MAAS_SYCEBNL

Why MAAS_SYCEBNL

The SYCEBNL — Système Comptable des Entités à But Non Lucratif — governs the accounting of NGOs, foundations and associations in the OHADA zone. It is a demanding framework: dedicated chart of accounts, mandatory statement structure, specific valuation rules, heightened transparency requirements towards donors. Generic accounting tools — designed for commercial companies — do not cover it natively. OHADA non-profit organisations end up copying balances into Excel to produce their statements, manually re-checking equilibria, and reconstructing line-item evidence from scratch at audit time.

MAAS_SYCEBNL addresses this gap. A software installed on the accounting team’s workstation. A trial balance imported, SYCEBNL statements produced in seconds — Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Cash Flow Statement, Notes. With, at every step, automatic controls, an embedded audit module, and full financial analysis.

A solution built for efficiency and compliance

Statement production is instantaneous on trial-balance import. No manual entry. Transformation algorithms strictly preserve the structure imposed by SYCEBNL — no drift on account allocation, no slippage on note headings.

Controls embedded at import

As soon as a balance is loaded, MAAS_SYCEBNL automatically runs a series of internal controls to guarantee data reliability and consistency:

• SYCEBNL chart-of-accounts compliance — each account checked against the framework
• Trial-balance equilibrium — debit / credit, automatic check
• Statement equilibrium — assets = liabilities, charges + result = revenues
• Prior-year reconciliation — consistency with previous period
• Notes consistency — each note references amounts present in the statements

Automated audit and cash flow statement

The advanced audit module covers:

• Audit of balances and movements — detection of abnormal accounts, atypical movements, balances inconsistent with account nature
• Tax audit — automatic detection of inconsistencies between accounting and tax data (VAT, withholding tax, tax charges)
• Cash flow statement control — validation of operating, investing and financing flows, reconciliation with balance-sheet variations

Comprehensive financial analysis

Quantitative

• Ratios of profitability, solvency, liquidity, leverage
• Margin analysis, working capital requirement
• N / N-1 / N-2 comparisons

Qualitative

• Auto-generated narrative reports explaining trends
• Clear visualisations of major balance sheet and income statement aggregates
• Financial structure assessment, 3 to 5 year forecasts

Automatic line-item justification

For each line of the financial statements, MAAS_SYCEBNL:

• Automatically identifies all accounts contributing to the line
• Generates a justification that is clear, traceable, exportable in the format required by auditors or donors
• Streamlines internal and external audits through full transparency of source data

For whom

• NGOs operating across one or several OHADA countries
• Foundations subject to SYCEBNL
• Associations required to produce SYCEBNL statements
• Audit firms working on the OHADA non-profit sector

Status & licensing

MAAS_SYCEBNL is live. Deployed across NGOs, foundations and associations in the OHADA zone, and at audit firms specialised in the non-profit sector.

Software installed on workstation, per-user or per-site licence. Updates included for SYCEBNL framework changes.

To evaluate MAAS_SYCEBNL in your context: 45-minute video briefing, test import on a real balance, hands-on onboarding with our team.