Have you heard the one about the CFO who would spend a week manually sifting through spreadsheets to complete monthly board reporting? Or the CTO, who was required to provide key internal stakeholders with daily data feeds, but barely managed to keep everything operating because they were relying on outdated processes and systems established [...]
As a result of the onboarding of new clients and projects we are very pleased to announce the continued expansion of the ITeM Group team. Welcome to Sachintha Polwatta who has joined us as a Junior Data Analyst, working closely with Matthew Brown and Steven Galea to continue the growth in our Power BI and [...]
It was exciting to see one of our long-term clients, Carpet Court featured in the September issue of Business Franchise Magazine. We have worked closely with CFO Mark Hogan and the Head Office team to create a self-serve online Finance Portal for franchisees. The portal brings operational and financial data into one place, giving Carpet [...]
Effectively and securely managing data is one of the greatest challenges for any company. Multiple sources of truth, lack of integration between different sources and even data theft being some of the main issues. These problems can be quite common and even large, multinational companies are not immune from them. Over the years we were [...]
The grass is certainly always greener on the other side, particularly if you ask a software sales representative. They will tell you that their new piece of kit will solve all your current problems, along with several others you didn’t even know you had. What they won’t tell you about is the effort it [...]
With January already gone – let’s NOT do what we did last year. It's easy to start the year in a positive frame of mind, and then fall into old bad habits you swore you would do something about. Here are a few ways you can keep the new year promises you made to yourself. Take [...]
Your Financial data Data holds the key to important business insights, but it can also be the biggest barrier to getting answers. Finance teams and professionals are facing an increase in the volume of data available and the number of systems used to access this data. Gathering, preparing and validating data to provide accurate and reliable [...]
The needs of a complex organisation with multiple business units, divisions and locations differ significantly from those of a small or medium enterprise (SME). A dynamic and expanding business has more complicated and nuanced business rules and reporting requirements. But most businesses start small, or single-faceted, and grow. Sometimes that growth comes rapidly. And what [...]
Whether it’s using the wrong tools or “solutions” that solve nothing, we’ve heard some horror stories of financial reporting systems getting out of control. Some themes crop up repeatedly. If the following four common mistakes sound familiar, it might be time to re-assess your company’s business intelligence (BI). 1. Relying on Excel… For everything We [...]
It’s the ubiquitous spreadsheet program, installed on billions of computers worldwide. Almost anything that can be performed with numbers can be done using it; and everyone in your business can open and interpret a spreadsheet. You have to question whether it is the best tool for the job, however, when a CFO is using the [...]