Mendelson Consulting

05/28/2026

As businesses grow, complexity tends to grow with them.

This month’s newsletter explores some of the challenges we see most often:

• Disconnected systems
• Reporting visibility issues
• Governance concerns
• Scaling beyond manual workarounds
• Preparing for AI-driven business operations

We’re also excited to be participating in Scaling New Heights 2026, where Mario Nowogrodzki and Keith Fileccia will be leading and participating in several sessions focused on AI, ERP modernization, advisory transformation, and business intelligence.

If you’re planning to attend, keep an eye out — we may have a little something for newsletter readers.

Read the latest newsletter here: https://buff.ly/cDsnUGY

05/20/2026

Shadow IT is not just an IT problem.

It is a business challenge that quietly affects your security, your reporting, and your ability to scale.

We broke it down in our latest article, including what to watch for and how to build a stronger foundation for your technology environment.

Check it out 👉 https://buff.ly/HEGv85d

Discover how shadow IT introduces security risks and compliance concerns, and learn how Noobeh and Mendelson Consulting's managed IT services help businesses establish a strong IT governance framework on Microsoft Azure.

05/18/2026

The latest Intuit Enterprise Suite release includes several updates that growing finance teams will probably appreciate immediately.

A few that stood out to us:

• Intercompany eliminations now happen at the transaction level
• Consolidated reports now support calculated fields directly inside the platform
• Workforce Elite continues bringing payroll, HR, onboarding, and workforce workflows into one environment
• Construction-focused reporting and job costing capabilities continue expanding

These are the kinds of updates that reduce manual work, spreadsheet dependency, and operational friction over time.

We put together a practical breakdown of the Spring 2026 release and where these updates may matter most.

Read the article here:

Explore the latest Intuit Enterprise Suite Spring 2026 updates, including multi-entity accounting, consolidated reporting, workforce management, and construction features.

05/01/2026

Thanks again to everyone who joined us yesterday.

As businesses grow, things don’t usually break. They just start taking more effort to keep everything aligned.

More time reconciling.
More time validating numbers.

At some point, that becomes the real problem.

We covered this in the session, including how better structure can reduce hours of manual work into minutes.

If you want to watch it, here’s the recording: https://buff.ly/ZOnFoGc

04/29/2026

If your reporting is taking longer than it used to, there’s a reason.

As businesses grow, systems that once worked start to fall behind:

• more manual work
• more time to close
• less confidence in the numbers

It doesn’t happen all at once.

It builds over time.

We’re covering this tomorrow in a live session with Intuit.

No theory. Just how this actually shows up and how teams are dealing with it.

Last chance to register:
https://mendelsonconsulting.com/event/multi-entity-financial-control-webinar/

04/28/2026

If your team is spending more time fixing reports than using them, something is off.

This is what we usually see as businesses grow across multiple entities:

• numbers that don’t fully match
• manual work to reconcile data
• more spreadsheets than there should be

Nothing is completely broken.

It just takes longer to get clarity.

And that starts affecting decisions.

We’re breaking this down in a practical way this Thursday with Intuit.

If this sounds familiar, it’s worth taking a look:

https://mendelsonconsulting.com/event/multi-entity-financial-control-webinar/

04/21/2026

If your reporting is taking longer every time you add a new entity, it’s not just because the business is growing.

It’s usually a sign something is starting to break.

At first, it’s small things.

Numbers don’t fully match.
Reports take longer to put together.
Your team ends up using spreadsheets to make everything work.

And over time, that just becomes normal.

The problem is, it shouldn’t be.

We put together a breakdown of why this happens and what actually changes as businesses grow.

👉 https://buff.ly/2wMHeSS

If this sounds familiar, it will likely hit close to home.

(We’re also covering this in more detail in a live session with Intuit on April 30 if you want to go deeper.)

Financial visibility breaks as businesses grow due to inventory complexity and disconnected systems. Learn why it happens and how to fix it.

04/17/2026

If closing your books is taking longer every month, it’s not just “because the business is growing.”

It’s usually because things are starting to break behind the scenes.

With multiple entities, it often turns into:
• Fixing reports that don’t match
• Manually reconciling data
• Spending too much time in spreadsheets

At first, it feels manageable.

Then it becomes the way your team operates.

And that’s where visibility starts to slip.

We’re breaking down what’s actually causing this and what a better, more scalable setup looks like, together with Intuit.

📅 April 30 | 1:00 PM ET

👉 Save your spot: https://buff.ly/KhyhcNA

04/15/2026

If your team is stuck in spreadsheets instead of making decisions, something is off. And it usually gets worse as you add more entities.

At some point it looks like this:
• Manually entering data
• Copying numbers between systems
• Fixing reports that don’t match

And every month, closing the books takes longer.

This isn’t just “part of growth.”
It’s a sign your setup isn’t keeping up anymore.

We’re breaking down what’s really causing this and what a better, more scalable setup looks like, together with Intuit.

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Managing multiple entities and losing financial visibility? Join this live webinar to learn what’s breaking, how to fix it, and how to scale with better control.

04/09/2026

Still exporting data from QuickBooks into spreadsheets?

It works… until it doesn’t.

As your business grows, disconnected reports and manual processes make it harder to get clear, reliable insights.

We put together a new article on how to centralize your data and turn QuickBooks Enterprise into a stronger foundation for reporting and analytics.

Take a look: https://buff.ly/qlhGWjF