50% faster loads For A Retail Major with Month-End Closure Made Reliable

Our client needed a reliable IT partner to run its Month-End Closure (MEC) with zero surprises: accurate financials, audit-ready compliance, and on-time reporting. Each cycle was intense: 650+ tickets, 150+ reports, and 336 hours of monitoring per month. Data quality issues spanning reconciliations, audits, and reporting, threatened confidence and timelines.

They required a partner to stabilize operations and uplift MEC outcomes: 24×7 support for critical processes, proactive triaging and RCA, governance-led execution against SOPs and audit standards, automation to remove repeat work, and clear visibility across teams and reports.
We set up a specialized team and operating model for MEC: a Program Manager for accountability, a Project Lead for day-to-day orchestration, a Scrum Master for flow, and hands-on technical experts. This gave the client one accountable spine for planning, execution, and issue prevention across the entire closure window. 

We combined proactive issue resolution with a hybrid on-site/remote model to ensure round-the-clock coverage on critical days. Continuous triage, rapid RCA, and validation fixes reduced escalations while strengthening data accuracy and audit readiness. 

Built 40 Metabase dashboards to deliver real-time visibility into ticket health, report status, and reconciliation progress, enabling faster decisions and fewer escalations. 

Automated WMS–RetailX reconciliation, so recurring checks ran consistently, reduced human error, and freed experts to focus on exceptions and root causes. 

Ran proactive Issue Resolution cycles before and during MEC to spot anomalies early, shorten time-to-fix, and protect downstream reporting commitments. 

Established a hybrid support structure (on-site + remote) to guarantee 24×7 assistance, with clear handoffs and playbooks for peak MEC days. 

Trusted by Clients. Respected by Partners.

Clients cite strong leadership, responsiveness, and reliable delivery. Partners point to engineering depth, SME coverage, and a steady focus on outcomes over activity.

Tech Stack:

Metabase for dashboards and insights; automation and data validation scripts connected to WMS–RetailX and reporting sources; standard SQL for reconciliations and checks; collaboration and monitoring tools for alerting, handoffs, and audit trails. 

Business Impact

The transformation delivered measurable results: 

Attained Green Status in accounting reviews

Optimized data processes, minimized ingestion errors, and improved SLA compliance 

Increased transparency with real-time dashboards and proactive RCA resolution 

Adapted team size to MEC cycle demands for cost-effective resourcing 

Improved application loading time by 50% via code optimization

15% more users and lowered acquisition cost 

25% increase in user retention and interaction success 

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