September 2022
For organisations comprising multiple corporate entities, Unit4 Financials intercompany functionality can mean more accurate transaction reporting, a lower compliance risk and a possible saving of hundreds of hours of valuable accounting time.
Here’s a closer look at how to put this functionality to work…
Understanding intercompany functionality
When the Unit4 Financials intercompany function is enabled, when you upload a transaction to the books of one company, the sending company document lines are automatically transferred and posted in another company (i.e. the ‘receiving company’).
The transfer takes place using intercompany processing (known in Unit4 Financials as ‘trace’). When the trace has been run, control postings are made in both the sending and receiving companies so that the transactions balance in each company.
You can also send document lines along a chain of companies (a process called forwarding).
Video demonstration
The following video takes a closer look at intercompany functionality in action. This includes:
• How to enter an intercompany transaction directly into Financials
• How to process a journal and run the intercompany processing
• Information on what master documents and templates are required to make the process work (your system administrator should have access to the masters and will be able to set this up for you)
In the video, we use Unit4 Financials for data entry, but you could set up a code Excel template, and this would do the same job for you.
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