Our team is on a mission to help companies compete on a global scale through the Ordway platform. Today, I’m proud to announce our release of multi-entity billing and revenue management which means businesses can expand internationally with ease.
As your business grows, the last thing you want to worry about is if your finance stack will scale with you. I commissioned our team to leapfrog the limitations of legacy software and find solutions to multi-entity support that historically were only available to the Enterprise. Historically, only costly and clunky legacy ERP software could support multi-entity companies with their SaaS billing and accounting needs. This translated into manual workarounds and spreadsheets and hundreds of thousands spent on software fees and professional services, placing a drag on even the most nimble companies. Today, companies can run their business units independently and still unify subscription billing, revenue recognition, and investor metrics reporting within one system on the Ordway billing and revenue automation platform.
What Multi-Entity Support Means
Billing Unification
- Create unique invoice templates for each entity
- Assign products and plans to appropriate chart of accounts codes
- Configure local payment gateways based on local needs
- Set base currencies for each entity
- Revenue schedule unification and integration with the general ledger
Revenue Schedule Unification and GL Integration
- Send summary journal entries monthly to your ERP or accounting software
- Revenue reporting unification
Revenue Reporting Unification
- Report revenue, product mix, customer growth across all child entities
- Rollup child accounts receivable data to see the overall health of individual or aggregate entities
Scale Revenue with International Expansion, Mergers and Acquisitions, and other Multi-Entity Use Cases
- Are you ready to establish multiple entities in 2021?
- How do you know if multi-entity billing and revenue management suits your needs? Consider the following questions:
- Do you have large portions of revenue coming from customers in different parts of the world?
- Do you struggle to manage your product portfolio across the regions you serve? How about revenue reporting?
- Are you compelled to establish entities to comply with local regulations and laws?
- Are you considering establishing a wholly owned subsidiary? A Joint Venture?
- Do you have different trading and reporting currencies?
- Has international expansion required that you begin billing customers in their local currencies?
Frequently asked questions
What is multi-entity revenue management for SaaS?
Multi-entity revenue management centralizes billing, revenue recognition, and reporting across multiple legal entities, currencies, and charts of accounts. It enables intercompany workflows, local compliance, and consolidated views—so finance can close faster while maintaining audit-ready detail at both entity and group levels.
Why do growing SaaS companies need multi-entity support?
Expansion via new subsidiaries, acquisitions, or regional go-to-market creates complexity—different currencies, tax rules, and local GAAP. Without multi-entity capabilities, teams end up with spreadsheet workarounds, inconsistent policies, and slow closes. Purpose-built multi-entity tooling standardizes policies and automates eliminations and roll-ups.
How does multi-entity impact revenue recognition and compliance?
Each entity may have unique contracts, terms, and local requirements. A robust engine supports ASC 606/IFRS 15 across entities, handles intercompany transactions, and automates deferred schedules, reallocations, and disclosures. Central policy management ensures consistent treatment while preserving per-entity audit trails.
Can we report in local currency and consolidate in a group currency?
Yes. Multi-currency support records activity in functional currency, applies period-end FX rates for translation, and consolidates to group currency with automated eliminations. This enables local books for statutory reporting alongside group-level management reporting—without duplicative data entry.
How do intercompany billing and eliminations work?
Intercompany charges (shared services, IP licensing, cost recharges) are invoiced between entities, tagged, and automatically eliminated at consolidation. Clear mapping and audit trails keep both sides balanced, while dashboards surface out-of-balance items for quick resolution.
