Accounting & Finance
Accounting and finance consulting focused on restoring accuracy, timeliness, and control from procure-to-pay and contract-to-cash through record-to-report and planning.
WHY CORDATUS
Build Accounting that Closes on Schedule
A close that runs three days late is a controls problem surfacing downstream. Accrual cutoffs get estimated instead of supported, intercompany balances refuse to eliminate, revenue recognition under ASC 606 gets revisited in the final hours, and the lease schedule under ASC 842 is reconciled by whoever has the spreadsheet open. By the time the numbers are clean enough to trust, the window to act on them has closed. Finance then inherits a forecast built on figures that were already a month old.
Get your close back on schedule and give leadership numbers they can act on while they still matter. Move routine volume onto governed workflows so your controller and staff spend their time on judgment and sign-off, not on chasing support. Lock your cutoffs with a firm close calendar, and turn a clean ledger into rolling forecasts, variance analysis, and covenant reporting your decision-makers read the same week the period ends. Start by finding out where your close is losing days today.
OUR EDGE
Run a Faster, Cleaner, Audit-Ready Close
Automation Handles Volume
High-frequency transaction work, from invoice coding and payment runs to bank and account reconciliations, runs on structured workflows that carry the process steps. Throughput stays constant through month-end pressure and staff turnover, and the exceptions that need a human are the only items that reach one.
Specialists Own Judgment
Accrual estimates, technical revenue recognition calls, consolidation eliminations, and management-letter responses stay with qualified accountants who understand the standards behind them. The people making the calls that an auditor will test are the ones accountable for them.
Assurance Built as Work Runs
Support is captured at the moment each entry is booked, so the audit prepared-by-client (PBC) list is populated as the period closes. This is Audit-Ready by Default: controls, reconciliations, and documentation accumulate as evidence while the work happens, and the year-end request list carries few surprises.
STRATEGY-TO-EXECUTION STACK
Cleaner Books and Sharper Forecasts Across the Function
Start with a clear picture of how your transaction workflows, close, controls, and reporting actually run today, then move to an operating model that holds across procure-to-pay, contract-to-cash, record-to-report, and planning.
Set the direction with Strategy & Advisory, redesign how the work moves with Operations & Process Engineering, let Technology & AI absorb the transaction volume, and keep the gains in place with Managed Services.
Accounts Payable
Invoice capture, coding, approval routing, and payment runs on a controlled workflow, with vendor records and aging kept clean so nothing posts twice or slips past terms.
Accounts Receivable
Billing, cash application, and collections managed against a live aging view, so revenue lands in the ledger accurately and days sales outstanding (DSO) tracks the current state of every account.
Payroll
Multi-cycle payroll processed with tax, deduction, and general-ledger mapping handled correctly the first time, so labor cost hits the right accounts and reconciles cleanly at close.
Bookkeeping and General Ledger
A maintained chart of accounts and disciplined daily posting that keeps the ledger continuously reconcilable, so each period opens against current, worked balances.
Month-End Close
A governed close calendar with owned cutoffs, prepared accruals, and completed intercompany eliminations and multi-entity consolidation, so the period lands on its scheduled date.
Financial Reporting
Statements and management reporting produced on a fixed cadence, reconciled to the ledger and formatted for the board, lenders, and leadership who rely on them.
Audit Readiness and Documentation
Reconciliations, schedules, and support organized to the PBC list as work runs, so the external audit opens against a complete, current file.
FP&A and Budgeting
Rolling forecasts, annual budgets, and variance analysis built on the closed numbers, with covenant and cash-flow reporting that gives leadership a forward view of where the business is heading.
Tax Preparation Support
Workpapers, schedules, and reconciliations prepared and organized for your tax advisors, so provision and filing work starts from a clean, documented base.
WORKS WITH YOUR STACK
Operate Inside the Systems You Already Run
Platform-agnostic. Solutions are designed around the systems already in place. Where a platform change is in scope, the same team can advise on what to move to and why.
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CORDATUS DELIVERY METHOD
Go From a Slipping Close to a Governed One
Each phase moves your function from a diagnosed problem to a governed operation, closing the highest-cost gaps first and building the controls that keep the close on schedule as the business grows.
01
Diagnosis & Value Mapping
Your close, controls, and reporting get traced end to end to locate the points where the cutoff slips and where support goes missing. Each gap is then mapped to the value it is costing in time, accuracy, and decision speed.
02
Architecture & Roadmap
The target operating model takes shape, with the close calendar, the workflows behind AP, AR, and payroll, the reconciliation and documentation standards, and the reporting cadence designed to work together, then sequenced into a roadmap with clear owners.
03
Integration & Deployment
The model stands up inside your existing systems, transaction volume moves onto governed workflows, and the first cycles run alongside your team until the close lands clean and on schedule.
04
Continuous Optimization
Cycle time, reconciliation quality, and forecast accuracy are tracked each period, the controls that need tightening get tuned, and the standard keeps rising as the business grows and the entity structure changes.
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QUESTIONS
Get Clear on How Your Books, Controls, and Forecasts Improve
What does Cordatus actually do for our accounting and finance functions?
Cordatus designs and builds the operating system for the function. That covers workflows for payables, receivables, payroll, and the general ledger; the close calendar and reconciliation standards that keep the cutoff firm; the reporting cadence that feeds forecasts and covenant reporting; and the evidence capture behind it all. Your controller and accounting staff retain ownership of judgment, sign-off, and the auditor relationship while routine volume and record-keeping run on defined processes. When additional capacity is needed, the Cordatus managed services group can support day-to-day operations.
How does Cordatus handle technical accounting like ASC 606 and ASC 842?
Revenue recognition and lease accounting stay with qualified accountants who apply the standards and document the basis for each position as the entry is booked. The judgment is made by people accountable for it, and the support stays ready for the auditor to test.
What does "Audit-Ready by Default" actually mean day to day?
Reconciliations, schedules, and supporting evidence are captured as each period closes. When the external audit opens, the PBC list is largely already populated, so the process starts from a complete file and the management letter runs shorter.
Can Cordatus work across multiple entities and consolidations?
Yes. Intercompany eliminations and multi-entity consolidation are handled inside the governed close, with a defined cutoff and reconciled balances, so a group close lands on the same schedule as a single-entity one.
How does Cordatus keep the close from slipping when staff turn over?
Because the volume runs on defined workflows that carry the process knowledge, throughput stays steady through turnover and month-end pressure. Onboarding a new team member means learning a documented process that is already in place.
Does Cordatus support both the accounting and the finance side?
Yes, and we treat them as distinct disciplines. Accounting keeps the record-keeping, close, and controls clean; finance uses those closed numbers for rolling forecasts, budgeting, variance analysis, and covenant reporting. We connect the two, so a clean close feeds a reliable forecast.
Build an Accounting & Finance Function That Delivers on Schedule
Let’s map where yours stands today and design the operating model that gets it there.
