We were delighted to report that Corporate Planner has been recognised as a top-rated solution for financial consolidation software in the 2026 BARC Survey, reflecting strong user feedback and independent analytical valuation. BARC’s annual Financial Consolidation & Group Accounting Survey is based on user feedback from financial consolidation software users across multiple product categories and industries. This year’s survey covered 15 leading financial consolidation tools.
Corporate Planning earned first place in no fewer than four categories – most notably in the highly pertinent areas of Business Value, Business Benefits, Price-to-Value, and Product Recommendation. In addition, the solution attained multiple other leader rankings in – Project Success, Customer Satisfaction, Ease of Use, Pre-defined Connectors, Financial Planning and Vendor Support.
This study affirms the superior quality of Corporate Planner solutions and illustrates that they consistently deliver exceptional outcomes, even in direct comparisons with competitors.
What is BARC?
BARC, the Business Application Research Center, is an independent global (hence Center) analyst firm specialising in data, analytics and enterprise software. Its reviews and user surveys are widely used by organisations assessing business software, including financial consolidation, planning and reporting solutions.
BARC’s review of Corporate Planner praises the software as an integrated platform for operational management, financial planning, sales management, financial consolidation, HR management and management reporting.
These are some of the main takeaways from BARC’s analyst review:
- Corporate Planner supports the consolidation of actual and plan data for financial consolidation and group financial statements, including statutory consolidation and management consolidation. The review confirmed Corporate Planner’s compliance with all relevant accounting standards, as well as tight integration with the platform’s financial planning model.
- Corporate Planner’s no-code customisation engine, wizard-driven configuration, prebuilt business content and out-of-the-box integrations were noted as key strengths.
- BARC reported ‘top-ranked’ or ‘leader’ ratings of 8.8 for customer satisfaction among Corporate Planner users, 7.9 for user experience, 7.8 for functionality and 7.9 for business value. This recognition is a strong endorsement from users working with financial consolidation in high level business environments.
What this means for your business?
Financial consolidation is a critical process for groups that need to combine figures from multiple entities, manage intercompany eliminations, support statutory reporting and produce consistent management accounts. For our customers, the specialist BARC review confirms the strength of a connected approach to finance. Rather than treating consolidation, planning and reporting as separate processes, Corporate Planner brings them together within a single platform. This supports finance and controlling teams that need clearer structures, faster reporting cycles and more confidence in the figures used for management decisions.
What Next?
As one of the longest established solution partners for CP Corporate Planning (the developer of Corporate Planner) and the principal partner for the UK and Ireland, Account-Ability helps customers hone the platform’s consolidation, planning and reporting tools into a practical finance process that works day to day. From implementation and configuration through to process design, reporting structure and ongoing user support, we can help you get more value from Corporate Planner with less internal strain. So, if you are reviewing your consolidation software options or want to strengthen how your current Corporate Planner setup supports group reporting, Account-Ability can provide the guidance, technical expertise and UK-based support to help you move forward with confidence. Please get in touch to find out more.
Corporate Planner has been recognised as a top-rated solution for financial consolidation in BARC’s latest Financial Consolidation & Group Accounting Survey. Read the full article today to see what the BARC recognition means for organisations reviewing their consolidation and reporting setup.
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