Drive Toward Exit with Clarity

# Real-Time Financial Consolidation for PE-Backed & IPO-Bound Companies

Close your portfolio in days, not weeks. Meet auditors on day one. Scale acquisitions without rework.

The Challenge

## The PE Consolidation Challenge

PE-backed companies live in constant complexity. Every acquisition adds a new ledger, new intercompany flows, new reporting demands. Every month-end, you’re wrestling with hundreds of manual journal entries, spreadsheet reconciliations, and back-and-forth with acquired companies still running their legacy systems.

Legacy ERP implementations take 18+ months and cost millions. Too slow for deal velocity. Spreadsheets don’t scale and create audit risk. Meanwhile, your exit window is closing, your parent company wants you off their system, and your auditors are waiting.

Legacy ERP implementations take 18+ months and cost millions — too slow for deal velocity  
Spreadsheets don’t scale, and create audit risk  
Every acquisition brings a new ledger and new intercompany flows

## Why Consolidation Matters at Exit

> Auditors, lenders, and investors see financial consolidation as a test of maturity and control. A company that can’t reliably consolidate across 50 entities raises red flags. One that does it cleanly, auditably, and quickly? That’s an exit-ready company.

The Solution

## Pacera: Purpose-Built for Financial Consolidation

Pacera consolidates unlimited entities across unlimited jurisdictions and currencies. Automatically. Unlike general ERP, we focus on the one thing PE companies need most: fast, auditable, investor-ready consolidated financials.

Close your portfolio weeks faster and prove financial control to auditors and investors on day one.

Unlimited entities  
Unlimited jurisdictions and currencies  
No lengthy implementation  
No rework

## The Numbers

### Why PE Leaders Choose Pacera

4-6 weeks  
12-15 days

Financial Close Time  
50% faster

Audit Prep Time  
With full audit trails  
Up to 30%

TSA Cost Reduction

## Enterprise Data Governance Built In

Regulators and auditors expect this; Pacera delivers it without complexity.

Role-based access  
Approval workflows  
Immutable audit logs tracking every change by user and date

## What Sets Pacera Apart

### Close in Days, Not Weeks

Consolidate multiple entities with full GAAP/IFRS compliance in a fraction of the time. Enabling a typical PE backed firm to close month-end across their entire 50-company portfolio in 3 days, what took them 15 days before.

### Automated Intercompany Elimination

Every acquisition introduces complex intercompany flows. Pacera eliminates them automatically, no spreadsheet matching, no reconciliation delays. Adjust once; cascade everywhere.

### Audit-Ready from Day One

Complete audit trails. Immutable records. Full role-based controls and approval workflows. Auditors see exactly what they need; regulators see you’re in control. No surprises.

### Real-Time Performance Analytics

Dashboards and KPIs live, not monthly. Monitor cash flow, profitability, and debt covenants across your entire portfolio in real time. Report to investors on demand.

### Built for Deal Velocity

Integrate new acquisitions in weeks, not months. Pacera scales with every deal, no new infrastructure, no implementation delays, no TSA extensions.

## Built for Your Growth Stage

### Spin-off

#### Post-Acquisition Integration

Spin off from your parent company. Get off their systems fast. Meet TSA deadlines. Pacera accelerates this by weeks.

### Scaling

#### Rapid Portfolio Growth

Scaling through M&A? Each acquisition brings new consolidation complexity. Pacera onboards new entities in days without infrastructure changes.

### Exit-ready

#### Exit Preparation

Build an audit-ready, investor-ready financial foundation. Prove control and visibility to potential acquirers or IPO investors. Remove red flags.

### Multi-entity

#### Multi-Entity Compliance

Managing 50+ entities across jurisdictions? Pacera handles consolidation compliance, regulatory reporting, and stakeholder visibility simultaneously.

## Pacera Products

## [FP&A](/content/products/mercur/index.html)

Better budgeting, forecasting and performance management

## [Group Consolidation](/content/products/aaro/index.html)

Transparent, controlled and efficient group consolidation and reporting

## [Close & Reconciliation](/content/products/aico/index.html)

Automate close activities, reconciliations and journal entries across entities.