Strategic Advisory Services

"The key is not just to solve the problem at hand, but to anticipate the next challenge."

Crafting your success story

While we are extremely proud of our accomplishments and experitse in technical implementation of EPM and BI solutions, we aim to position ourselves as more than simply an implementation partner. We strive to have our clients view us as a long-term advisory partner, whose shoulder can be tapped to offer guidance in the functional and strategic aspects of the finance organization in addition to the technical.

Business Process & Methodology Evaluation

Our experience building technical solutions across a variety of industries has exposed our team to the benefits and drawbacks of different methodologies related to budgeting/forecasting, cost allocation, and profitability analysis. We've seen the best and worst of it, and that experience has given us a keen sense of how to best achieve the desired transparency, accuracy, and granularity of results without introducing performance risk or unnecessary cost.

Here are some examples of the trade-offs and questions you should be asking yourself when evaluating your FP&A process methodologies. Partner with Parkview and together we can take the right approach to get the right answers.

• Identifying the point at which execution effort outweighs the benefits. Is it worth the extra time and expense to be 2% more accurate?
• Identifying the necessary frequency and level of detail. Do you need monthly or quarterly forecasts? Would you like to analyze product-level profitability?
• Uncovering hidden downstream impacts. What is the labor impact of implementing an automated driver-based forecast? Should you consider the data storage impact of analyzing customer-level profitability?

Cloud Strategy

Are you looking to reduce your overhead and infrastructure costs by moving your on-premises Oracle EPM or business intelligence solution to the cloud, and unsure how to approach that process? Ready to upgrade your legacy software or spreadsheet process to a modern cloud-based solution? If so, you may need the help of a partner that's been throguh the process before and can help you to roadmap the process and identify challenges before they arise.

Parkview's team has extensive experience with both on-premises and cloud EPM and BI solutions, including helping clients make the leap to the cloud. We can help you to ask and answer the important questions.

• What is the right cloud software subscription that offers access to the right features without over-paying for unnecessary services?
• How can we perform a cost/benefit analysis to identify the savings from sunsetting on-premises infrastructure compared to the cost of new cloud-based services?
• How can we minimize the impact to on-going business deliverables while making the migration to the cloud?

Finance Modernization

There comes a time when an organization is ready to transform the finance organization from a cost center to a value-driving capability for the broader business. In order realize your potential and extract valuable insights from your financial data, it's important to first develop a strategy that outlines how you plan to take advantage of modern technologies in the market.

Parkview Analytics can guide you through that journey, from defining KPIs and long-term goals through ERP/EPM software selection to understanding how those technologies operate and integrate. We want our clients to have confidence in the investments they make in their finance organization, knowing they will add long-term value and ultimately reduce operating costs.