Services

Financial Planning & Analysis

Forecasts, budgets and board reporting built around the decisions you actually need to make — with cash timing visible before it becomes a problem.

Overview

We build the planning and reporting a leadership team needs to run the business: an integrated forecast that shows when cash arrives and leaves, a budget framework that makes drift visible early, and board reporting designed around the decisions on the agenda.

Clients come to us when a business is profitable on paper but tight on cash, when growth has outrun the finance function, or when a board — often with members outside finance — needs reporting it can act on. Multi-entity and multi-currency groups use us to consolidate planning across markets.

Capabilities

Forecasting and scenario modelling
Cash-flow and working capital management
Budgeting and cost control
Management and board reporting
Performance measures and KPIs
Finance function improvement

Who this is for

Boards, CFOs and management teams who need forecasting and reporting they can act on, not reporting they have to interpret.

What you receive

Integrated forecast and cash-flow model with scenario testing
Budget framework and reporting cadence
Board reporting pack with commentary for non-finance readers

How the market is changing

Forecasting tools can now run far more scenarios than spreadsheet models alone, and boards increasingly expect rolling forecasts rather than an annual budget. What the tools do not decide is which scenario is worth planning around, or how to explain it to the people who must act on it.

How to start

A first conversation is confidential and free. If this is the right service for your situation we will scope it in writing before any work begins.

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Common challenges

Problems we're regularly asked to solve, and how

The problem
The business is profitable on paper, but cash is tight in particular months and no one can say why until it is already a problem.
How we address it
We build a cash-flow model with scenario testing that shows the months and causes of tightness before they arrive.
The problem
Reporting is technically accurate but does not answer the question the board is trying to decide.
How we address it
We design the reporting pack around the board's decisions, agreed in advance, with commentary written for non-finance readers.
The problem
Spending has grown with the business but no budget framework holds it to a plan, so drift goes unnoticed until year end.
How we address it
We set a budget framework and reporting cadence that surfaces drift early, on a schedule.

Process

How this engagement unfolds

01
Confidential discussion
We start by understanding the decision in front of you, the constraints around it and what has already been tried — confidential, free of charge, no obligation.
02
Scope in writing
You receive the proposed work, what it will produce, how long it will take and what it costs, before anything begins. The scope sets out which entities, scenarios and reporting measures the work will cover.
03
The work
We build the forecast, cash-flow model and reporting pack, and write the commentary in plain language with the reasoning behind each figure shown.
04
Decisions and follow-through
We run the first reporting cycles with you, adjust the framework as priorities change, and hand over a process your team can run.

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