The business intelligence solutions have passed a long time ago the infancy level. A quick internet search will show that the so called “business data transformation software – from raw numbers in executive intelligence info” easily generates more than 8 million hits. The sub-it field has grown from the smallest (yet somehow brightest) child into the high-end conductor of all […]
Category: Simplicient Controlling – advanced financial management
Simplicient Controlling 10 – Defining Digitalisation (Light-Hearted)
Digitalisation – a persistent, recurring and turning inside-out demand from most of our customers. Not to be confounded with the bold strategy power-points used in various Game of Boardrooms episodes. Digitalisation can lead to various results:– blitzscaling your customer base with & increased production demands from your assets;– unexpected rapid restructuring of a company’s operations;
Simplicient Controlling 9 – Financial vs. Operational KPIs – A Case for Merging Them
This Simplicient Controlling blog will focus on the merger of the financial and operational KPI performance measurement. More exactly, on the pro’s and con’s of mixing the financial and non-financial indicators. In most companies’ practice, the various KPIs are often disconnected: whilst the Profit and Loss KPIs are firmly grounded in the financial department, the operational KPIs are often left […]
Simplicient Controlling 8 – Number-Cruncher or Sparring Partner?
Controllers are number crunchers – aren‘t they? A controller is the person who comes to you with a long table, filled with numbers, and uses a red pen to highlight differences. Unfortunately, not anymore. Business or sparring partner (a term used often in recruiting finance managers) means more than that. To be brutally honest, C-level managers rarely care how much […]
Simplicient Controlling 7 – The CFO Profile to Fall in Love With
Back in September 2014, doitinvest.com published a researched white paper on the perfect profile of a Chief Financial Officer (in Central & Eastern Europe). It was quite well received, so I decided to revisit the topic today in this blog post, with more general notes. After browsing several articles (see bottom for sources) on the CFO job profiles, I found […]
Simplicient Controlling 6 – Financial Performance Clearly Presented
How to clearly present your company’s financial performance? I am pretty sure that this question creates a lot of frustrations and discussions for various controllers, thus this short blog will offer a quick guidance on the practicalities. One of the typical controller’s tasks is to present to management the organization’s performance (financial and business wise). How does the finance manager […]
Simplicient Controlling 5 – Why Is Sales Analysis so Difficult?
Systemic sales analysis requires many skills: financial extrapolation know-how, business sector knowledge etc. A controller without time series regression analysis is regarded nowadays by CFOs with a bit of an eye brow raised – even if the CFOs themselves are not very comfortable with the topic. A recent sales analyst job description lists several eliminating requirements: – advanced MS Excel […]