Strategic Expertise

Advisory

Strategic counsel for finance leaders navigating transformation. Technology selection, roadmap design, and change management — informed by 14 years in the field.

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Strategic Guidance

Clarity Before Commitment

Before you sign that vendor contract or kick off a multi-year programme, you need independent perspective. Someone who's seen what works and what fails across dozens of transformations — not a vendor selling software, and not a consultancy whose only skill is implementing the one platform they resell.

Our advisory practice helps CFOs and finance leaders make better decisions — faster. We bring pattern recognition, an honest view of vendor claims versus reality, and the strategic frameworks to align technology with business outcomes.

We tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear.

"The most expensive mistake in EPM isn't picking the wrong tool. It's starting without a clear vision of what success looks like."

— Alexandre Sarte
Experience
14
Years in EPM
3
Countries
50+
Transformations
1
Mission: your success
Expertise

How We Help

EPM Strategy & Roadmapping

Define your target operating model for planning, consolidation, and reporting. Build a multi-year roadmap that aligns technology investments with business priorities.

  • → Current-state assessment
  • → Future-state vision
  • → Phased roadmap with quick wins

Technology Selection

Vendor-neutral guidance on platform choices. CCH Tagetik, OneStream, Anaplan, SAP Analytics Cloud, Workday Adaptive — we know the strengths and limitations of each.

  • → Requirements definition
  • → RFP management
  • → Vendor evaluation & scoring

Business Case Development

Build the case that gets board approval. We help you quantify benefits, model TCO, and articulate the strategic rationale in language executives understand.

  • → Cost-benefit analysis
  • → Risk assessment
  • → Executive presentation

Programme Governance

Keep transformations on track. We provide independent oversight, quality gates, and steering committee support to ensure your programme delivers value.

  • → Independent PMO
  • → Vendor management
  • → Escalation support

AI Agents in Finance NEW

We deploy intelligent AI agents purpose-built for finance tasks — hosted securely in your own cloud environment (GCP, Azure, AWS). From automated reporting and dashboard generation to spreadsheet processing and data reconciliation, these agents work around the clock on the repetitive tasks your team shouldn't be doing manually.

  • → Automated report generation & distribution
  • → Spreadsheet processing & data transformation
  • → Dashboard building & maintenance
  • → Data quality monitoring & alerting
  • → Custom agents for repetitive finance workflows
What agents can do
Process Excel & CSV files
Clean, transform, validate, and merge spreadsheet data automatically.
Build live dashboards
Generate visual reports from your data sources on schedule.
Monitor & alert
Watch for anomalies, threshold breaches, and data quality issues 24/7.
Automate recurring tasks
Month-end close tasks, reconciliation, variance analysis — on autopilot.
Timing

When to Engage Advisory

Starting a Journey

Before you commit to a direction, get clarity on where you're headed and why.

Evaluating Options

Vendor selection, build-vs-buy, cloud-vs-on-prem — we cut through the noise.

Stuck Mid-Programme

Transformation stalled? We diagnose root causes and chart a path forward.

Validating Direction

Second opinion before a major decision? We provide honest, independent review.

Format

How We Engage

Advisory engagements are tailored to your needs. Some clients need a single workshop to align their leadership team. Others want ongoing strategic counsel as a transformation unfolds.

Executive Workshop
Focused session to align leadership on strategy and priorities.
Strategic Sprint
Deep-dive assessment with roadmap and recommendations.
Recurring Counsel
Ongoing strategic support throughout your transformation.
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No sales pitch. Just a candid discussion about your challenges and whether we can help.

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