Services

We build the finance reporting you'll actually use.

From a single P&L pack to a full multi-entity reporting layer. Every project scoped, designed and delivered by consultants who understand finance.

What we do

Four common shapes.

Each is a starting point, not a menu — real projects almost always combine elements.

Finance reporting from the ground up.

For finance teams new to Power BI, or moving off Excel. We build the full reporting layer.

Upgrading existing reporting.

For reports built by generalists. We review, rebuild gaps, keep what works.

Specific report builds.

P&L packs, AR dashboards, cash flow forecasts, consolidations.

Advisory and design review.

Lighter touch. A finance specialist's second opinion on what you have.

What a typical project looks like

A single-company Sage 50 finance reporting build.

A common shape of engagement, priced to give you a real sense of scale.

The situation before we start.

A UK services company running Sage 50, with:

Common challenges in this situation include:

Monthly report production and distribution

Presentation and understanding

What we deliver in Phase 1.

In a situation like this, we like to deliver in phases. Firstly, so the client can receive early benefits. Secondly, because if the client is just starting to implement Power BI, the first phase is often very clear — but subsequent phases benefit from the client using the system for a while.

We aim to have a first working, automated solution operating within a month of kick-off and data access. It's typical to allow another elapsed month for users to adjust and for minor changes to the reports.

Phase 1 is typically scoped for the finance team and — often — the CEO. Especially if it's the first time you've used Power BI for finance reporting, this is the group who need visibility first. Wider budget-holder access, board views, and role-dependent security tend to arrive in Phase 2.

A 16-page automated finance report

Plus drill-throughs. Intuitive chart-of-accounts builder. Refreshing many times a day. Covering:

  • Income statement with variance analysis against budget and prior year, drillable to nominal and transaction
  • Budget revision framework — the client can add further budgets, reforecasts and scenarios to the report themselves
  • Actuals plus remainder as budget or forecast
  • Sales analysis
  • Expense analysis
  • Balance sheet with movements, averages, maxima and minima, and drill-through
  • Working capital analysis
  • Trial balance
  • Direct-method cash flow report with transaction-level drill-through
  • Account mapping analysis by chart

A 6-page automated accounts receivable report

Plus drill-through. Refreshing multiple times per day. Covering:

  • Company overview of receivables position, underlying trends and estimated cash collection for the current month
  • Automatic assignment of clients into collections groups based on their debt profile
  • Aged debtor listing and filtering
  • Customer drill-through to full transactional summary and history
  • Unallocated customer credits and receipts
  • Customers over their credit limits
  • Customers with credit balances

Twelve months of self-service tuition

Access for one user to over 30 hours of tuition on how to construct a 3-way finance report in Power BI. A CPD certificate on completion. The course doesn't describe your bespoke report line-by-line, but by the end of it, your team member will understand the principles behind the report we've built and be able to tackle their own maintenance and enhancements.

Delivered and connected

Reports branded to the client. Automated Sage 50 connections. Finance report and AR report combined in a single Power BI App, with separate audience configuration for the two reports within one app. Data model built, reports designed and built, rollout with finance and budget-holders, training documented.

Three-month warranty

Every project carries a three-month warranty from delivery. Errors and omissions are corrected at our cost. We stand behind the work.

Price and timeline

Fixed price

£3,900

Everything in Phase 1, delivered.

Timeline

4 weeks to initial delivery

6-8 weeks to finalisation. From kick-off and data access.

Where projects often go next

Common Phase 2 extensions.

Once the core reporting is live and being used, common additions we're asked to build include:

Your project won't be exactly this.

Multi-entity groups, other accounting systems — Xero, Sage 200, Business Central, Odoo — different reporting scope. All common variations.

Larger multi-entity implementations sit further up the range. The scoping call is where we work out where yours fits.

Book a scoping call

Process

Five stages, from scope to embed.

1

Scoping — 30 minutes

A call to understand your accounting system, reporting needs, and business context. We come back with a fixed-price quote and timeline.

2

Discovery — 1 to 2 sessions

A deeper session with your finance team to walk through your chart of accounts, budgets, existing reports, and how you want the new reporting to work.

3

Build — typically 4 weeks

We design, model and build the reports. You see progress at agreed checkpoints.

4

Rollout — 1 week

We deploy the reports to your finance team, budget-holders, and executives. Training documented.

5

Embed — 2 to 4 weeks

We stay close for a defined period after go-live to make sure the reports get used properly.

Coverage

The accounting systems and sectors we know.

Accounting systems

Sage 50, Sage 200, Xero, Business Central, Odoo — and others.

Sectors

Manufacturing, hospitality, construction, food production, retail, housing, charities, care homes, architecture, interior design — and football clubs.

After we build it

You pay for support you use, not a retainer.

Once your reporting is live, all we need on your side is standard Microsoft licences. There's no monthly Accounting Insights retainer, no minimum spend commitment. You pay for support only when you need it — a change, an issue, a new report added.

We work this way because we're confident in what we've built. Well-designed Power BI finance reporting shouldn't require ongoing intervention to keep working. When you do need us, we're there. When you don't, we're not billing.

Post-paid

£100 / hour

Billed monthly in arrears.

Pre-paid

£60 / hour

40% saving. Bought as a bundle in advance.

Ready to scope your project?

A free 30-minute scoping call. We'll walk through your accounting system, your reporting needs, and come back with a fixed-price quote shaped to your situation.

Book a scoping call