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Service

Performance & Analytics

Numbers that explain themselves before the board asks.

Give leadership teams better visibility into business performance through structured reporting, financial analysis and actionable performance indicators.

Who it’s for

CFOs and finance teams whose reporting describes results but can't explain them.

$20M–$400M revenue

CFO-led brief

Reporting spread across several systems

Printed performance charts pinned to a wall

Fig. · In practice — Performance & Analytics

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Printed performance charts pinned to a wall

Fig. · In practice — Performance & Analytics

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When to call us

Situations we’re hired for.

If this sounds familiar, it’s this service.

Clients rarely arrive asking for Performance & Analytics. They arrive with one of these.

Situation 01

Reporting can't explain what is happening.

The problem

The monthly pack lists what changed but not why, so every meeting starts by arguing about the numbers.

Why it matters

Decisions slow down or get made on instinct, and forecasts lose the board's trust.

The pack lists variances without causes

Forecasts miss by double digits

Finance rebuilds the numbers each month

Resolved · PRV-007

· 12 weeks

Sample data

Before

71%

+22 pts

After

93%

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What you receive

4 deliverables.

Yours to keep and run.

Everything is built on your data and in your tools, and handed over with its definitions.

01

01

Performance baseline

Where performance stands today, reconciled across your systems.

Where performance stands today, reconciled across your systems.

Baseline report

Delivered week 2

02

02

KPI framework

A KPI tree from the P&L down, with definitions and an owner for every measure.

A KPI tree from the P&L down, with definitions and an owner for every measure.

KPI tree + dictionary

Delivered week 4

03

03

Management reporting

A monthly pack that explains variance instead of listing it.

A monthly pack that explains variance instead of listing it.

Monthly pack template

Delivered week 5

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04

Decision-support dashboard

A dashboard on your existing BI tool, built around the questions the board asks.

A dashboard on your existing BI tool, built around the questions the board asks.

Dashboard on your BI

Delivered week 6

04

Timeline & format

4–6 weeks.

Phase by phase.

The longest typical engagement is shown. Shorter scopes compress the middle phases; the baseline and the measurement never move.

01 ·

Weeks 1–2

Baseline

Reconcile today's numbers across systems and fix the definitions.

02 ·

Weeks 3–4

Design

Build the KPI tree and the driver-based model with your finance team.

03 ·

Weeks 5

Build

Produce the monthly pack and the dashboard on your BI tool.

04 ·

Weeks 6

Handover

Run the first month-end together, then hand over.

01

Team

Partner + 1–2 analysts

02

Cadence

Two working sessions a week

03

On site

1 day a week

04

Your time

Finance team, ~5 hours a week

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Who leads it

Led by Anika.

In every weekly review.

AS

Portrait · 4:5

Anika Shah, Partner, Performance & Analytics

Partner, Performance & Analytics

Anika Shah

Builds the management view finance teams wish they had: one KPI tree, one model, one monthly pack the board actually reads.

Previously

Group FP&A director, PE-backed distributor

Analytics lead, global consultancy

Sectors

Distribution · Software · Healthcare

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Fee & what's included

From $30k.

Fixed fee, agreed in writing.

The fee covers a typical mid-market scope. You receive the exact scope and fee in a written proposal within a week of the first call.

Starting fee · Project-based

$30k

Fixed fee agreed in writing. 50% on signature, 50% after the first month-end run.

Illustrative sample pricing

Starting fee · Project-based

$30k

Fixed fee agreed in writing. 50% on signature, 50% after the first month-end run.

Illustrative sample pricing

Included

Data reconciliation across up to four source systems

Model and dashboard built in tools you already own

First month-end run together

Documentation and handover training

Not included

New BI or ERP licences

Data-engineering work beyond the agreed sources

Ongoing pack production (available as a retainer)

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Questions

About Performance & Analytics.

Before you call.

Specific to this service. Fees, timing and confidentiality are covered in the general FAQ.

01

Do we need a new BI tool?

02

Who maintains the model afterwards?

03

How do you handle messy data?

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Next step

Talk to Anika

about Performance & Analytics.

A 30-minute call with the partner who leads Performance & Analytics. You'll leave knowing whether there's a fit, the likely scope and the fee.

Your request

≤ 1 working day

A partner replies

We’ll respond within one working day.

09

Next step

Talk to Anika

about Performance & Analytics.

A 30-minute call with the partner who leads Performance & Analytics. You'll leave knowing whether there's a fit, the likely scope and the fee.

Your request

≤ 1 working day

A partner replies

We’ll respond within one working day.

09

Next step

Talk to Anika

about Performance & Analytics.

A 30-minute call with the partner who leads Performance & Analytics. You'll leave knowing whether there's a fit, the likely scope and the fee.

Your request

≤ 1 working day

A partner replies

We’ll respond within one working day.

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