledger is the underlying data architecture of the Taxilla FCCP platform - not a separately licensed module. When you deploy Financial Close, Financial Consolidation, and FP&A on Taxilla, they all write to and read from the same Shared Ledger automatically.
Does this replace our ERP general ledger?
No. The Shared Ledger is a governance and collaboration layer, not a transactional accounting system. Your ERP remains the system of record for accounting transactions. The Shared Ledger standardises, governs, and shares that data across close, consolidation, and planning - without replacing the ERP.
Can we use the Shared Ledger if we only deploy one or two FCCP modules?
Yes. Even with a single module deployment, entity data is stored in the Shared Ledger. As you add modules over time, they automatically have access to the data already in the Shared Ledger - no data migration required when expanding the deployment.
What happens to the Shared Ledger data when a period is locked?
Period locks apply to the Shared Ledger - once a period is closed and locked, the underlying data cannot be modified without an explicit unlock and audit-trailed override. Planning and reporting views of locked periods reflect the final approved actuals permanently.

Stop reconciling plan vs actual. Start working from one ledger.

The Shared Ledger is the architectural foundation that connects Financial Close, Financial Consolidation, and FP&A Planning in the Taxilla FCCP platform - making it a genuinely integrated suite, not three modules with data pipelines between them.

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