Finance transformation that survives the CFO who commissioned it.
Close-cycle reduction, controls uplift, FP&A rebuild and the long-term pivot from finance-as-scorekeeper to finance-as-partner.
A transformation should outlast its sponsor.
The best finance transformations are boring afterwards - close takes four days, commentary writes itself, and board packs look the same every month. Our programmes optimise for durability, not spectacle.
Before work begins, we clarify the operating context, governance expectations, and commercial pressures behind the brief. That gives the engagement a clear purpose before technical analysis starts.
The result is a more complete advisory view: what matters now, where risk may surface next, and how recommendations can be implemented without creating unnecessary hand-offs or ambiguity.
Scope
Clarify the decision, deadline, stakeholders, and evidence standard before work begins.
Delivery
Combine partner judgement, technical review, and practical implementation planning in one workstream.
Follow-through
Convert findings into owners, actions, and next steps that leadership can track after the session.
Current state
Close calendar, controls map and reporting stack baselined against peer benchmarks.
Future state
Target operating model defined by process, system, data, people and organisation layers.
Change design
Prioritised change plan with quick wins inside 8 weeks and strategic moves sequenced over 6-18 months.
Execution
Delivery pod, joint with client team, running the plan to quantified milestones.
Embed & measure
KPIs tracked to board, hypercare for 180 days, then clean handover.
What 'done' looks like.
We measure transformation success in operating metrics, not in deliverable counts. A closed-out programme produces shorter close cycles, stronger controls reported by IA, and an FP&A team that spends more time on forward analysis than on reconciliation.
- Close cycle from 10+ days to 3-5 days
- IA findings down 50-70%
- FP&A time on analysis up from 30% to 60%
- Board pack stable month-on-month
About finance transformation.
It is a process-led programme that sometimes requires technology change. If it's the other way around, it will fail.
Close cycle over 7 days?
A two-week diagnostic will produce a prioritised close-reduction plan and a committed target date.