Reporting built on unreliable data
Definitions differ between systems and entities, so every management report begins with a debate about which number is correct.
Nordic finance & data consulting
NDC Group Partnership: Finance and Data Delivered Together
Through our partnership with NDC Group we combine senior finance operating leadership with deep data and analytics engineering — one team for large-scale finance and data programmes.
Overview
Our role in the partnership
Most finance transformations stall at the same point: the target operating model is clear, but the underlying data is not fit to support it. Finance consultants stop at the requirement; data consultants build without finance context.
Next Level Finance leads the finance agenda — operating model, process design, controls and change — while NDC Group brings the data platform and analytics engineering capability. Clients get one accountable delivery, not two workstreams negotiating across a gap.
Client challenges
The challenges we typically meet
Analytics without finance ownership
Dashboards are built quickly and abandoned just as quickly because they do not reflect how finance actually steers the business.
Manual data preparation in the close
Controllers spend the first days of every month extracting, cleaning and joining data before any analysis can begin.
Scale that outgrows the current setup
Acquisitions, new entities and new reporting requirements arrive faster than the existing data landscape can absorb them.
Business value
The business value of joint delivery
- A shared definition layer that finance, operations and management all trust
- Automated data flows that remove manual preparation from the close
- Analytics designed around real decisions, owned by finance
- Scalable architecture that absorbs new entities and requirements
- One accountable team across finance design and data engineering
- Faster insight-to-action, with less effort spent compiling
Our services
What we deliver together
Finance data assessment
A structured review of data sources, definitions, quality and ownership, translated into a prioritised action plan.
Target operating and data model
Finance operating model and data architecture designed as one, so process, controls and reporting rest on the same foundation.
Data platform delivery
Pipelines, models and governance implemented by NDC Group's engineers to the specification finance actually needs.
Reporting and analytics
Management reporting, driver-based analysis and self-service analytics built on the governed data layer.
Automation of manual work
Recurring extraction, reconciliation and preparation tasks automated so controllers work on the exception, not the assembly.
Change and enablement
Adoption, training and role redesign so the new capability changes how decisions are made, not just how data is stored.
Implementation process
A typical programme
01
Diagnose
Finance processes, decision needs and the current data landscape assessed in one combined review.
02
Design
Target operating model, definitions and data architecture agreed across finance, IT and the business.
03
Deliver
Iterative build of data flows, reporting and process changes, released in usable increments.
04
Embed
Ownership, governance and enablement handed to your organisation with support through the first cycles.
Why us
Why clients choose this partnership
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- Finance leadership and data engineering under one delivery model
- Senior operators who have run finance functions, paired with specialist analytics capability
- Requirements written by people who will also live with the result
- Scales from a focused reporting fix to a multi-entity finance and data programme
- Clear accountability: no gap between the finance design and what gets built
Let's discuss what NDC Group could do for your finance function.
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