Finance Systems & AI Transformation

Transform Your Finance Systems.
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XSM Consulting delivers ERP implementations, finance transformation, and AI-augmented workflows for finance teams that want to operate at a higher level.

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📊 20+ years finance systems experience
🏆 FCMA CGMA qualified
🔧 D365 BC · SAP · Infor M3 · BlackLine
🤖 AI-augmented delivery

What We Do

Services

From first-time ERP deployments to complex multi-entity finance transformations — we deliver outcomes, not just deliverables.

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ERP Implementation & Optimisation
Full lifecycle delivery across Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, SAP ECC / S4HANA, and Infor M3. From scoping and design through to go-live and hypercare — we make your ERP work the way your business needs it to.
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Finance Transformation
Process redesign, automation, and controls modernisation. We identify where manual effort is holding your team back and build the processes, systems, and controls to move finance to a faster, more reliable operating model.
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Month-End Close Optimisation
Reduce close cycle times, eliminate spreadsheet risk, and improve management accounts quality. We map your current close process, identify bottlenecks, and implement lasting improvements — using BlackLine, Trintech, ERP workflows, or targeted automation.
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Reporting & Analytics
Power BI dashboards, management accounts, and board-level reporting that finance teams and executives actually use. Clear financial insight delivered at pace — from data model through to executive presentation.
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AI-Augmented Finance Workflows
AI agent workflows, automation pipelines, and intelligent finance tooling. We bring production-ready AI into your finance function — not proof-of-concepts, but real automation that saves time and reduces risk from day one.
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Finance Systems Advisory
Not sure which ERP is right for your business? Need an independent review of your current finance systems landscape? We provide honest, vendor-agnostic advisory to help you make the right decisions — and avoid expensive mistakes.

Our Approach

How We Work

Structured enough to deliver. Flexible enough to fit your organisation.

Step 01
Discovery
We start by understanding your current state — systems, processes, pain points, and goals. No assumptions, no templates forced onto your business.
Step 02
Design
A clear plan: what we'll build, how it'll work, what success looks like. Documented and agreed before any work begins.
Step 03
Deliver
Hands-on delivery, not slide decks. We configure, test, train, and go live with you — staying close until you're confident and operating independently.
Step 04
Evolve
Finance systems aren't set-and-forget. We stay available for ongoing support, optimisation, and the next phase of your transformation journey.

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Ready-made AI agent skills for finance teams

XSM Consulting has partnered with GetAgentIQ to bring production-ready AI skills to finance teams and builders alike. Automate, analyse, and augment — without starting from scratch.

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About XSM Consulting

Senior expertise. Practical delivery.

XSM Consulting Ltd is a specialist finance systems consultancy led by Steve Manders FCMA CGMA — a senior finance systems professional with over 20 years of hands-on experience across ERP implementations, finance transformation, and AI-augmented workflows.

We work with mid-market and enterprise organisations across the UK, helping finance teams get more from their systems — whether that's a fresh ERP implementation, a close process overhaul, or bringing AI into the finance function for the first time.

Our approach is practical, direct, and outcome-focused. We don't sell bloated programmes. We solve real problems.

🎓 FCMA CGMA — Fellow, Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (2002)
🏛️ BA (Hons) Accounting — University of Liverpool
20+
Years in finance systems
6
ERP platforms delivered
FCMA
CIMA qualified since 2002
AI
First in finance transformation

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Director
Steve Manders FCMA CGMA
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Company
XSM Consulting Ltd
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Whether you have a specific project in mind or just want to explore what's possible, we're happy to have a no-obligation conversation.

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Free FinanceAI Month-End Audit
AI-powered close process analysis. 10 pilot spots/month.
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Project Enquiry
ERP, transformation, reporting, or AI. Tell us what you need.
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