Every digital transformation depends on one thing: data you can trust. These five signs tell you it is time for a clean-up before anything else.
- The same tenant appears more than once, with different CR or VAT numbers.
- Balances in the system never match the bank or the general ledger.
- Teams keep their own spreadsheets because they do not trust the system.
- Month-end close takes days of manual checks.
- Every new report starts with “first, let us fix the data”.
What a clean-up looks like
A data clean-up starts with a scan to measure the problem, then merges duplicates, fixes master data and puts simple controls in place so the data stays clean. Most portfolios see results within weeks, not months.