Transforming Finance & Accounting for a Leading Manufacturer, Driving 40% Cost Reduction and 38% Productivity Gains

Learn how Flow Trixs helped a heavily acquisitive, private-equity-owned manufacturing leader transform its multi-plant F&A operations into a global, digital-first shared services platform. By deploying our Intelligent Automation Framework and advanced AI orchestration strategy, we delivered faster cycle times, measurable cost savings, and scalable operations, creating a future-ready finance function.

Client Overview

The client, a PE-owned U.S.-based printing and distribution enterprise, employs over 20,000 people and generates $3.3 billion in annual revenue. As a fast-growing organization expanding through strategic acquisitions, the company operates across 20+ plants and depends on streamlined financial operations to support integrations and future divestitures.

The Challenge

Need for a Scalable F&A Platform to Support M&A and Cost Optimization Goals

The client faced significant challenges integrating finance operations from multiple acquisitions while retaining the flexibility to separate them during divestments. Fragmented systems, non-standardized processes, and rising SG&A costs made transformation both complex and essential.

With modernization in focus, the client sought a digital transformation partner capable of building a scalable, intelligent finance platform to unify operations, fast-track automation, and deliver measurable efficiency, all with speed, flexibility, and data-driven governance.

Flow Trixs Solution

Digital-First Finance Transformation Across 22 Facilities with Unified Intelligence and Automation Governance

Flow Trixs partnered with the client to establish a next-generation Global Business Services (GBS) platform, built around key transformation pillars:

• Intelligent Integration Framework: Standardized P2P, O2C, and R2R (including FP&A) processes layered on existing ERPs through API automation for seamless onboarding and decoupling.
• Lift-Shift-Transform Strategy: Tailored process migration model adapting to each plant’s maturity level to balance speed and stability.
• Golden Process Design: Defined benchmarks, KPIs, and automation pathways to harmonize finance operations across multiple entities.
• Hyperautomation Engine: AI-led automation integrated into finance towers for touchless processing and predictive anomaly detection.
• Innovation & Value Office: A dedicated task force overseeing analytics, Six Sigma optimization, and continuous value creation initiatives.
• Global Governance Model: Comprehensive control covering process ownership, documentation, compliance, and transformation tracking.
• Smart Right-Shoring: Established Centers of Excellence in India and the Caribbean, optimizing costs while maintaining agility and operational depth.
• Transformation Pipeline: Over 100 initiatives launched to deliver sustained cost reduction and performance improvement.

The Outcome

Digitally Enabled Finance Transformation at Enterprise Scale

Flow Trixs successfully delivered a large-scale finance transformation across more than 20 locations. By digitizing and harmonizing financial operations, the engagement achieved 40% cost savings, accelerated financial cycles, and built a platform ready for future acquisitions or divestments.

Key Results

• Accounts payable cycle time reduced from 60 to 20 hours.
• Over 75% transactions are processed touchlessly through automation.
• DSO improved by 2.4 days, with an 18% boost in monthly collections.
• Period close cycle shortened by 2 days.
• 85% of finance operations transitioned to global Centers of Excellence.
• Comprehensive CFO dashboard with 75+ real-time performance insights deployed enterprise-wide.

Expansion costs reduced by 40%, achieving a 38% overall productivity uplift across finance operations.

The Partnership

Following this success, Flow Trixs became the client’s long-term transformation partner, supporting continuous innovation and operational excellence across global finance functions. The engagement reinforced Flow Trixs’ position as a trusted leader in intelligent automation and digital transformation, enabling enterprises to move faster, smarter, and with measurable impact.