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How Data Cubes Support Private Equity Portfolio Management
The private equity landscape is complex and ever-changing. Yet CFOs and portfolio managers are still expected to provide clear insights, often relying on outdated tools like Excel or siloed data systems. This can lead to problems that may erode returns, strain investor relationships, and result in missed opportunities during exits. Traditional methods struggle to manage the multidimensional datasets that characterise modern PE portfolios. From tracking profitability shifts to stress-testing exit … Continue reading
How To Use The Data Cube For Private Equity Reporting
The world of private equity is fast-paced and continually changing. Modern CFOs and financial professionals are tasked with keeping up to date on an ever-growing and evolving landscape, as well as maintaining tight deadlines. This has meant that traditional reporting methods, such as manually updating a shared workbook within Excel, have become outdated. Today, providing detailed updates and reports within private equity requires the handling of multidimensional datasets. The problem … Continue reading
Digital Transformation: The Future of Tech-Enabled Finance
Digital transformation is reshaping industries. In today’s evolving business environment, finance professionals are playing an increasingly strategic and commercial role in driving business growth through the use of the data cube. At iFD and Isosceles Finance, we leverage cutting-edge technology to provide flexible, real-time insights and support business growth. We are delighted to invite you to join our free webinar hosted in conjunction with UK200Group on the future of tech-enabled … Continue reading
What Is the Data Cube and Why Does It Matter?
In today’s data-driven world, CFOs and business leaders find themselves focusing on more and more things that would traditionally sit outside of their roles. From customer data to operational metrics, the sheer volume of data can be overwhelming. For many, the challenge is not just about collecting the right data; it is making sense of it. That is why we are seeing more and more financial professionals turn to analysis … Continue reading
Case Study: Cash flow forecasting with Power BI dashboard
Cash flow is uppermost in the minds of most CFOs as the current economic headwinds continue to threaten their businesses; now more than ever, cash is king. Ensuring your business is paid on time is crucial, but often cash flow worries are not because cash flow isn’t optimal; rather, the CFO does not have accurate visibility of where the cash is and when outstanding invoices will be paid. Consequently, they … Continue reading
ARR vs MRR: Choosing the Right Growth Metric for Your SaaS Business
Follow us on LinkedIn for all the latest insights, exciting updates and iFD news. Subscription business models differ from traditional models and often require their own unique metrics. MRR (Monthly Recurring Revenue) is perhaps one of the most critical metrics for a SaaS business. ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue) is a related metric with several key differences. While it sounds like ARR and MRR can be used interchangeably, the question remains: Which … Continue reading
Power BI Guide: Empowering Leadership Teams with Data Visualisation
Microsoft Power BI allows users to quickly connect multiple data sources, prepare information, manipulate key metrics, and securely share interactive and immersive insights with other members of the team. When it comes to data, the faster that leadership teams have access to easily consumable and sharable management information, the faster they can use it to drive change. In our latest blog, we explore the potential of this application and highlight the … Continue reading