SommeSi
Pennylane
Premium integrator · since 2021

> Pennylane at SommeSi.

The French accounting and financial management platform for SMEs and mid-caps.

  • > Real-time bookkeeping
  • // Bank reconciliation
  • > VAT filings
  • // Analytical accounting
  • > Expense claims
  • // Cash forecasting
  • > Customer invoicing
  • // Factur-X and e-reporting
  • > Real-time bookkeeping
  • // Bank reconciliation
  • > VAT filings
  • // Analytical accounting
  • > Expense claims
  • // Cash forecasting
  • > Customer invoicing
  • // Factur-X and e-reporting

_What Pennylane does

_What it is actually for

  • 01

    Bookkeeping in real time, fed by your bank flows and your invoices.

  • 02

    Automatic collection of documents, with no emails and no binders.

  • 03

    Profitability and cash tracked as you go.

  • 04

    Shared access between you and your accountant, on the same figures.

_The scope

_Five domains in a single tool

Accounting, invoicing, spend and cash in one place, where most SMEs run four separate tools.

clients
1,500,000+
accountancy firms
6,500+

  • Accounting production

    Invoices imported, statements produced and VAT filed from one interface.

  • Customer invoicing

    Quotes, invoices and reminders, tracked in real time.

  • Purchasing & spend

    Expense claims, Pennylane cards and approval from request to payment.

  • Cash

    Bank accounts aggregated, actuals compared with the forecast.

  • Analytics

    Multi-axis analytics, connected to your dataviz tools.

  • // A single base

    One set of figures for the CFO, the operational teams and the accountant.

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_Why an integrator

_Since 2023, Pennylane has relied on integrators to roll out across SMEs and mid-sized companies

The vendor works through certified partners — so choose one that runs its own accounts on Pennylane.

  1. 2021SommeSi becomes a client — and one of the first integrators.
  2. 2023Pennylane stops selling directly to SMEs and mid-caps.
  3. 2026E-invoicing becomes mandatory: Pennylane is an Approved Platform.
  4. TodayOur invoices, our VAT and our payments go through it every day.
  • Clients since 2021Our own accounts run on Pennylane every day.
  • Former practitionersOur consultants have done our clients’ jobs.
  • Official partnerOfficial partnership and reselling agreements.
  • Training on real casesYour teams are trained on their own files.

_Our rollout

_Premium integrator since 2021

Rolling out Pennylane is a trade in itself: the configuration follows your business, not a generic template.

  1. Scoping your chart of accounts and your analytical axesW1 – W2
  2. Migrating the history from your current toolW2 – W5
  3. Connecting your banks and your business toolsW3 – W6
  4. Configuring the automatic allocation rulesW5 – W8
  5. Training your teams on their real casesW7 – W10
  6. Support over the first months, not only at the switchoverW9 – W12
Indicative plan: from 4 weeks (SME) to 12 weeks (multi-entity).// First close in the tool

_SaaS

_Regulatory changes cost you nothing

You no longer depend on an integrator for each update, nor on drawn-out rollouts and configuration.

50updates a day on average, applied automatically.

Installed softwarePennylane
COVID HR rulesQuote + updateIncluded
Finance actPaid configurationIncluded
E-invoicingDedicated projectIncluded
Cost to you
€0
Action needed
None

_E-invoicing

_Pennylane is a registered Approved Platform

Compliance sits in the tool you already use, not in a project alongside it.

IssuingYour invoiceFactur-X · UBL
PennylaneApproved Platform
Evidential archivingE-reporting
ReceivingYour customer
Tax dataPublic portal

_Our engagements

_Three recent rollouts

What we delivered, and what had to be built around the tool.

All our success stories ›

  • Bagelstein

    • › Pennylane rollout
    • › Middleware connecting to Easilys (business tool)
    • › Invoicing automation

  • Tupperware

    • › Review of flows and processes between logistics and finance
    • › Optimisation of accounting flows

  • ATS Engineering

    • › Furious rollout (management)
    • › Middlewares connecting to Furious and to Lucca (HRIS)

_The experts

_Our Pennylane consultants

More than 15 years in finance and operations, in scale-ups, SMEs and mid-caps.

  • 2021The year we became Pennylane clients.
  • 4–12 wksFrom the process audit to the first close in the tool.
  • 0Data lost in migration: everything is validated before switching.
  • “We stopped discovering our numbers in May. Today I know where I stand when I need to.”
    Élodie Perrin — CFO, LUMEN GROUPE

_Frequently asked

_What we get asked before signing

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