Compare your spending and staffing plans to peers to drive finance function performance, justify finance and technology investments, and support cost optimization discussions.
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Finance Budget & Efficiency Benchmark
How the Finance Budget and Efficiency Benchmark supports finance leaders:
Benchmark finance spend and staffing
- Establish a baseline of total finance spend and staff
- Determine finance spend as a percent of revenue
- Compare spend to industry peers
- Inform and validate budgeting decisions
- Refine finance transformation strategy
Identify areas for cost optimization and investment
- Assess which finance processes are over- or under-invested
- Benchmark organizational investments relative to peers'
- Justify finance technology investments
- Compare spend in IT, HR, marketing, and legal functions
Influence spend and staffing decisions
- Drive informed resource discussions with IT, HR, marketing, and legal functions
- Communicate performance to senior management and the board
- Adjust peer comparison groups to access the most relevant metris and dashboards to influence decision-making
Compare key business metrics and allocate resources effectively
Identify opportunities to reduce costs and improve operational efficiency
Build business cases for new investments or defend existing investments
Ensure successful long-term functional and organizational strategic planning
Increase productivity and finance transformation success
What you get:
Interactive platform
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Expert guidance
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Instant reporting
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Ongoing access
As the benchmarks are updated and new content is added, your data will remain secure in the platform for future use and new comparisons.
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