Vaughan D Archer is a Senior Director, Analyst in Gartner's Finance Practice. He has over a decade experience working with companies to design and implement strategies to improve their profitability and top line growth. He works with Gartner clients across the entirety of the efficient growth life cycle including, investment evaluation, budgeting, forecasting, cost management and benefits realization tracking. He also helps clients prepare their teams for the future by advising on how identify and develop the skills that impact business performance.
- Top issues he helps clients address:
* Assess unfamiliar growth and productivity investments
* Reduce costs without harming revenue and service delivery
* Assess and implement new budget and forecast models
* Identify and build skills for finance business partnership and advanced analytics
Finance KIs:
- Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting
- Finance Talent
- Cost Optimization
Major projects that Mr. Archer has worked on earlier include:
- Building a strategy for a market research vendor to leverage "big data" to generate automated market research insights
- Developing a go-to-market strategy for a large insurance company targeting Gen-Y consumers
- Identifying drivers of customer churn for a "big 4" Australian bank
- Marketing and selling residential real estate and financial services
Corporate Executive Board, Executive Advisor, Finance & Strategy Practice, 5 years
RACV , Independent Customer Acquisition Consultant , 1 years
Ray White Real Estate and Financial Services, Market Expansion Manager , 2 years
Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting
Finance Talent
Enterprise Growth and Cost
Master of Commerce, Melbourne Business School
Bachelor of Commerce/Laws, Monash University
Growth and Productivity Strategy
Enterprise Cost Optimization
Working Capital
Investment Lifecycle Management
Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting