FINANCE OFFICE
Know where you stand.
Decide what matters now.
Your external finance and controlling function.
Platform, process and a dedicated partner in one. We connect your financial and operational data, turn it into reliable management reporting and work with you every month from deviation to decision — without an in-house controlling department.
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paid analysis, 90-day roadmap.
Plenty of numbers. Not enough clarity.
Bookkeeping, monthly statements, Excel — maybe even dashboards. And still no reliable answer to the questions that really matter.
Revenue is growing — but the bank balance isn't.
The monthly statement arrives late and doesn't explain what happened operationally.
Whether a project makes money only becomes clear when it is almost over.
The forecast lives in Excel — whenever someone had time for it.
Several companies, several statements — but no view of the group.
The dashboards are in place — but nobody turns them into decisions.
You have to make important decisions without knowing in time what they mean for profit, margin and liquidity. This gap grows out of established structures — and it can be closed.
Your Finance Office.
Built on technology and
personal support.
Four building blocks form one steering process:
from raw data to decisions that are documented and tracked through to impact.
Connect the data
We integrate accounting, ERP, project and operational data into the Pentalink Data Platform
— with a Snowflake data warehouse behind it, uniformly defined and automatically refreshed.
Build your business model
No off-the-shelf dashboard: we model your business
— the profit dimensions, KPIs and plan-vs-actual logic that match the decisions you actually make.
Deliver the management report
On time, on a fixed date
— and every page answers a management question: revenue, profit and margin, costs and people, liquidity, forecast.
Guide decisions and actions
In the monthly steering meeting your dedicated partner guides you from deviation to decision
— with documented actions, owners and deadlines.
What your finance office delivers every month.
This is the agreed scope of delivery, every month on the agreed date.
Additional options: Extendable as needed with Project Control, Group Control, bank & shareholder reporting, investment appraisals, People & Capacity, CFO Support.
More than a dashboard. More lasting than consulting. More flexible than your own department.
Instead of a BI dashboard
A dashboard shows what's happening. We help you decide what to do now — and follow the action through to execution.
Instead of just a tax advisor
Your tax advisor explains what was booked. We prepare what to do next — operationally and forward-looking.
Instead of classic consulting
Consulting ends with the recommendation. We stay on board and run the steering process with you, month after month.
Instead of a full-time hire
No recruiting, no onboarding, no tool selection: platform, processes and finance expertise as one service.
What this looks like in practice.
Energy infrastructure, a project worth hundreds of millions — project controlling reported €4.2 million,
accounting €4.6 million.
Today: 0.23% cumulative variance across all periods.
Industrial group with German and French entities — HGB and IFRS without reconciliation, intercompany transactions invisible. After six weeks: a bank-grade group view, switchable between HGB and IFRS.
Explore Example 03Recurring ad hoc questions from management — three to four hours per analysis. Today under ten minutes.
ExploreHonestly: not for everyone.
Whether it fits depends less on your industry than on your situation.
A good fit if you …
- run an owner-managed company with roughly 20–150 employees or €5–50m revenue
- have data spread across several systems — accounting, ERP, projects, Excel
- operate in project business, a group of companies, industry, logistics or energy and project entities
- don't yet have (sufficiently capable) internal controlling
- feel a concrete trigger: growth, margin pressure, liquidity, bank or shareholder reporting
Probably not if you …
- are mainly looking for a cheap substitute for bookkeeping or tax advisory
- already have mature internal controlling with integrated systems — then our data platform projects are the better fit
- need temporary finance leadership rather than an ongoing reporting process — our CFO Services are a better fit
- need to avert acute insolvency — that requires a different form of support
From first conversation to ongoing steering.
Within four to six weeks of the setup start you have a reliable view of profit, liquidity and the key operational drivers.
Steering Check
Paid analysis: we assess your reporting, data sources and steering gaps, draft your future management report and deliver a 90-day roadmap — including a fixed-price offer for setup and ongoing service.
Finance Office setup
Data integration into the Pentalink Data Platform, KPI and business model, management report, plan-vs-actual comparisons plus liquidity and forecast model.
First management meeting
The first report is ready, the key questions are prepared — together we establish the leadership rhythm.
Monthly steering meeting
Deviation → decision → action: documented, with owners and deadlines — and tracked through to impact.
Continuous improvement
Report, forecast and process evolve with your company — with additional modules where needed.
Which steering gapsdoes your company have today?
Find out in an intro call.
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