Unifying a Post-Acquisition Finance Environment on OneStream for Fairstone Bank

Unifying a Post-Acquisition Finance Environment on OneStream for Fairstone Bank

Situation

The acquisition of Home Trust Bank created an immediate and complex integration challenge for Fairstone’s finance organization. The combined entity required a unified EPM solution capable of harmonizing Workday and SAP ERP data across two distinct organizations — each with its own systems, structures, and reporting requirements. EPM processes were fragmented across multiple platforms, including T-Recs, SAP, and offline tools, with consolidations managed in Workday and supplemented by manual intercompany workflows that introduced risk and inefficiency at every step. Beyond the immediate integration need, Fairstone required a scalable, acquisition-ready EPM platform that could grow with the business — one that wouldn’t need to be rebuilt each time the organization expanded

Our Solution

Thought Logic partnered with Fairstone’s business, finance, accounting, and technology teams to implement OneStream as the unified EPM foundation across both organizations. Automated integrations were built from SAP, Workday, and BAI sources for Trial Balance, GL Transactions, and Bank information — replacing the fragmented, manual data flows that had created complexity across the close process. Thought Logic automated intercompany eliminations and created forms to reduce manual efforts outside of OneStream, and unified multiple charts of accounts to support parent company reporting, GAAP, and management reporting. Journal Entry Manager was implemented to automate the generation of reclass entries from OneStream directly to the ERP. The platform was designed with scalability at its core — making the Transaction Matching and Account Reconciliations architecture extensible for future acquisitions and new processes as Fairstone continues to grow.

Stakeholders

Our Clients
  • Finance and accounting leadership and close management teams

  • Business and operations leadership

  • Technology and integrations teams

  • FP&A and enterprise reporting teams

Our Solution Team
  • OneStream implementation and configuration specialists

  • Financial close, consolidation, and reconciliation consultants

  • ERP integration and data automation leads

  • Post-acquisition finance transformation consultants

Achievements

The engagement consolidated Fairstone’s fragmented post-acquisition finance environment into a single, integrated OneStream platform — establishing one trusted source of data and a scalable foundation built to support the organization’s continued growth through acquisition.

Close Consolidation and Reporting
  • Fragmented SAP and Workday consolidation processes replaced with a unified OneStream close and reporting environment

  • Multiple charts of accounts unified to support parent company reporting, GAAP, and management reporting across the combined entity

Reconciliation and Transaction Matching
  • Legacy Transaction Matching and Account Reconciliations solutions replaced with a scalable OneStream architecture designed to accommodate new acquisitions and processes

  • Automated integrations established from SAP, Workday, and BAI sources for Trial Balance, GL Transactions, and Bank informatino

Acquisition Integration
  • Integration and consolidation of Home Trust Bank supported through standardized global charts of accounts, direct ERP connections, and automated reporting

  • Intercompany eliminations automated and manual workflows outside OneStream reduced through purpose-built forms

Journal Entry Automation
  • Journal Entry Manager implemented to automate generation of reclass entries from OneStream to the ERP, reducing manual effort and error risk across accounting operations

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  • This global Fortune 500 consumer packaged goods company was experiencing market share erosion to competitors and struggling with poor visibility into the key performance factors driving their business success.