How Danish Crown Revolutionized Financial Operations with Trintech

In today’s fast-paced global economy, finance leaders face mounting pressure to deliver accurate, timely reporting while managing increasingly complex processes. Danish Crown, one of the world’s largest pork exporters and a major player in the food industry, confronted these challenges head-on. With operations spanning multiple countries and a highly decentralized finance structure, the company needed a way to standardize processes, reduce manual work, and improve visibility across its financial close.

Danish Crown’s success demonstrates that modernizing the financial close is not just a technology upgrade, it’s a strategic imperative. For SAPinsiders, integrating automation into your SAP ecosystem can unlock efficiency, reduce risk, and position finance as a true business partner.

The Challenge: Slow Close Process

Danish Crown’s finance team was burdened by fragmented workflows and manual reconciliations that slowed down the close process. These inefficiencies not only consumed valuable time but also introduced risk into reporting accuracy. For a company operating at scale, these issues could impact decision-making and compliance.

The Trintech Solution

To address these challenges, Danish Crown partnered with Trintech to implement Cadency, a comprehensive financial close solution designed to automate and streamline critical processes. By leveraging Cadency’s capabilities, Danish Crown achieved:

• Standardization across entities: Harmonizing processes globally to ensure consistency and compliance.
• Automation of reconciliations: Reducing manual effort and freeing up resources for strategic tasks.
• Real-time visibility: Providing leadership with dashboards and insights to monitor progress and identify bottlenecks.

One of the most challenging parts of the transformation process can be creating a sense of ownership with the team the transformation impacts. Danish Crown worked with Trintech to ensure the finance team became ambassadors for the change:

“Look at end users and give them the benefits of the transformation, so that they can become ambassadors within the company for the transformation.”

Agnieska Siola-Mazur

Sr. Finance Business Process Manager

Center for Excellence – Transformation Team

Danish Crown

The transformation wasn’t just about technology it was about enabling finance teams to focus on value-added activities rather than repetitive tasks. According to Danish Crown’s finance leadership, the shift allowed them to move from “firefighting” during the close to a more controlled, predictable process.

Explore the full Danish Crown story  on Trintech’s website and watch the video overview.

What This Means for SAPinsiders

For senior finance leaders operating in SAP environments, Danish Crown’s journey offers several key takeaways:

• Integrate Automation with Your ERP
  SAP systems are powerful, but manual processes often persist around them. Solutions like Trintech’s Cadency integrate seamlessly with SAP, enabling automation of reconciliations, journal entries, and compliance checks. This reduces risk and accelerates the close.
• Prioritize Global Standardization
  If your organization spans multiple geographies, inconsistent processes can lead to inefficiencies and audit headaches. Establishing standardized workflows supported by technology ensures compliance and scalability.
• Leverage Real-Time Insights for Decision-Making
  Visibility is critical. Dashboards and analytics embedded in your close solution can help identify bottlenecks early, improve resource allocation, and support strategic decisions.
• Shift Talent to Strategic Work
  Automation isn’t always about replacing people, it’s often about empowering them. By reducing manual reconciliations and repetitive tasks, finance teams can focus on forecasting, scenario planning, and business partnering.
• Build a Roadmap for Continuous Improvement
  Transformation doesn’t happen overnight. Start with high-impact areas like reconciliations and journal entries, then expand automation to other close activities. Align this roadmap with your SAP strategy for maximum value.