Collaborators
Do you need an additional resource to compensate for a temporary overload or are you facing a recent departure?
Figur is responsible for finding the competent professional who will be able to lend you a hand during the coming weeks.
Figur chooses this expert carefully, so that he can meet your requirements and quickly integrate your team.
Figur offers resource outsourcing services for temporary mandates and only works with high-level professionals, selected from among the best in their respective fields, namely:
- CFO on demand
- Acting Finance Director
- Acting Controller
- Treasury Specialist
- Cost accounting Analyst
- Financial Analyst
- Business Analyst
- Internal Control and Risk
Management Specialist - Accounting Technician
- Payroll Specialist
- And more.
“The FIGUR that you need”
“Because there is always more than one perspective, let us FIGUR it out for you”
Expert advice
Are you planning to develop a special project that requires advice from an expert or do you need one-off support?
Figur takes care of finding the qualified expert to support you in your project.
Figur carefully selects the experienced professional who will be able to advise and guide you during the stages of your transition.
Figur only works with high-level professionals, selected from the best according to your specific needs, namely:
We can help you implement an accounting system or ERP in the following ways:
- Assess needs by involving stakeholders in the decision-making process to ensure that everyone’s needs, concerns and perspectives are taken into account in order to increase the chances of project success.
- Analyze existing processes and assess the work methods, data flows and operational procedures currently in place in the company.
- Provide support in selecting the right ERP by defining selection criteria and helping to evaluate the different options available to determine the one that best suits your company’s needs.
- Plan the project by developing a detailed framework that will guide all stages of the ERP implementation. Help build a project team. Establish a schedule and budget.
- Completely manage the implementation project.
We have experienced business analysts, functional analysts and project managers. We work with a wide variety of systems: S4/Hana, SAP, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamic 365 Business Central, Great plain, Quickbooks, Acomba, Sage, etc.
Workforce challenges are at the heart of business concerns and successful companies will be those that optimize their operations and production.
We can help you in the following ways:
- Analysis and improvement of manufacturing processes.
- Support in the automation of manufacturing processes.
- Development and implementation of performance programs (KPI) including compensation and reporting.
- Analysis or management of production process improvement projects.
- Detailed analysis of costing.
- Production due diligence.
- Data mining
When you need to interpret and apply a new accounting standard, make a change in accounting method, record a complex contract and you have questions about the impact on your financial operations, we can help you.
Companies often do not have specialists in-house to answer specific questions on more complex accounting topics. At Figur, we have seasoned professionals who are passionate about complex accounting standards and who can certainly help you.
We can also support you in preparing your financial statements as well as in preparing your MD&A.
Our experts know the accounting standards like the back of their hand: IFRS, ASPE and US GAAP.
Process improvement aims to eliminate gaps or bottlenecks in financial processes.
We can help you in the following ways:
- Understanding workflows, processes and systems by identifying process steps, cycle times and bottlenecks.
- Implementing process improvement strategies through process design, optimization, automation and reengineering.
- Training employees to facilitate change adoption and effective implementation.
- Measuring results following process changes
To make better decisions within a company, data, especially its analysis, offers a strategic advantage.
We can help you in the following ways:
- Design of the architecture of technological solutions (system integration, data modeling, database design).
- Development and implementation of a performance program (KPI).
- Organization, drilling and analysis of data (“data mining”) by implementing the different logical and physical models of the data.
- Implementation and management of data flows, transformations and storage formats.
Companies inevitably face various risks that can lead to significant financial losses.
We can help companies develop solutions and/or assist in the execution and implementation of the various components of their risk management program. Our expertise extends to business process risks, model management risks, technology and information risks, third-party relationship risks, conduct, ethics and fraud crimes, as well as other operational risks.
Our open communications, regular meetings, reliability and constant focus on excellence allow us to understand our clients’ concerns, problems and needs to recommend and implement effective solutions or approaches. As a result, Figur has become a trusted business partner for many of our clients.
Our approaches and methodologies are structured, credible and tailored to our clients’ needs. We do not hesitate to use new technologies and innovative solutions.
Finally, our advice, recommendations and/or other deliverables are concrete, detailed, achievable and effective. They are based on best practices, innovative approaches and the experience of our experts, while considering the realities of our clients’ business, available resources and their environment. For many of our clients, we do not just issue recommendations and advice, we also participate in their implementation and development.
The budget process is a highly strategic process at the service of senior management. It is extremely complex due to the coordination it involves and the consideration of the human factor and of the size of the organization.
We can help you in the following ways:
- Handling the budget process or acting in collaboration with the existing team.
- Implementation of a methodical and structured approach by standardizing and optimizing the budget process within the company.
- Determination of business rules, collection, analysis and consolidation of data.
- Development and implementation of key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Implementation of dynamic models (scenarios) and decision-making tools.
- Presentation to the management committee and the audit committee.
Companies conclude transactions that can be out of the ordinary, and sometimes, their teams are not equipped to absorb this extra work.
We can help you in the following ways:
- Help in preparing financial information as part of a business sale.
- Help in validating financial information during due diligence.
- Help in accounting for the transaction (PPA).
- Help in analyzing and integrating financial processes when purchasing a new business.
- Help in transferring from one accounting system to another.
- Analyze and align the accounting methods of the acquired company with those of the acquiring company.
- And even more.
Transforming your data into concrete performance measures (KPIs) can greatly help you improve your business performance and make the right decisions.
We can help you in the following ways:
- Establish your objectives with you. Determine what you want to measure.
- Define the right indicators, i.e. what you want to measure: a cost, an activity, a quality.
- Define the usefulness of your dashboard, i.e. those:
- Steering : generally includes accounting and budget elements.
- Reporting : highlights planning follow-ups, inventory, current orders and manufacturing.
- Communication : these are indicators that provide information on the company’s activity.
- Build a dashboard with your databases. We develop dashboards and metrics that allow executives and managers to make short- and long-term decisions in a timely manner, which ensures optimal operational and financial performance.
- Presentation of the dashboard: the formatting of the various performance indicators is important since it will facilitate reading and highlight the results. We can adapt this reading to non-financial people to ensure understanding for all.
We build high-performing and competent teams. We clearly define roles, responsibilities and objectives so that everyone is aligned with the vision and mission of the organization. The finance team becomes a key player in executive decision-making.
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