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BI ADVISORY · FINANCIAL REPORTING

Turn finance data into consistent, controlled and decision-ready reporting.

Bring actuals, budgets and forecasts into a structured reporting process with consistent mappings, financial statements, variance analysis and reviewable outputs.

For CFOs · Finance Directors · Group Controllers · Financial Reporting and FP&A teams

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What Finance gains

A reporting process designed for speed, control and analysis.

Accelerate reportingReduce repetitive preparation, mapping and report production across recurring cycles.
Improve control & consistencyUse repeatable structures, mappings and reporting rules across periods and entities.
Explain performance fasterCompare Actual, Budget, Forecast and prior periods with structured variance analysis.

The reporting challenge

Your ERP contains the numbers. Reporting can still require too much manual work.

01Actuals, budgets and forecasts are sourced from different systems, files or reporting structures.
02Mappings, adjustments and report structures must be maintained manually from one cycle to the next.
03Finance teams spend time rebuilding statements and checking whether figures are complete and consistent.
04Variance explanations often arrive late because analysis starts only after the reporting pack has been assembled.
Expected outcome

A repeatable reporting process in which source data, mappings, calculations, variances and review outputs remain structured, traceable and ready for Finance validation.

Position in the Finance process

A controlled layer between finance data and management decision-making.

Financial Reporting structures accounting and planning data into financial statements, management views and variance analysis. It complements ERP, consolidation and planning processes without requiring those systems to be replaced.

ERP / source data
Finance mapping
Calculations
Financial reporting
Management review

Where this becomes difficult

The need is strongest when reporting has outgrown spreadsheets but a full EPM project is not justified.

Multiple data sourcesERP exports, planning files and local reporting inputs need to be combined every period.
Recurring manual mappingAccount structures and reporting lines require repeated transformation or maintenance.
Heavy spreadsheet dependencyExcel remains useful, but recurring calculations and controls are spread across multiple files.
Slow analysisFinance spends too much of the cycle preparing figures before it can explain performance.
Keep Excel where it adds flexibility. Move recurring mappings, calculations and controls into a structured workflow where they can be reused and reviewed.

How it works

Four steps from source data to reviewed reporting.

The process starts from existing finance data and reporting structures. Calculations and controls remain rule-based; analysis and narrative can be added where they support Finance review.

1

Load & normalize

Import trial balances, ERP extracts, budgets and forecasts, then standardize the dimensions required for reporting.

2

Map & structure

Apply account mappings, entity structures, reporting lines, periods, scenarios and presentation logic consistently.

3

Calculate & analyse

Build statements and reporting measures, then compare Actual, Budget, Forecast and prior periods to surface meaningful variances.

4

Review & report

Validate controls, document explanations and prepare management views and reporting packs for Finance review and distribution.

Finance deliverable

A reporting pack built from controlled Finance logic.

Financial Reporting Pack

A structured reporting output combining financial statements, performance comparisons and review information using a consistent data and mapping framework.

P&L / Balance Sheet / Cash Flow
Actual vs Budget / Forecast
MTD / YTD / prior-period views
Variance analysis & commentary
Reporting controls & checks
Excel / PDF outputs

What Finance can review

  • Whether data and mappings are complete and consistent.
  • How reported performance compares with plan and prior periods.
  • Which variances require explanation or action.
  • Which figures, comments and outputs have been reviewed before distribution.

Finance control

Data → mapping → calculation → analysis → validation.

Financial calculations, mappings and controls follow defined rules and remain reviewable. AI can assist with anomaly explanation or narrative preparation where appropriate; it does not replace deterministic calculations or Finance sign-off.

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Data
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Mapping
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Calculation
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Analysis
05
Validation

Designed around your existing environment

Improve the reporting process without replacing the finance stack first.

Start from ERP exports, finance files and familiar reporting structures. Keep existing systems and spreadsheets where they remain useful, while bringing recurring mappings, calculations and controls into a more structured process.

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Start with one real reporting period.

Use a completed monthly reporting cycle or anonymized Finance data to assess data preparation, mapping, reporting logic, variance visibility and the usefulness of the resulting output.

Review scope

One period · selected entities · existing exports. The first review remains deliberately bounded: enough to test the reporting workflow without turning the first step into a broader EPM implementation.

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BI ADVISORY · FINANCIAL REPORTING

More structure than spreadsheets. Less complexity than a full EPM project.

BI ADVISORY Financial Reporting structures recurring reporting work around controlled data, mappings, calculations, analysis and Finance review — while preserving the flexibility needed by the reporting team.

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