Pillar · Finance Transformation
Most finance transformation work fails before the software arrives.
The problem is rarely the system: it is the process underneath it, the data feeding it, and the team being asked to run it. This is what twenty years of doing the work has taught me.
Proof
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£125m
Tax burden reduction delivered for a major UK PLC through transfer pricing strategy, across 1,000+ group entities.
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Hundreds of hours
Of monthly finance processing eliminated across four teams through automation, systems integration, and process redesign.
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Two ERPs
NetSuite and Sage implemented in founder-led businesses from selection through staff training. Order processing time reduced 60%. Stock errors down 30%.
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59,000+ entries
Standardised across a government finance team under a new accounting standard, with a 15-step roadmap delivering €356,000 in projected annual savings.
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