Group Accounting & Reporting
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1. OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE
1.1 Objective of this Procedure
This procedure describes the ACTUAL 0 Management process in BFC and the further actions required.purpose of ACTUAL0 reporting category and how it is managed in BFC, as well as other related customizing in other BFC modules.
1.2 Scope
This procedure applies to the BFC Administration team.
2. REFERENCE DOCUMENTS
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3. DEFINITIONS
GAR Team - Group Accounting & Reporting Team (Consolidation & Tax team)
BFC-Admin Team - Business Objects Financial Consolidation (Solvay's Group ConsolidationTool) Administration Team
CAM - Company Account Manager
CBCR - Country By Country Report
SU FA - Service Unit Financial Accounting
- Team administrating BFC SCO (Syensqo Group Consolidation tool)
General Group Secretary - Team from Legal Corporate communicating changes on Syensqo's shareholding structure (new or change in ownership, mergers, divestments, liquidations...) and managing companies' codifications in both ERP and BFC
CAM - Company Account Manager
FSL SU FA GL - General Ledger team from Service Unit "Financial Accounting" in FSL (GBS Finance Service Line)
IG - Fully Consolidated methodIG - Full Consolidated
IP - Proportional Consolidation method
ME - Equity Method
NC - Not Consolidated
4. SUMMARY
4.1
PrinciplePurpose and
ContextContent
The ACTUAL0 is a Category used to report statutory figures, what enables to build the Shareholding structure of the Solvay Group, which becomes available in the Solvay Shareholding Structure site.
In this category are concerned either Consolidated and Not Consolidated companies. The information collected for each type of company is different, thus the documents available for them are different, as the described below:
Consolidated Companies
L4005 Investment - This documentdeliverables from the ACTUAL0 data collection are :
- Syensqo Group shareholding structure – updated and published in GAR SYENSQO AODOC team site Syensqo Shareholding Structure
- The financial valuation of the non consolidated companies at Group level (vs Group consolidated figures).
- The local equity of legal companies for dividend valuation purpose
Depending on the consolidation method (IG - IP - MEQ - NC) of the reporting companies, the content of their ACTUAL0 reporting package may differ:
Consolidated Companies (IG/IP/MEQ conso methods)
- L4005 schedule "Investment (number)" - reports thenumber of shares that the
- reporting company (as Mother) owns in each of its affiliate (Daughters), as well as the the number of shares that the affiliate has issued, then it is possible to know the percentage owned by
- each of the Mother (s). If there is any variance compared to opening balance, it is explained by flow
- L4000
- schedule "Local Gaap equity for dividends valuation" - reports the Dec Y-1 statutory equity information needed to evaluate the dividends distribution at Group level
- L4020 schedule "
- Shareholder's equity" -
- reportsthe numbers of shares issued by the Daughter company, split
- per its Mother companies. If there is any variance compared to opening balance it is explained
- by flow
L4060 CBCR - Revenues and headcount - This document reports the Revenues the company had in the previous year split by trading partners. As of 2021 it was decided not collect this information in BFC.
Not Consolidated Companies
Non Consolidated (NC) Companies
- L4005 schedule "Investment (number)" - same content and reporting principles as for Consolidated companies - To be noted that in
- most of cases, the
- Non Consolidated companies do not
- own affiliates
- L4020 schedule "Shareholder's
L4050 Financial information – This document reports the Balance Sheet and Income Statement of the entity. No detail is asked, no flow and no activity.
4.2 Responsibility
The Corporate Secretary is responsible to communicate the changes in the Solvay's structure that are performed in the PRS System.
The GAR team communicate through the Structure File, available in the GAR AODOCs Library, the changes in the Solvay's Structure.
The BFC Administration team is responsible to maintain any necessary update in ACTUAL0 category.
The CAM is responsible to enter the information in this category for the companies under his/her scope.
The SU FA is responsible to perform the quarterly checks from D1.
4.3 Overview
At the beginning of the year the ACTUAL0 category has to be created for the current year. By principle, there is only one category per year, which is set for December (ACTUAL0 - YYYY.12).
Package generation - The list of companies to start with should correspond to the perimeter published in the Y-1 annual report. For the companies entering in the scope during the year, package should be generated as soon as the company is created in BFC following the official communication from Corporate Secretary.
The packages stay opened along the year to allow the CAM to update the information when necessary. However, every quarter the packages have to be published and locked during two days, to allow the SU-FA Team to analyze the data and make corrections.
ACTUAL0 12.YYYY – Quarterly procedure
Note: In Q1 the forced publication done by BFCAdmin on D1 should exclude NC companies. NC companies are required to fill ACTUAL0 package only from Q2.
ACTUAL0 REPORTING SETUP
The process by which data is reported is defined in the Reporting Organizer and RU Organizer. In these modules it can be defined:
- Which reporting units should send packages and when.
- This consists of establishing a work schedule (start and end dates for sending packages), in the Reporting Organizer, and a list of the reporting units sending the packages, in the RU Organizer.
- Define the data entry environment.
- Define the data entry schedules, opening balances, processing operations, controls and restrictions.
- Manage how opening packages are generated.
After the Reporting Organizer and RU Organizer are defined the packages should be transferred to the Package Manager module, to allow the user to enter the necessary reporting data.
When there is a new company it must be created a Package for it in this category, according to the operations of companies along of the year.
ACTUAL0 SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION
Then the Scopes for this Category have to be created. A Scope enables to group together the reporting units to be included in the consolidation process and select the consolidation method to be applied.
For the ACTUAL0 there are two specific scopes of consolidation:
- SOLFULL - Contain all Solvay Companies (consolidated or not). All companies are integrated at 100%.
- SOLCONSO - Contain all Solvay Companies (consolidated or not). The companies are integrated at their ownership rate.
These Scopes should be updated according to the operations of companies along of the year.
ACTUAL0 CONSOLIDATIONS SETUP
It has to be defined three Consolidations for the ACTUAL0 category:
- SOLFULL - To consolidate all the companies of the Group at 100%.
- SOLCONSO - To consolidate all the companies of the Group at their ownership rate.
- SOLVAY14 - To consolidate all the Consolidated companies.
All the Consolidations need to be updated on Quarterly basis, when the Conversion Rate Period should be changed to the one in reference.
Additionally, the Consolidation SOLVAY14 needs to have the Scope Period updated, as well, to the one in reference.
5. REPORTING SETUP
5.1 REPORTING SETUP - Reporting Organizer
In the Reporting Organizer module it is created the Category for the period (Reporting ID) and is defined the common data for the packages, as the Deadline, Folder, Set of Controls, Opening Balances, etc.
To create a new Reporting ID for the period, select the one of the previous year in the field Select Reporting IDs.
In this example, it is being created the category for 2017, so it was select as reference the category of 2016 (ACTUAL0 - 2016.12)
Then in Reporting Organizer module Open it and Save As.
The General tab defines the general properties of the reporting ID.
Enter the following information:
- Category - ACTUAL0
- Data entry period - YYYY.12
- Short & Long description - Shareholding - YYYY.12
The Definition tab indicates the reporting status. It can also be specified the associated category scenario and the start and end dates for the reporting.
Enter the following information:
- Version: A1403.
- Start & End Date: It can be specified the scheduled start and end dates. The reporting status depends on these dates. Enter a large range, e.g. January 1st of current year to March 1st next year.
The Package tab defines the settings of the data entry environment for the packages.
Enter the following information:
- Windows and Internet folder: ACTUAL0 - The documents that will be available for the company in this phase.
- Internet-specific folder: ACTUAL0 - The documents that will be available for the company in this phase.
- Set-of controls: ACT0-IG - The controls that are set to check the package data for this phase.
- Control level to be reached: Q - This field needs a special attention, because if any the previous field is changed this one is deleted, always ensure it is filled properly.
- Blocking - Flag the option Blocking.
- Category: ACTUAL0.
- Data entry period: YYYY.12 - Inform the period which the opening balances are retrieved. Always December of previous year.
- Scope: SOLVAY14- This scope is taken into account just the consolidated companies.
- Variant: 2 - This information is related to the consolidation rules, in this instance is the variant 2, which considers the IFRS Norms.
The Restrictions tab defines the data entry restrictions which are applied when the data is entered.
The flow F00 (Opening Balances) must be informed in Read-only Flows, this way it will not be available for edition in the package.
The Operation tab defines the settings to publish the packages.
In the Deadline it has to be informed the date that the packages will have to be published.
It has to be changed each quarter, according to date defined in the Calendar available in the GAR AODOCs Library.
Both French and English should be informed: Shareholding - YYYY.12
5.2 REPORTING SETUP - RU Organizer
In the RU Organizer is defined the companies to be reported in the category.
Select all packages in the RU Organizer module from the previous year (Ctrl+A), and copy (through the icon or Ctrl+C).
Change the period to the one that is being created and paste packages (through the icon or Ctrl+V).
Then the reporting packages are created in RU Organizer module.
Note that the packages will have the status , meaning that they are still not available in the Package Manager module.
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Before Generate the packages to the Package Manager module, ensure that all the companies are with the correct Consolidation Method (column Entity Portfolio), and if any company needs either to be added or deleted. |
To make the reporting available in the Package Manager module, select all packages and with the right click choose "Generate Package at Current Site".
The package status changes to , meaning that the package are now available in the Package Manager module.
5.3 REPORTING SETUP - Package Manager
After Generate the Package to the Package Manager module, they will be available for the users to enter the data for the companies under their responsibility.
In this module it is done the follow-up on the package status (Empty, Changed, Published or Integrated). Then it is possible to check if any company is missing to report the necessary information.
6. SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION
6.1 SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION - SOLFULL
The Scope SOLFULL contains all the companies of the Group, either Consolidated or Not Consolidated. The rate of all companies in this scope are set at 100%.
It is defined one scope SOLFULL per year and it must be updated when there is a company operation (New company or End of a Company).
The scope is created in the BFC FC_Top, with reference to the one of the previous year.
For this, open the last version available of the scope and select the option Save As.
In this example, to create the scope for 2017, it was created as reference to the scope of 2016.
Enter the information necessary to create the new period.
- Code: SOLFULL
- Period: YYYY.12
- Version: S-1
Then the scope for the new period will have been created.
Note that this scope only allows companies set as Full (FC), this way when there is the end of a company and its Consolidation Method is changed to Not Consolidated the company is automatically exclude from the scope.
Even though, in the step Scope, ensure that all companies that left the Group in the previous year are not present in the scope for the current period.
After all the information is validated the scope has to be transferred to the BFC FC_Prod platform.
6.2 SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION - SOLCONSO
The Scope SOLCONSO contains all the companies of the Group, either Consolidated or Not Consolidated. The rate of the companies in this scope are set at their ownership rate.
It is defined one scope SOLCONSO per year and it must be updated when there is a company operation (New company or End of a Company), as well when a company changes its ownership rate.
The scope is created in the BFC FC_Top, with reference to the one of the previous year.
For this, open the last version available of the scope and select the option Save As.
In this example, to create the scope for 2017, it was created as reference to the scope of 2016.
Enter the information necessary to create the new period.
- Code: SOLCONSO
- Period: YYYY.12
- Version: S-1
In the step Definition, update the period informed in the Opening Scope to the previous year.
In this example, it was informed the period 2016.12, since it was being created the scope for 2017.
By changing the Opening Period in the step Definition, all the companies that were set as Not consolidated with the rate at 0% in the previous year are automatically excluded from the scope.
Even though, in the step Scope, ensure that all companies that left the Group in the previous year are not present in the scope for the current period.
After all the information is validated the scope has to be transferred to the BFC FC_Prod platform.
6.3 SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION - Transfer from FC_TOP to FC_Prod
BFC FC_Top
In the Administration domain select the Task List module, then open the object EXPL-ADMIN.
Click on the icon New Transferable Object to select the type of object to be transferred.
Select the option Scope Builder.
Then within the object to be transferred, it has to be select the items.
Click on the button Select Items and select the scopes to be transferred.
In this example, the scopes SOLCONSO 2017.12 and SOLFULL 2017.12.
It will came back to the tab Definition of the screen EXPL-ADMIN and will be shown the items selected to be transferred.
After have all items selected Save the task and close it.
With the right click on the object EXPL-ADMIN select the option Start. After this step the task has been transferred to the BFC FC_Prod platform.
BFC FC_Prod
In the Administration domain select the Task List module, select the SCAN object with right click over it select the option Start.
Then a new object will be available in Receive Objects.
Open the new object and ensure that the items are those selected in BFC FC_Top.
With the right click on the object select the option Start to run the process.
After the process finishes, validate if the the Scope was properly transferred to the Scope Builder module.
7. CONSOLIDATIONS SETUP
There are three consolidations for the ACTUAL0 category:
- SOLFULL - To consolidate all the companies of the Group at 100%.
- SOLCONSO - To consolidate all the companies of the Group at their ownership rate.
- SOLVAY14 - To consolidate all the Consolidated companies.
To create a consolidation it can be done from the scratch or with reference to the version of the previous year through the Save As option.
The management of Consolidations is done in the Consolidation module within the Operation domain.
The consolidations are set for the category period, which should be informed in the field Select Report IDs, in this example ACTUAL0 - 2020.12.
To create a consolidation from the scratch select the option Consolidation Definition.
To create the consolidation with reference to another one, open the consolidation of the previous year/ period, and within the menu File choose the option Save As.
Through this option all the information are retrieved from the previous consolidation, hence the some information need to be update according to the new period.
7.1 CONSOLIDATIONS SETUP - SOLFULL
In the tab General should contain the following information:
- Category: ACTUAL0
- Data entry period: YYYY.12
- Scope: SOLFULL
- Variant: 2
- Currency: EUR
- Long Description: Full Scope 100% - For doc L4005/L4020 - Shareholding structure
In the tab Properties should contain the following information:
- Scope Period: YYYY.12
- Version: S-1
- Set of rules: C-IFRS-2003
- Multiply thresholds by: 1
- Conversion Rate Period: YYYY.MM
- Conversion Rate Version: REEL
In the tab Opening Balances should contain the following information:
- Category: ACTUAL0
- Data entry period: YYYY.12 - Enter the previous year
- Scope: SOLFULL
- Variant: 2
- Currency: EUR
- Source period: YYYY.12 - Enter the previous year
The information in the other tabs is generated automatically.
7.2 CONSOLIDATIONS SETUP - SOLCONSO
In the tab General should contain the following information:
- Category: ACTUAL0
- Data entry period: YYYY.12
- Scope: SOLCONSO
- Variant: 2
- Currency: EUR
- Long Description: Full Scope Ownership rate - For doc L4000 - Impairment data
In the tab Properties should contain the following information:
- Scope Period: YYYY.12
- Version: S-1
- Set of rules: C-IFRS-2003
- Multiply thresholds by: 1
- Conversion Rate Period: YYYY.MM
- Conversion Rate Version: REEL
In the tab Opening Balances should contain the following information:
- Category: ACTUAL0
- Data entry period: YYYY.12 - Enter the previous year
- Scope: SOLCONSO
- Variant: 2
- Currency: EUR
- Source period: YYYY.12 - Enter the previous year
The information in the other tabs is generated automatically.
7.3 CONSOLIDATIONS SETUP - SOLVAY14
In the tab General should contain the following information:
- Category: ACTUAL0
- Data entry period: YYYY.12
- Scope: SOLVAY14
- Variant: 2
- Currency: EUR
- Long Description: Conso Scope - For doc L4000 - Impairment data
In the tab Properties should contain the following information:
- Scope Period: YYYY.MM - Set for the quarterly closing of reference
Version: S-4
- Set of rules: C-IFRS-2003
- Multiply thresholds by: 1
- Conversion Rate Period: YYYY.MM
- Conversion Rate Version: REEL
- equity" - reportsthe numbers of shares issued by the Daughter company, split per its Mother companies. If there is any variance compared to opening balance it is explained by flow
- L4050 schedule "Financial information" – reports the summarized Dec Y-1 Financial Statements (consistent with published annual accounts approved by Board of Shareholders and with equity value after dividends distribution), headcounts and external auditors names
4.1 Reporting Calendar Purpose
Depending on their consolidation status and depending on the quarterly reporting period, ACTUAL0 data to be updated and published are different:
Permanent instructions on ACTUAL0 Reporting are issued every year by FSL SU FA team and published in Syensqo GAR Team site "Permanent Instructions" folder, and also inserted in Quarterly GAR closing instructions:
4.2 Responsibilities
- General Group secretary: collects and communicates changes in the Syensqo's shareholding structure (new or change in ownership, mergers, divestments, liquidations...)
- GAR Team:
- communicate changes in Syensqo Shareholding structure through its Structure File in GAR SYENSQO AODOC - "Syensqo structure files"
- analyzes ACTUAL0 inputs (Local equity for dividends valuation)
- uses ACTUAL0 consolidated data (Financial Information on NC companies / Shareholding tree) to build appendices from the Annual report
- BFC Administration team maintains and updates ACTUAL0 reporting category (packages generation, consolidation creation, scheduling and on demand run)
- CAM enters the information for the companies under his/her scope:
- for NC companies: CAM or CAM from the Mother company
- FSL SU FA GL is responsible to perform the quarterly checks on ACTUAL0 data (number of shares declared by Mothers & Daughters) and to manage mass lockings & unlockings
4.3 Overview
At the beginning of the year, ACTUAL0 category has to be created for the current year. By principle, there is only one category per year, using one single December period (ACTUAL0 - YYYY.12).
Package generation :
- Starts with should correspond to the perimeter published in the Y-1 annual report with the following updates:
- Companies sold / liquidated / merged in Y-1 => no pack to be created
- CBCR (based on Y-1 / IG IP MEQ) not needed. If any need, data can be collected out of ACTUAL0
- Financial data on Non Conso (based on Y-1) not needed by GAR
- Companies entering in the scope in Y (new acquired), package should be generated as soon as the company is created in BFC following the official communication from General Group Secretary.
The packages stay opened along the year to allow the CAM to update the information when necessary and out of the closing periods. However, every quarter the packages have to be published and locked during two days, to allow the FSL SU-FA GL Team to analyze and validate the data at consolidated level.
ACTUAL0 12.YYYY – Quarterly procedure for lockings & unlockings
The table below summarized for each Reporting quarter the scope of mass lockings and unlockings managed by FSL SU FA GL team:
ACTUAL0 REPORTING SETUP
The process by which data is reported is defined in the Reporting Organizer and RU Organizer. In these modules it can be defined:
- "Reporting Organizer" is the module where BFC Admin will create the ACTUAL0 Reporting category for the current Y defining:
- Start/End dates / Package schedules / Set of controls / Source for opening balance / Deadline for 1st submission (D-1 end of March Y) / Integration mode after publication
- "RU Organizer" is the module where BFC Admin will insert the Reporting companies and generate their ACTUAL0 package
- List of companies to be inserted can be copied from the Y-1 ACTUAL0 category, removing after manually the packages not to be created (sold liquidated merged companies) and adding the new companies expected to report from Y
- Non Conso companies: BFC Admin will adapt their package schedules and set of controls (as they have a different reporting content compared to IG IP MEQ companies)
- Note that package schedules and set of controls to be used are defined in this document "BFC Admin Reporting set up per category and period"
ACTUAL0 SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION
3 different scopes used for ACTUAL0 consolidations:
- SYENSQO - includes IG / IP / MEQ companies only- note that this is the scope also used in IFRS ACTUAL2 consolidation
- SYENFULL -ALL companies(IG IP MEQ NC) considered as 100% consolidated (as if they were all IG)
- SYENCONSO - IG companies consolidated at 100% / IP MEQ and NC consolidated as IP at their % of interests
These Scopes initiated at the beginning of the year, should be updated all during the year each time a change is communicated (by Group General Secretary or by GAR in its structure file).
ACTUAL0 CONSOLIDATIONS SETUP
Here below the list of ACTUAL0 consolidations required during the year and their purpose.
Consolidations under Variant (V) 2 need to be updated on Quarterly basis:
- when the Conversion Rates of the period are made available (WD-1)
- when the SYENSQO scope of the period is made available (WD1)
ACTUAL0 SCHEDULING (AUTOMATED) CONOLIDATION RUNS
- Every quarter on from WD1 till WD4 scheduling of ACTUAL0 for SYENSQO V2 and SYENFULL V2 and their related Reconciliation consos - every hour
5. REPORTING SETUP
5.1 REPORTING SETUP - Reporting Organizer
In the Reporting Organizer module, ACTUAL0 Category for the period (Reporting ID) is created with its reporting characteristics (Deadline, Folder, Set of Controls, Opening Balances...).
5.2 REPORTING SETUP - RU Organizer
In the RU Organizer is defined the companies to be reported in the category.
Changes required for Non Consolidated companies before Generation: Opening balance + Set Folders & Controls
5.3 REPORTING SETUP - Package Manager
5.4 REPORTING SETUP - Pre-loading of F99 at the beginning of the year
As of 2022, F99 "Closing balance" of L4005 (Investments - number of shares) and L4020 (Shareholder’s equity) is pre-loaded with the F00 "opening data".
To ease the reporting process for the CAM and Accounting Platform managing companies hosting significant numbers of investments or mothers, GAR and FSL SU FA teams requested the pre-loading of F99 in headings XCQ261T / XCQ262T / XCQ101T with the values from previous year (=F00 Opening flow from current year) but keeping the possibility to edit/modify the preloaded data. Change requested for all companies whatever their consolidation status.
At the publication of the packs, CAMs should confirm or modify the values pre-loaded in F99.
As a result, a new formula in the category scenario of ACTUAL0 has been introduced:
In order to ensure that this automatic pre-filling is working it is recommended to open 1 package per each consolidation method (IG IP MEQ NC) right after the package generation to check in schedules L4005 and L4020 that the pre-loading is working as expected.
in the Package Manager module, select one of each conso method package.
Open schedules L4005 and L4020.
Check F99 is equal to F00 and it is editable.
6. SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION
6.1 SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION - SYENFULL
- SYENFULL definition- ALL companies (IG IP MEQ NC) considered as 100% consolidated (as if they were all IG)
One scope SYENFULL per year to be updated all during the year each time a change is communicated (by Group General Secretary or by GAR in its structure file).
6.2 SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION - SYENCONSO
- SYENCONSO definition - IG companies consolidated at 100% / IP MEQ and NC consolidated as IP at their % of interests
One scope SYENCONSO per year to be updated all during the year each time a change (new companies, leaving companies, change in interests %) is communicated (by Group General Secretary or by GAR in its structure file).
6.3 SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION - SYENSQO
- SYENSQO - includes IG / IP / MEQ companies only (Non Conso excluded)- note that this is the scope also used in IFRS ACTUAL2 consolidation
One scope SYENSQO per month to be updated every WD1 (new companies, leaving companies, change in consolidation methods or in interests %) following the information received during the month (by Group General Secretary or by GAR in its structure file).
In the step Scope, the following procedure describes how to update the companies (insertion & deletion) Companies management in BFC - section 6.ScopeManagement
After all the information is validated the scope has to be transferred to the BFC_Prod_SCO platform.
6.4 SCOPES OF CONSOLIDATION - Transfer from BFC_Top_SCO to BFC_Prod_SCO
BFC _Top_SCO
7. CONSOLIDATIONS & INTERCO SETUP
7.1 CONSOLIDATIONS SETUP
There are 4 consolidations required for the ACTUAL0 category:
- SYENFULL V2.
- SYENCONSO V1
- SYENSQO V2
This table summarizes purpose and usage of each:
To create a consolidation it can be done from scratch or with reference to the version of the previous year through the Save As option.
7.1.1 CONSOLIDATIONS SETUP - SYENFULL V2
7.1.2 CONSOLIDATIONS SETUP - SYENCONSO V1
7.1.3 CONSOLIDATIONS SETUP - SYENSQO VARIANT 2
7.2 INTERCOMPANY RECONCILIATION SETUP
Purpose of this reconciliation performed using ACTUAL0 scopes is to compare and check consistency between shares declared by mothers (schedule L4005 from ACTUAL package) versus the ones declared by daughters (schedule L4020 from ACTUAL0 package) using BFC report "CD190_8".
7.2.1 INTERCO SETUP - using consolidation SYENSQO V2 (IG IP MEQ only)
7.2.2 INTERCO SETUP - using consolidation SYENFULL V2 (Non Conso cnies included)
7.3 CONSOLIDATIONS SETUP - Quarterly Update
On a quarterly basis:
- Periods of the Conversion Rate in the consolidation SYENSQO V2 and SYENFULL V2 should be updated to the ones applicable on the quarterly period.
- In SYENSQO V2, the Scope must also be updated every quarter with the latest SYENSQO available
7.4 CONSOLIDATION & INTERCO - Run scheduling
8. COMPANIES OPERATIONS
8.1 COMPANIES OPERATIONS - New Companies
When the group acquires a new company, whatever its consolidation status, a package has to be created in the ACTUAL0 Category.
To create the package ensure that the company has already been created in BFC, otherwise follow the instructions in the Procedure related to Companies management in BFC:
In the tab Package
In the tab Opening Balances should contain the following information:
- Category: ACTUAL0
- Data entry period: YYYY.12 - Enter the previous year
- Scope: SOLVAY14
- Variant: 2
- Currency: EUR
Source period: YYYY.12 - Enter the previous year
The information in the other tabs is generated automatically.
7.4 CONSOLIDATIONS SETUP - Quarterly Update
On a quarterly basis the periods of the Scope and the Conversion Rate in the consolidation should be updated to the one in reference.
In the tab Properties update the following fields:
- Scope period
- Conversion rate period
8. COMPANIES OPERATIONS
8.1 COMPANIES OPERATIONS - New Companies
When the group acquires a new company, a package has to be created in the ACTUAL0 Category.
To create the package ensure that the company has already been created in BFC, otherwise follow the instructions in the Procedure:
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After the communication from the Corporate Secretary, the information about the concerned company should be available in the Structure File available in the GAR AODOCs Library.
As example, it will be used the company 63280 COGENERATION ROSIGNANO S.p.a., which was acquired in January 2017.
In the BFC FC_Prod, enter in the category for the correspondent period.
In this example ACTUAL0 – 2017.12.
Within the Operation domain select the RU Organizer module.
Click on the icon Insert Reporting Units to create the package for a new company.
Enter the BFC Code of the new company.
The package will be available in the RU Organizer module, and information needs to be confirmed before generate to the Package Manager module.
Open the package information and validate if the settings are in accordance to the Consolidation Method of the company.
By default, when a package is added through the Insert Reporting Units option, the definitions are the same than the Category created in the Reporting Organizer module, it means, the package has the definitions of a Consolidated company. Then if the new company is a not consolidated, the definitions have to be changed.
In the tab Roadmap enter the following information:
Data entry site: 0000.PROD001
Data entry Currency: The company currency
Publication site: 0000.PROD001
In the tab Package it will be informed what determines the documents that are shown at the company's package, as well as the set of rules (Validations), opening balance, and the Scope that the company is assigned on this phase.
Since the information collected for a Not Consolidated and a Consolidated company is different, this tab has some specification for each type of company.
Not Consolidated Company
Windows and Internet folder: ACTUAL0-FI - The documents that will be available for the company in this phase.
Internet-specific folder: ACTUAL0-FI - The documents that will be available for the company in this phase.
Set-of controls: ACT0-FI - The controls that are set to check the package for this phase.
Control level to be reached: Q - This field need a special attention, because if any the previous field is changed this one is deleted, always ensure it is fulfilled properly.
- Blocking - Flag the option Blocking.
Category: ACTUAL0.
Data entry period: YYYY.12 - Inform the period which the opening balances are retrieved. Always December of previous year.
Scope: SOLFULL - This scope is taken into account all the companies in the Group's structure.
Variant: 2 - This information is related to the consolidation rules, in this instance is the variant 2, which considers the IFRS Norms.
Consolidation currency: EUR - The Group Consolidation Currency, always EUR, regardless the company currency.
Consolidated Company
Windows and Internet folder: ACTUAL0 - The documents that will be available for the company in this phase.
Internet-specific folder: ACTUAL0 - The documents that will be available for the company in this phase.
Set-of controls: ACT0-IG - The controls that is set for the company for this phase.
Control level to be reached: Q - This field need a special attention, because if any the previous field is changed this one is deleted, always ensure it is fulfilled properly.
- Blocking - Flag the option Blocking.
Category: ACTUAL0.
Data entry period: YYYY.12 - Inform the period which the opening balances are retrieved. Always December of previous year.
Scope: SOLVAY14- This scope is taken into account just the consolidated companies.
Variant: 2 - This information is related to the consolidation rules, in this instance is the variant 2, which considers the IFRS Norms.
Consolidation currency: EUR - The Group Consolidation Currency, always EUR, regardless the company currency.
The tab Restrictions is automatically filled, but it is necessary to confirm that the option Read-only flows is set for the F00, this means that the opening balances are not available for edition.
Then save .
All the other tabs are automatically filled.
Outside the package creation/edition screen, make sure all the information is compliant.
At this stage the package is created at the "RU Organizer" module.
Its status is: The package has not been generated.
To generate the package, choose with right click the option: Generate Package at Current Site.
Then status will be changed, meaning that the package is now available at the "Package Manager" module, thus available for the users that have access for this company at this phase.
8.2 COMPANIES OPERATIONS - End of Companies
Reporting Setup
Generally, for the companies that left the Group during the course of the year, the packages remain in the ACTUAL0 - YYYY.12, however at the beginning of the next year the packages should not be generated.
A long the year the packages of these companies should stay Protect, instead locked, this way it is possible to identify the companies that left the Group.
Scope of Consolidation
When a company left the Group, the company should be updated in the Scope of Consolidation.
The companies should be set as Not Consolidated and the rate 0%.
The updated should be done in the three scopes:
- SOLCONSO
- SOLFULL
- SOLVAY14
Either SOLCONSO and SOLFULL, concerns all companies, this way regardless the consolidation method of the company, it should be excluded from these scopes. It is not necessary to create an intermediate package for the company in the tab Incoming/Outgoing of the scope.
While in the scope SOLVAY14 there are only Consolidated companies, it means that just the companies IG, IP and ME can be excluded from this scope, and it should be created the intermediate package for these companies in the tab Incoming/Outgoing of the scope.
For more details of operations in the scope SOLVAY14, see the procedure:
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8.3 COMPANIES OPERATIONS - Change of Consolidation Method
The change of the method of consolidation concerns the transition from the Not Consolidated/ Equity Method/ Proportional to Full Consolidated, or vice versa. In other words, this transition is assimilated to either an increase or decrease in the rate of integration.
As soon as a company change its consolidation method the information to be reported is different, hence its setup needs to be updated accordingly, as well as the reporting setup and the scope of consolidation.
The change of consolidation method should be communicated by the Corporate Secretary and the information needs to be available in the Structure File within the GAR AODOCs Library.
Reporting Setup
In the FC_Prod, enter in the category for the correspondent period, in this instance, it should be ACTUAL0 – 2017.12.
Within the Operation domain select the RU Organizer module and open the company to be updated.
In the tab Package it will be informed what determines the documents that are shown in at the company's package, as well as the set of rules (Validations), opening balance, and the Scope that the company is assigned on this phase.
The information in this tab has to be updated according to the new consolidation method.
of rules (Validations), opening balance, and the Scope that the company is assigned on this phase.
Since the schedules collected for a Not Consolidated and a Consolidated (IG IP MEQ) company are different, this tab has some specification for each type of company. Set of schedules per type of company are defined in this document "BFC Admin Reporting set up per category and period"
9. PACKAGES QUARTERLY BACK-UP
As of June 2020, this procedure is no longer applicable.
It was justified in the past when GAR was managing manually each quarter corrections in ACTUAL0 not completed properly by CAM and the back up of situation before corrections was a way to avoid any debate on GAR corrections with CAM.
Since months, quality of ACTUAL0 completion has improved and based on quarterly checks from SU FA, any error has to be corrected in the pack by the Cam itself.
In addition, those back ups are not used by anyone else.
To create the category for the period in reference follow the steps of the topic 5.1 REPORTING SETUP - Reporting Organizer.
To create the packages, copy the packages from the ACTUAL0 - YYYY.12 category of the consolidated companies. Follow the steps of the topic 5.2 REPORTING SETUP - RU Organizer.
To extract the data from the ACTUAL0 - YYYY.12 category, select the packages and with right clink choose the option Export.
Then select the format TXT and the path to save the file. Then click on Next.
Keep all dimensions flagged:
- Category
- Data entry period
- Reporting unit
Then click on Next.
Keep all data flagged:
- Package amount
- Comment
Then click on Export.
Open the extracted file and replace the period (Ctrl+H), from YYYY.12 to the current period, then click on Replace All, save the changes and close the file.
In this example the upload will be done for the period 2017.06.
Select the category that the upload will be done, in this example ACTUAL0 - 2017.06.
Within the menu File choose the option Import.
Select the source File, keep flagged the data columns Package Amount and Comment.
Then click on Next.
Select the file, through the option Browse it can be select the file, where it was saved.
Then click on Next.
Select the Column Separator, in this instance the file was separated by Tabs, but it could be Semicolon, Comma, etc.
Then click on Next.
Keep flagged the options:
- Run package rules
- Run Controls
Through this options the package is automatically saved and it is possible to know if the package has no blocking control and can be published.
Check in the column Control Status, the packages should have the status Balanced or Balanced with Warnings .
If there are packages with the status Unbalanced , it must be analyzed.
Validate if the flow F99 was properly copied.
After all validations, select the packages to be published, and with right click choose the option Publish.
Choose the option Publish after validation packages and Standard publication mode.
These options grant that the packages are validated (without blocking controls) and the published by Standard mode, meaning that will be locked after the publication.
8.2 COMPANIES OPERATIONS - End of Companies (liquidated / merged / sold)
Generally, for the companies that left the Group during the course of the year, the packages remain in the ACTUAL0 - YYYY.12, however at the beginning of the next year the packages should not be generated.
Along the year YYYY the packages of these companies should stay Protected, instead locked, this way it is possible to identify the companies that left the Group.
8.3 COMPANIES OPERATIONS - Change of Consolidation Method
The change of the method of consolidation concerns the transition from the Not Consolidated/ Equity Method/ Proportional to Full Consolidated, or vice versa. In other words, this transition is assimilated to either an increase or decrease in the rate of integration.
The change of consolidation method should be communicated by the Syensqo Corporate Secretary as well as available in the Structure File within the GAR SYENSQO AODOCs Library.
As a consequence of such change, content of their ACTUAL0 package may have to be amended, as well as the reporting setup and the scope of consolidation.
In the tab Package it will be informed what determines the documents that are shown in the company's package, as well as the set of rules (Validations), opening balance, and the Scope that the company is assigned on this phase.
The information in this tab has to be updated according to the new consolidation method.
The status of the packages will change to Published , then they have to be integrated.
So select the packages and with right click choose the option Integrate.
These packages need to be Protected in order to prevent any changes being made to them.
After Integration, packages status has changed to Locked, and now, they must be Unlocked before they can be Protected.
So, select all the packages and with right click choose the option Unlock Package.
Select all the packages and with right click choose the option Protect.
10. OTHER ACTIONS
10.1 OTHER ACTIONS - Create New Companies
When it is communicated a new company, the new company has to be added to the GAR List and created in BFC as well. After it is created in BFC it has to added to the users filter of view, to allow them to enter the necessary data in the packages.
To ensure this additional actions, follow the procedure:
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