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Finance Function Transformation

End-to-end redesign of the finance operating model — from reporting architecture to business partnering capability.

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CFO
Peter Gent served as CFO, Russia — direct P&L accountability
3×
Finance transformations led across Bekaert, Bayer, NETZSCH
IFRS + US GAAP
Reporting standards implemented across MNCs
BIG 4
Compliance frameworks implemented alongside PwC, Deloitte

Overview

About this practice

Finance functions designed for yesterday's reporting requirements are today's constraint on business decision-making speed. Leaders cannot get the insight they need, when they need it, in the form they can act on. Controllers are buried in consolidation. Business partners spend 80% of their time explaining variance instead of driving performance.

Talvoren Advisory redesigns finance operating models end-to-end: reporting architecture, forecasting process, controlling framework, business partnering model, and the technology layer that connects them. Peter Gent has led this transformation at Director level across Bayer, Bekaert, and NETZSCH — implementing rolling forecasts, modernising reporting, migrating processes to shared services, and elevating audit performance. Mikhail Konovalov brings the digital finance and SAP S/4HANA implementation depth that ensures the technology layer delivers what the operating model requires.

The result is a finance function that is leaner, faster, and genuinely useful to the business — not one that has simply adopted a new system on top of old processes.

Key Benefits

What you get

  1. Finance operating model assessment: current-state diagnosis with a prioritised gap analysis and investment case

  2. Rolling forecast design and implementation — replacing static annual budgets with dynamic performance management

  3. Controlling framework redesign: KPI architecture, variance analysis, and management reporting that drives decisions

  4. Business partnering model elevation: role design, capability building, and executive stakeholder alignment

  5. Reporting modernisation: consolidation of data sources, automation of recurring reports, and real-time dashboards

  6. SAP S/4HANA finance module implementation oversight — from user requirements through go-live and stabilisation

  7. Shared services migration: process identification, transition management, and quality assurance

Who This Is For

Built for
organizations like yours

This practice area is designed for organizations facing the challenges listed here. If your situation matches, we should talk.

  • CFOs modernising finance operating model in mid-size multinationals

  • Companies preparing for IPO, M&A, or PE exit needing audit-ready finance

  • Organisations implementing SAP S/4HANA needing process redesign

  • Pharma and life sciences needing GxP-aligned financial controls

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