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One real-time view of trade finance, for the people who close the books

opsPhlo connects every contract, shipment and hedge straight through to your ledgers, so finance managers in commodity trade get accurate cashflow, P&L and mark-to-market without rebuilding it in spreadsheets each month.

The finance manager's reality

Month-end should not mean rebuilding the business in Excel

In most trading houses the numbers live everywhere except finance. Positions sit in one spreadsheet, hedges in another, costs in a broker statement and inventory in a warehouse note. By the time it is all reconciled, the picture is already out of date.

opsPhlo removes the gap between the trade desk and the ledger. Contracts, costs, shipments, settlements and hedges all post through to accounting in one system, so your reports reflect what the business actually did, not what someone remembered to copy across.

Finance and trading data unified in one analytics view
Faster close and stronger financial control with opsPhlo
What changes for you

Outcomes finance managers can take to the board

  • Close the month faster, because trade data is already in the ledger rather than waiting for reconciliation.
  • See live cashflow and working capital across deals, so you can fund the next purchase with confidence.
  • Report realised and unrealised P&L and mark-to-market on demand, not after days of manual workings.
  • Consolidate multiple entities and currencies without re-keying or fragile linked workbooks.
  • Give auditors a clean trail: every figure traces back to the contract, shipment or settlement behind it.
  • Cut the spreadsheet risk that hides broken formulas, stale rates and version confusion.
Capabilities that matter to finance

The numbers, controlled end to end

opsPhlo brings CTRM and full ERP accounting into one platform, so finance leads in commodity trade work from a single source of truth across treasury, costing, settlement and reporting.

Real-Time P&L and M2M

Realised and unrealised P&L, mark-to-market and positions update as contracts and prices move, ready when finance needs them.

Cashflow & Treasury

Track working capital, financing lines, FX exposure and settlement timing across deals to keep funding ahead of the trade.

Multi-Entity Accounting

Consolidate entities, currencies and intercompany flows in one ledger, with eliminations handled rather than re-keyed.

Settlement & Invoicing

Generate invoices, match costs and confirm settlements straight from trade and shipment data, with full traceability.

Reporting & Dashboards

Board-ready reports and live dashboards on margin, exposure and cash, exportable to the formats your stakeholders expect.

Controls & Audit Trail

Role-based permissions, approval workflows and a complete audit trail so every number is governed and defensible.

Spreadsheets vs opsPhlo

Where finance loses time today, and where it gets it back

opsPhlo
 
Spreadsheets & disconnected tools
Trade data posts straight to the ledger
Month-End Close
Manual reconciliation across many files
Live, as positions and prices move
P&L and M2M
Rebuilt by hand, already out of date
Visible across deals in real time
Cashflow Visibility
Estimated from snapshots and memory
One ledger, eliminations handled
Multi-Entity Consolidation
Linked workbooks that break silently
Every figure traces to its source
Audit Trail
Hard to evidence, easy to dispute
Governed by roles and approvals
Controls
Open files, no real access control
Built for the way finance adopts software

Start where it hurts most, then extend

01

Start with a quick go-live

Begin with the finance pain that costs you most, such as close or consolidation, then add modules as priorities evolve. Low risk, zero capital outlay.

02

Connect, do not replace overnight

opsPhlo integrates through modern APIs, so it can sit alongside existing systems while you migrate finance processes at a controlled pace.

03

Low total cost of operation

A cloud platform with a Total Cost of Operation less than one-fifth of traditional systems like SAP, so finance gets enterprise control without enterprise spend.

04

One platform across the business

Trading, logistics, inventory and finance share one real-time system, so your numbers and the desk's numbers are finally the same numbers.

I can generate reports at the click of a finger and export any data I want. At any time I know exactly what moved, who authorised it and how it hit the accounts. The system is very user friendly.

Michael O. · Finance & Operations
FAQs

Finance manager questions, answered

Does opsPhlo give a real-time view of P&L and mark-to-market?

Yes. Because contracts, costs and hedges flow into the ledger in one system, opsPhlo reports realised and unrealised P&L, mark-to-market and positions in real time, so finance is not rebuilding them by hand at month-end.

Can it consolidate multiple entities and currencies?

Yes. opsPhlo handles multi-entity and intercompany accounting in a single ledger, with multi-currency support and eliminations, removing the fragile linked spreadsheets most trading groups rely on.

How does opsPhlo support audit and financial controls?

Every figure traces back to the contract, shipment or settlement behind it. Role-based permissions, approval workflows and a complete audit trail mean your reported numbers are governed and defensible.

We run on spreadsheets today. How disruptive is the move?

opsPhlo is modular and designed for a fast go-live. You can start with the single finance process that hurts most, integrate through APIs alongside existing systems, and add functionality over time rather than replacing everything at once.

See your numbers in real time

Book a demo and we will show you a faster close, live cashflow and on-demand P&L on real commodity trade data.