Capability
Finance that closes fast.
And holds up under scrutiny.
Every finance team wants the same thing - a close that's faster, numbers that are trusted, and less time spent reconciling spreadsheets at 11pm. The gap between wanting that and having it usually isn't ambition. It's process, systems and structure that haven't kept pace with the business.
Why It Matters | The Industry Reality
SYSTEMS SPRAWL
63%
of finance leaders use more than 10 different systems just to get a unified view of their company's financials.
MANUAL RECONCILIATION
45%
of finance teams spend more than 10 hours every month manually reconciling data and fixing errors across systems.
FASTER CLOSE
30-40%
reduction in time spent on financial closing achievable through structured automation of reconciliations and reporting.
CFO INVESTMENT
98%
of CFOs report that their finance teams have already invested in some form of digitisation - modernisation is now standard practice.
Finance leaders aren't debating whether to modernise anymore - the data shows the shift is already well underway. The businesses pulling ahead are the ones doing it with structure, not just tooling.
Finance is automating. The question is how well.
Where We Focus
The finance processes we work across
We help finance functions tighten the processes that sit at the centre of every business - connected, accurate and built to scale as you grow.
REVENUE
Order to Cash
Order entry through to collections -faster revenue recognition, fewer disputes, predictable cash flow.
SPEND
Procure to Pay
Requisition through to supplier payment - cost control, compliance and working capital discipline.
REPORTING
Record to Report
Transaction through to consolidated reporting - faster closes, clean reconciliations, audit-ready numbers.
PLANNING
Forecasting and Planning
Budgeting, forecasting and scenario modelling that gives leadership a real-time view, not a quarterly guess.
Process Assessment & Redesign
An honest review of how finance actually operates today, with a redesigned process built around accuracy, speed and control.
Finance Automation & RPA
Automating reconciliations, invoice processing and recurring entries - removing manual work without removing control.
Close Acceleration
What We Offer
Controls & Compliance
Embedding the governance and audit trail finance needs to withstand scrutiny - without slowing the business down.
Reporting & Forecasting
Real-time financial visibility and forecasting capability that moves finance from reporting the past to shaping decisions.
Systems Consolidation
Rationalising the tool sprawl that fragments your data, replacing disconnected point solutions with one coherent system.
What You Gain
The outcomes that matter to finance leaders
A faster close
Structured, automated processes that compress your close cycle and free your team from late nights every month-end.
Numbers you can trust
Accuracy built into the process, not chased after the fact - fewer restatements, fewer awkward conversations with the board.
A finance team doing finance work
Less time on data entry and reconciliation, more time on analysis, forecasting and genuine business partnership.
Audit-ready, always
Controls and governance embedded into daily process, so audit season stops being a fire drill.
Real-time visibility
Leadership gets answers when they ask the question, not three days later once someone's pulled it together manually.
A process built to scale
Finance operations designed to handle growth, acquisition and complexity - not just today's transaction volume.
Why Melon Consulting?
19+
Years of delivery experience
Nearly two decades of transformation programmes across diverse industries, business cycles and levels of complexity.
99%
Client satisfaction rating
Not a vanity metric - a reflection of what happens when senior people take genuine accountability for outcomes.
100+
Programmes delivered
From focused engagements to multi-year enterprise transformations - each one completed, each one owned.
Is your close cycle working for you, or against you?
Most finance teams don't realise how much manual effort has crept into "business as usual" until someone maps it out. Let's talk through where yours stands.