Management of complex finance and transformation programs
The data is available. The systems are live. Reports are running. And yet the steering committee isn’t making any decisions, the forecast changes every week with no apparent logic, and Finance provides the numbers—but no accountability.
The problem is rarely the system itself. It’s the lack of coordination between finance, project controlling, the PMO, and management.
Three areas where this very logic comes into play—and where I have been working for over 20 years:
Steering Committees that provide guidance
Why steering committees in transformation programs often merely provide information rather than making decisions—and how that is changing. Decision-making architecture, template logic, and clarity about what really needs to be on the table.
Managing Project-Based Business
Earned value, forecast discipline, program portfolios. How project-based business models can be managed financially—through master data and transaction data, KPI logic, and consistent valuation rules between project and finance.
Finance Transformation
SAP S/4HANA, FiCo, SAC — the technical side is only half the story. The other half is governance: Who decides what, based on what data, and using what KPI logic. Finance as a steering body, not just a reporting function.
You know that something is wrong with the control system. I'll figure it out—in four weeks.
When governance, KPI logic, and decision-making structures fail to work in tandem within an ongoing transformation program, the symptoms are always the same: forecasts fluctuate, reports are read but not acted upon, and the steering committee debates instead of making decisions.
Within four weeks, the Steering Audit will identify structural weaknesses. You will receive a four-layer Program Steerability Score, a Maturity Fit Index, a prioritized action plan, and a 90-minute executive debriefing.
Fixed price. No hourly rates. Clear diagnosis.
The CFO Lens - Weekly for Finance Executives
Every Tuesday, a concrete thought-provoking piece on governance, KPI logic, and management in SAP and finance transformation programs. Short. Direct. Based on real-world experience.
For CFOs, heads of controlling, and program leads in transformation programs.
A Conversation on Equal Terms
If you’d like to know where the structural weaknesses in your transformation program lie—or whether the Steering Audit is right for your situation—start with a 30-minute discovery call.
No hourly rate. No proposal. A clear breakdown.