Snapdeal Marketplace Reconciliation Using ERP

Finance teams selling on Snapdeal often need to compare marketplace reports with ERP records to understand which orders were billed, settled, reversed, taxed, or left open. Cointab provides a structured reconciliation workflow for this Snapdeal vs ERP review, helping teams match transactions, review exceptions, and export audit-ready reports.

What gets reconciled in this workflow

In this use case, the reconciliation compares your internal records on one side with Snapdeal reports on the other side.

Side A: Your ERP records

Side A typically includes the records your finance team expects to be correct, such as:

• ERP sales exports
• Invoice or ledger data
• Internal order summaries
• Revenue working files
• Receivables or settlement working sheets

Side B: Snapdeal marketplace reports

Side B typically includes Snapdeal-generated reports such as:

• Seller order detail reports
• Sales revenue reports
• PG forward settlement reports
• PG reversal settlement reports
• TCS reports
• Non-order settlement reports

This setup helps finance teams compare order values, settlement values, deductions, reversals, and tax-related fields in a single reconciliation workflow.

How the Snapdeal ERP reconciliation works

Cointab follows a clear reconciliation flow so users can set up the process once and reuse it for future periods.

1. Upload the ERP file and Snapdeal reports, or configure automated data input for recurring runs.
2. Map the required fields such as date, amount, order ID, invoice number, settlement ID, or other identifiers.
3. Upload supporting data where needed, such as product masters, fee files, mapping files, or return data.
4. Create derived columns when a value needs to be cleaned, combined, normalized, or calculated before matching.
5. Run reconciliation manually or on a schedule.
6. Review the structured matching results and exception categories.
7. Download the Excel reconciliation report for review, follow-up, or audit use.

What users review after reconciliation

Once the reconciliation run is complete, finance users can review the report in a structured way.

Fully matched records

These are records where the identifiers and amounts align according to the reconciliation rules.

Partially matched records

These are records where the system finds a likely match, but the amounts do not fully agree. This is useful when the order reference is correct but the settlement value, charges, or deductions differ.

Unmatched records

These are records that appear on one side but not on the other. In a Snapdeal reconciliation, this can help identify missing settlements, missing sales records, or open items that need review.

Skipped records

Skipped records are excluded from reconciliation because of missing data, invalid values, duplicates, or file issues. Showing skipped records helps teams understand what was not processed and why.

Common difference types this use case helps surface

A Snapdeal marketplace reconciliation often needs to flag differences such as:

• Orders recorded in ERP but not found in Snapdeal reports
• Orders found in Snapdeal reports but missing from ERP
• Amounts that are higher or lower in ERP than in Snapdeal
• Settlement differences caused by fees, reversals, deductions, or timing gaps
• Tax-related differences across reports
• Missing or delayed files from the marketplace workflow

These exception views help teams focus on the items that need follow-up instead of checking every row manually.

Why finance teams use Cointab for marketplace reconciliation

Snapdeal reconciliation is often repetitive, especially when the same matching logic is used every month or for every settlement cycle. Cointab helps reduce that repeat work by keeping the reconciliation setup reusable.

Key benefits for finance operations include:

• Less manual Excel work
• Consistent matching rules across runs
• Easier review of exceptions and open items
• Reusable setup for future periods
• Audit-ready Excel exports
• Clear visibility into matched, partially matched, unmatched, and skipped records
• Team-based workspaces with shared reconciliation history

Matching logic for marketplace and ERP data

Marketplace data does not always line up in a simple one-to-one pattern. Cointab supports structured matching for cases such as:

• One-to-one matching
• One-to-many matching
• Many-to-one matching
• Many-to-many matching
• Net-to-net comparisons
• Partial matching
• Contra-style exceptions

This is useful when Snapdeal reports use different identifiers, when amounts need to be grouped, or when settlements are spread across multiple lines.

Supporting data and derived columns

Some marketplace reconciliations need extra data before matching begins. Cointab supports optional supporting data for enrichment and calculations.

Examples include:

• Product master files
• Fee or rate files
• Return reports
• Marketplace mapping files
• GST or tax mapping files
• Customer or vendor master data

Users can also create derived columns using AI-assisted formulas. This is helpful when finance teams want to normalize order IDs, calculate net amounts, or create matching fields without building formulas from scratch.

Handling recurring and delayed files

Marketplace reconciliation often involves late reports or missed files. If a Snapdeal file arrives later, users can upload it under the same reconciliation and refresh the report.

Cointab also supports recurring runs across flexible periods such as:

• Monthly reconciliation
• Quarterly reconciliation
• Yearly reconciliation
• Lifetime or all-time reconciliation
• Custom settlement periods

This makes it easier to keep settlement reviews aligned with the finance close process.

Automated workflows for finance teams

Once the Snapdeal vs ERP reconciliation is configured, teams can automate the workflow using email, SFTP, or API-based data input. They can also automate reconciliation runs and output delivery so the report is ready when the required files arrive.

This is especially useful for teams that want to reduce manual upload work and keep reconciliation outputs available for accounting, finance, BI, or downstream review systems.

Manual review when exceptions need attention

Not every difference can or should be matched automatically. Cointab keeps unresolved items visible and allows manual matching when the finance team has the business context to confirm a match.

This is important for marketplace workflows where:

• A partner file is incomplete
• An identifier is missing or inconsistent
• A refund or reversal explains the difference
• A transaction needs a reviewer-approved exception treatment

The result is a more controlled reconciliation process with reviewable decisions.

Best fit for this use case

This workflow is suitable for finance and marketplace teams that need to compare:

• Snapdeal sales reports with ERP exports
• Marketplace settlements with internal books
• Orders, invoices, and payment records across systems
• Fees, deductions, reversals, and tax-related lines across reporting files

It is especially useful when the same reconciliation needs to be repeated regularly and the team wants a structured report instead of rebuilding Excel logic every period.