Driving Performance for Private Equity Firms 6
3 New Approaches to A aining Deeper Financial Analytical Insight
If the old ways are now less effective, then what ideas and technologies are replacing them? Industry
leading finance teams are using the following three approaches for achieving a timelier, higher quality
analysis and reporting paradigm�
In the sections that follow, we will briefly explore each of these three approaches more.
Seeking to achieve a faster
close by redefining the
reporting cycles using
weekly, daily, and real-time
reporting targets�
Focusing on developing
flexible and repeatable ad
hoc reports, which update
automatically and are available
on-demand to users�
Designing and deploying
interactive executive
dashboards of key
performance indicators (KPI)
to monitor the status of the
organization throughout
the period�
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