Finance Consulting · Govern
We connect strategy to a small set of measures that genuinely reflect progress, each with an owner, a target traceable to the plan, and a review rhythm in which decisions actually get made. Long scorecards dilute attention and let poor performance hide behind good performance elsewhere, so the discipline is to keep the executive set small and the supporting detail beneath it. We also check that incentives reward the behaviour the strategy needs rather than cutting across it. It matters because strategy that is agreed but never measured changes nothing, and because performance reviews that discuss numbers without reaching decisions become a routine everyone quietly learns to treat as theatre.
In short
Business performance management connects strategy to measures, targets, accountability and review, so that performance is managed rather than merely reported. The test of the system is whether reviews end in decisions.
Start a conversationWhat we do
We define a small set of measures that genuinely reflect strategic progress rather than everything that happens to be countable. A handful of well-chosen measures at executive level directs attention far better than a long scorecard. The supporting detail sits beneath them, available when a number needs explaining but not competing for the board's attention.
We set targets that are demanding, achievable and traceable back to the plan they come from. A target with no line to the plan invites gaming or quiet abandonment. Grounding each one in the underlying assumptions makes it both credible and defensible when it is reviewed.
We assign clear owners and run reviews that end in agreed decisions and actions, not just discussion. A review that closes without a decision record and an owner teaches everyone that the meeting does not matter. Holding reviews to that standard is what turns reporting into management.
We check that incentives reward the behaviour the strategy actually needs, and flag where they pull the other way. Incentives that reward volume when the strategy needs margin, or short-term results when it needs investment, quietly undo the plan. Aligning them is often the difference between a strategy that is pursued and one that is merely published.
What you receive
Documented output your teams keep and can act on without us in the room.
When this work helps
How an engagement runs
Understand the decision, the financial context, and how finance currently operates. We establish exactly what question the engagement must answer, so a business-case review and a process redesign are not confused with one another.
Review the case, processes, controls, and reporting against what the organisation needs to rely on. We report where the numbers and processes are dependable and where they rest on assumptions that will not hold under pressure.
Set out the financial approach, process design, control set, and reporting model. Definitions, ownership, and controls are documented so the improvement does not depend on us remaining involved.
Support implementation, then track cost and benefit against what was approved. We measure realised value against the criteria agreed at the outset, so the decision is held to account rather than forgotten.
Where we work
Fidova provides finance consulting from Delhi, India, and works with organisations internationally, including group structures with entities, currencies, and reporting obligations in more than one country.
Engagements run in English, are scheduled around your time zone, and can be delivered remotely end to end, with on-site time planned where a phase genuinely benefits from being in the room.
Related services
Financial advisory provides independent analysis and challenge on the financial decisions that shape the business. It is advisory work: the decision, and the accountability for it, remain with the board.
Corporate finance work addresses capital structure, funding options and the financial architecture of the business. The aim is a structure that can be serviced through a downside, not merely one that looks efficient in the plan.
Financial planning and analysis turns plans into numbers and results into insight leadership can act on. Done well, it is a decision-support function rather than a reporting one.
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