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Enterprise Allocations
Software.

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Unlock automated, audit-ready cost allocations across every ledger, entity, and currency.

Compress close cycles while giving auditors full driver-level visibility.

AUTOMATED ALLOCATIONS ENGINE

Automate

Global
Allocations.

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What is the Allocations Engine?

The Allocations Engine is Virtual Trader’s purpose-built module for orchestrating corporate cost allocations at enterprise scale. It applies driver-based or fixed-percentage rules and automates multi-level journals to your ledgers, wherever they sit.

Service fees, management charges, and corporate cost allocations no longer require bespoke spreadsheets and manual entries.

High-volume jobs run on a scheduler, posting in minutes instead of days while preserving full audit lineage. With feature-rich functionality, every dollar, euro, or yen lands correctly the first time.

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Driver-based and fixed-rate splits

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Multi-entity, multi-level flows

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Audit-ready data and ERP integration

Automate

& streamline.

Remove Close Bottlenecks

Manual spreadsheets and one-off scripts slow the close and expose the risk of material misstatements. When allocations span dozens of entities and thousands of lines, finance teams spend long hours reconciling errors instead of analyzing financial performance. The Allocations Engine automates those high-volume runs, applying rules and posting journals with human intervention only where you need it. Your team gains time back and your close schedule shrinks.

Data Trust

Auditors and controllers demand traceability, but legacy tools offer little beyond a raw journal entry. Enterprise teams quickly outgrow spreadsheets with their poor version control and liability for corruption.

Every allocation generated by the engine is linked to its source data, business rule, and posting reference, then stored in a permanent history table. Built-in trial and preview functions mean entries can be checked and amended, eliminating messy manual back-outs.

Global Scale

Growth brings complexity: multiple ledgers, currencies, and exchange-rate conventions. Virtual Trader’s Allocations Engine converts amounts using corporate and local daily rates and supports a designated common exchange currency. Whether allocating IT chargebacks across U.S., EU, and APAC or distributing shared-service overhead, journals land in the right currency, at the right rate, every time.

Granular capabilities include:

  • Unlimited allocation tiers with cyclic re-allocation protection
  • Percent, quantity, or statistical driver calculations
  • Entity, cost-center, project, and segment targeting
  • Point-and-click scheduling with runtime approvals
  • Customizable dashboards and reports to stay in control
  • Cross-ERP integration and posting
Self-Service Control

Relying on IT for rule changes stalls agility. Finance administrators configure drivers, percentages, and calendar schedules directly in the browser — no backend code, no deployment issues. Role-based security and ERP data validation ensure governance while enabling rapid iteration as business models evolve.

The

Benefits.

Transaction-level benefits of the Allocations Engine

Automated, high-volume allocation runs execute on a scheduler, posting multi-level journals in minutes instead of days. Teams stop firefighting spreadsheets and manual entries, releasing capacity to analyze corporate profitability. The application integrates with your corporate IT landscape to deliver consolidated financials ahead of the corporate close calendar.

Driver-based logic, daily exchange rates, and full-run previews safeguard every journal line. The engine eliminates rounding drift, duplicate postings, and manual formula errors, producing provably correct balances that feed segment profitability, supercharge tax transfer-pricing, and deliver statutory reporting with confidence.

Each allocation carries a rule-level audit trail: source data, business drivers, currency exchange rates, markups, timestamp, and user; all stored indefinitely and accessible in seconds. Built-in reversal and re-posting controls demonstrate completeness, while granular role-based permissions prevent unauthorized edits. Auditors gain transparency; your organization gains trust and smoother sign-off.

“Our global operations mean that our allocation process is complicated by multi-tier, multi-currency entries, and with data from various sources. Virtual Trader allows us to overcome ERP limitations and transact as we need.”

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