Cross border finance doesn't have to be a minefield

Your Spanish sub just triggered a fine… and now it’s sitting in your UK risk register. It’s easy for the group CFO to get blindsided by a regional fine…

One of the biggest misconceptions in cross-border finance is thinking local compliance issues stay local.

They don’t.

When a Spanish subsidiary misses a statutory deadline, misfiles VAT, or mishandles a director appointment, the consequences echo all the way up to group level.

- It impacts your group audit.

- It risks your consolidation timeline.

- It raises questions at board level about operational oversight.

Local errors aren’t just local, they’re reputational.

Here’s my tip: remember that central control is not the same as central visibility. 

The smartest CFOs put local compliance under the same lens as treasury and risk.

If you’re expanding into Spain, or you already have operations here, let’s make sure there are no surprises hiding in the back office.

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