Le Centurion
A unified multi-company accounting system connecting 27 legal entities in Odoo
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Le Centurion is a French family-owned group specializing in cheese, bringing together several companies and brands across production, processing, distribution, and retail. From traditional cheese-making to tailor-made processing and packaging, the group serves food service, industry and retail markets in France and internationally.
With 27 legal entities operating through different activities and previously relying on several accounting and operational systems, managing financial information at group level had become increasingly complex.
Challenge
Build a common financial framework without losing the specific requirements of each company.
4 Key objectives to reach
- Harmonize accounting practices across 27 legal entities previously managed through different accounting systems.
- Connect Odoo with the group's existing sales, purchasing, invoicing and operational software.
- Give finance teams and approvers a consistent way to process, validate and monitor financial documents.
- Improve group-level financial visibility through standardized reporting, intercompany operations and consolidation.
Solutions
The project focused first on the group's financial operations, with Odoo becoming the common accounting backbone for its different entities. The challenge was not simply to deploy accounting: it was to connect the systems already used by the group and create consistent processes across companies with different activities.
1A unified accounting structure across 27 companies
Accounting became the central component of the Odoo environment, providing a common framework for the group's different legal entities. Purchase and sales flows were connected to the accounting processes, while each company retained the information and configuration required for its own operations.
2Connected purchasing, sales and accounting flows
Odoo was integrated with the systems already used by the different companies instead of forcing every operational process into a single tool. Supplier documents, customer invoices and financial data are exchanged automatically, reducing manual transfers and ensuring accounting teams receive the information they need in Odoo.
3A controlled approval process for financial documents
With around 30 internal users and 92 portal users, invoice approval required a workflow that could accommodate different entities, roles and access rights. Eezee adapted the Odoo environment to give external approvers access to the documents relevant to them, while keeping company-level visibility under control.
Result
One financial backbone
& greater visibility
across the group
A common financial framework for a complex group
Before Odoo, accounting information was spread across different systems used by the group's 27 companies. The project created a common financial environment, while preserving the operational tools already used by each entity.
Financial data now flows into Odoo through connected systems, giving accounting teams a more consistent way to process transactions, monitor operations and consolidate information across the group.
- One accounting environment covering 27 legal entities
- Automated exchange of financial data with existing operational systems
- Better control over invoice approval across companies and user profiles
- Standardized financial information supporting group-level reporting and consolidation
A multi-company accounting architecture built for group operations
Managing accounting for 27 legal entities requires more than simply activating multiple companies in an ERP. The Odoo environment was structured to reflect the group's organization, with company-specific configurations while maintaining a common financial framework across the group.
- Accounting operations are managed within a shared Odoo environment covering the group's 27 legal entities.
- Company-specific access rights ensure users only interact with the entities relevant to their role.
- Consolidation processes bring financial information together at group level.
- The accounting structure supports standardized analysis and reporting across the different companies.
Automated connections between Odoo and existing systems
The group already relied on several operational tools, making integration a key part of the project. Rather than replacing every existing system, Eezee connected these tools to Odoo so that the relevant financial information could move automatically between environments.
- Sales invoices generated in Olympe are automatically transferred to Odoo for accounting processing and analysis.
- Purchase information from Corim is synchronized with Odoo, including purchase documents required by the accounting teams.
- Bank statements from an external banking aggregation solution are imported into Odoo, covering the group's large number of bank accounts.
- FileSync and SFTP flows automate the exchange of files between Odoo and external systems, reducing manual imports.
An approval portal adapted to a multi-company organization
The standard approval workflow did not fully match the group's organization. A dedicated portal experience was therefore developed to allow external approvers to validate supplier invoices while controlling which companies and documents each user could access.
- 92 portal users can access the invoice approval environment without being internal Odoo users.
- Approval groups determine which documents are assigned to each approver.
- Access rights restrict invoice visibility according to the companies authorized for each user.
- Filters and grouping options make it easier for approvers to navigate and process invoices efficiently.
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