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MAAS_SYCEBNL SYCEBNL financial statements software for NGOs and associations

Desktop software · Automatic SYCEBNL statements

Desktop software installed on workstation for the production, control, audit and analysis of financial statements under the SYCEBNL framework. From trial balance to audit report: automatic statement generation, controls embedded at import, tax and cash-flow audit, quantitative and qualitative financial analysis. Designed for the OHADA non-profit sector.

One trial balance imported. SYCEBNL statements produced, controlled and audited in seconds.

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Statement generation

5

Automated controls

100%

Line-item traceability

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Key features

  • Automatic SYCEBNL statement generation in seconds
  • 5 import-time controls (compliance, equilibrium, prior-year, notes)
  • Tax audit and cash flow statement control
  • Quantitative & qualitative analysis + line-item traceability

Accounting to the people who fund you

SYCEBNL - the accounting framework for not-for-profit entities - governs the books of NGOs, foundations and associations across the OHADA region. It is a demanding standard, and its difficulty is not only technical: a not-for-profit organisation does not only account to the administration, it accounts to its funders. A funding audit is not satisfied by balanced statements; it asks, line by line, which accounts produced which amount.

General-purpose accounting tools, designed for commercial companies, do not cover this framework natively. Organisations end up copying their trial balances into spreadsheets, re-checking equilibria by hand, and reconstructing substantiation during the audit itself - at the worst possible moment, under the funder’s calendar pressure.

MAAS_SYCEBNL removes that rework. The software installs on the accounting department’s workstation; an imported trial balance produces statements in the required structure within seconds, controlled, audited, and accompanied by the substantiation of every line. It is the same audit-trail principle we apply on our IT audit engagements: a figure without its production path is not auditable.

How it works

From trial balance to funder file

  1. 01

    Trial balance import

    No re-keying. The transformation strictly follows the structure imposed by SYCEBNL, including the note headings specific to not-for-profit entities.

  2. 02

    Automatic controls

    Checks run on loading: an out-of-standard account or a carry-forward inconsistent with the previous year is flagged before any statement is produced.

  3. 03

    SYCEBNL statements produced

    Balance sheet, income statement, cash-flow statement and notes, generated within seconds in the required structure.

  4. 04

    Automated audit

    Detection of abnormal accounts and atypical movements, tax audit cross-checking accounting and filing obligations, validation of operating, investing and financing flows.

  5. 05

    Line-by-line substantiation

    Every heading exposes the accounts behind it, with an exportable justification - exactly what auditors and funders ask for.

Controls

Checked on import

SYCEBNL chart compliance

Every account is checked against the not-for-profit entity framework.

Trial balance equilibrium

Automatic debit and credit control on loading.

Statement equilibrium

Assets equal liabilities; expenses plus result equal income.

N-1 / N carry-forwards

Consistency verified against the previous year's balances.

Notes consistency

Every note must reference amounts actually present in the statements.

Commitment

An NGO does not lose funding over the quality of its work. It loses it over an incomplete substantiation file.
That is why traceability sits at the centre of the product: every statement line is tied to the accounts behind it, and the justification exports in the format auditors and funders expect.

Getting started

How to get started

  1. 1

    Video presentation

    45 minutes - we only run demonstrations on request.

  2. 2

    Test import

    On a real trial balance from your organisation.

  3. 3

    Guided onboarding

    By our team, through to your first close.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is SYCEBNL mandatory for our organisation?

The SYCEBNL Uniform Act was adopted in December 2022 and has applied to not-for-profit entities across the 17 OHADA states since 1 January 2024. Associations, foundations, NGOs and funded projects fall within its scope. The question is no longer whether to move, but with which tool.

We already use MAASPRO X3. Is that enough?

No. SYCEBNL is not a variant of SYSCOHADA Revised: the required statements differ, starting with the statement of uses and resources, which has no equivalent in the corporate framework. Two frameworks, two products.

Are the statements suitable for a donor report?

That is exactly what the software was written for. A funder does not just ask for a balance; it asks where the balance came from. Every line traces back to the accounts behind it, so a request for justification can be answered without rebuilding the file.

What if our trial balance comes from a non-compliant system?

Checks run at import and flag out-of-scope accounts before any statement is produced. That is the cheapest possible moment to discover a chart-of-accounts problem — well before an auditor or a funder finds it for you.

Do we have to migrate our accounting system?

No. You keep your bookkeeping tool; MAAS_SYCEBNL takes the closing trial balance. An NGO mid-year should not have to change accounting systems to become compliant.

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