​The same routine every month. Run exports, copy data, reformat columns manually. And then do it again, because a number in the source changed. Controllers at non-profits often have even less time for this than their peers in the corporate world. At AASK, a US organisation supporting children in foster care and adoption, controller Mary Ellen Rosinski now saves 20 hours a month on reporting. In this article, Thomas Werkhoven, Director of Exsion365, explains how it works and why any controller can do the same.

When reporting gets in the way of your mission

AASK helps children growing up without a stable family. The organisation provides foster care, adoption services, sibling connections and mentorship. Every dollar and every hour counts, because time spent on admin is time taken away from helping children.

Mary Ellen Rosinski is AASK’s controller. Her financial team plays a key role in forecasting, budget allocation and informed decision-making that helps the organisation grow. But before they started using Exsion Reporting, a large part of that time went to collecting and formatting data rather than analysing it.

Sound familiar? Most controllers spend the bulk of their time gathering data and only a fraction on actual analysis. That is not just frustrating, it is costly.

From hours of formatting to one-click refresh

What made the difference at AASK is straightforward. Instead of running exports and reformatting manually every month, they built their reports once in Excel. Since then, they refresh all data with a single click, straight from Business Central.

Mary Ellen calls the formatting the most valuable part. You build a financial report exactly how you need it and then reuse it every month. No rebuilding, no manual corrections. The report looks the same every time, with up-to-date numbers.

That might sound like a small thing. But anyone who has ever produced a month-end report for a board or an auditor knows how much time goes into formatting alone. At AASK, that single change freed up 20 hours a month. Twenty hours that now go to analysis and advice instead of copying and pasting.

What this means for your organisation

AASK’s situation is not unique. Whether you work at a construction company with dozens of projects, a retail chain tracking margins per location, or a healthcare organisation with budget accountability, the core is the same. You want current numbers in a format you can use straight away, without starting from scratch every month.

With Exsion Reporting, you simply work in Excel. No new tool to learn, no IT department to involve, no weeks waiting for implementation. You build your first report in a few hours and refresh it with one click from that point on.

The time you save can go straight into the work that actually matters. Spotting variances before they become problems. Answering board questions in minutes rather than days. Steering proactively instead of reporting after the fact.

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