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The Operating System
Enterprise Planning OS Fix the Pipes Connecting Operations to Finance Beyond the Planning Tool Data Maturity Assessment

FP&A Consulting & EPM Implementation · Since 1979

Most companies underperform — not because they lack data, but because nobody has built the system that turns insights into exceptional performance. That’s what we do: reveal the key drivers behind performance outliers, and give you the operating system that turns them into sustainable growth.
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WPP· Thomson Reuters· Kantar· National Grid· Indutrade· PCRK Group· Unilever· Dell Technologies· WSP· Corsearch· Premium Credit Limited· LSEG·
G2 High Performer
    WPP· Thomson Reuters· Kantar· National Grid· Indutrade· PCRK Group· Unilever· Dell Technologies· WSP· Corsearch· Premium Credit Limited· LSEG·
G2 High Performer
WHAT WE DO

We start wherever you are. We take you where exceptional is expected.

Five phases, one Intelligence Operating System — refined since 1979. Each stage builds on the last, and you own the capability when it’s done.

00
Diagnose
Performance Calibration
A full diagnostic across your data, reporting, planning, and processes. Identify the gaps. Leave with a blueprint for your Intelligence Operating System.
01
Fix the Pipes
Data Infrastructure & Tech Debt
Clean, governed, reliable data. Integrated systems — no rip-and-replace. A data architecture aligned to decision-making, not just more data.
02
Illuminate
EPM Deployment & Empower
Reveal the true drivers of performance. Driver models, connected data, real-time visibility across the business. This is where data becomes understanding.
03
Intelligence
Integrated Planning & Forecasting
Connected reporting and planning. Driver-based forecasting and scenario modelling. Not just dashboards — a live performance system you run the business on.
04
Transfer
Build-Operate-Transfer
A fully embedded operating system, internal capability to run and evolve it, and ongoing support when you want it. The goal: you don’t need us anymore.
THE REPORTING TRAP

Most board packs are immaculate. Very few are useful.

£6M
The average annual performance gap between best-in-class finance functions (0.54% of revenue) and the rest (1.76%) — on a £500M business, that’s £6.1M every year, compounding.
Source: Hackett Group Finance Benchmarking, 2024

The gap between immaculate and useful always traces to one of four root causes. Most finance functions are in the first three.

Dark Ages
Start here
Operating blind. Every decision is instinct. Highest risk — and fastest payback from fixing it.
All The Gear
Tools, no insight
Reports everywhere, trust nowhere. Dashboard investment hasn’t fixed the underlying model.
Tech Poverty
Good data, broken pipes
Trustworthy data locked in silos. The fix is infrastructure. We unblock it fast.
Data Dawg
You have it all
Strong data, moving fast. We optimise — tighter analysis, forward-looking intelligence.

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UNDER THE HOOD

Design the holistic intelligence chain your decisions depend on

The £1M decision test
“If I asked you to make a £1 million decision right now using only last month’s board pack — would you feel clear, or cautious? If cautious, you have data. Not intelligence.”
Diagnostic questions
Which three behavioural drivers moved first when performance last shifted — and how quickly did you know?
If a board member challenged your margin trajectory today, what would you reach for to defend it?
How long does month-close take — and what fraction of that is genuine analysis vs. data wrangling?
ENABLEMENT SERVICES

The services that power every phase of the journey

Data management, advanced analytics, AI integration, custom software, and ongoing optimisation — the capabilities behind every stage of your operating system.

Foundation
Data Strategy Consulting
Define your data architecture, governance framework, and analytics roadmap before investing in tools.
  • A clear, scalable data foundation
  • Improved data quality and consistency
  • A roadmap aligned to business goals
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Integration
Data Integration & ETL
Automated pipelines that consolidate data from every source into one clean, trusted input layer.
  • Unified data from all your sources
  • Automated, reliable pipelines
  • One clean, trustworthy data layer
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Infrastructure
Data Warehousing & Cloud
A scalable, governed data layer — Snowflake, BigQuery, or Redshift — built for reporting at speed.
  • Fast, scalable cloud infrastructure
  • Governed and secure data storage
  • Reporting-ready from day one
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Connectivity
API Development & Integration
Real-time data flows between your ERP, CRM, and analytics environment. No manual exports.
  • Live data synced across all systems
  • No manual exports or errors
  • Faster, connected workflows
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Experience
Custom Analytics Applications
Fully branded analytics portals and dashboards, built for audiences Empower doesn’t reach directly.
  • Branded portals for any audience
  • Dashboards beyond Empower’s reach
  • Fully tailored user experience
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Intelligence
Predictive Analytics & ML
Forecast revenue, detect churn, identify cost anomalies — using the clean data already in your environment.
  • Revenue and churn forecasts
  • Anomaly detection built on your data
  • ML without new infrastructure
Learn more →
AI & Automation
AI-Driven Insights & Automation
Natural language queries, automated report narrative, and intelligent alerting — layered onto your Empower environment.
  • Ask questions in plain language
  • Auto-generated report narratives
  • Smart alerts without manual monitoring
Learn more →
EMPOWER — EPM PLATFORM

How your business thrives when the operating system actually works

Empower is Metapraxis's EPM platform — one governed source of truth, every driver connected, forward-looking intelligence built for teams who need driver-based planning and board-ready reporting in a single environment.

AI, EPM & YOUR DATA

We’re the human intelligence that’s telling you how to use AI

AI can find correlations.

We tell you which ones matter.

AI can generate a forecast.

We tell you whether it’s defensible.

AI runs on data.

We build the operating system it runs on.

AI-powered FP&A forecasting — on a foundation your models can trust.

AI-powered financial forecasting depends entirely on the quality and structure of your underlying data. We build the EPM infrastructure that makes AI useful in finance — and integrate AI-driven insights and automation into your Empower environment once the foundation is right.

“As AI improves, the intelligence layer becomes faster and cheaper. The judgment layer becomes more valuable, not less. Every AI improvement increases our margins — and our clients’ outcomes.”
Metapraxis on AI & the future of FP&A consulting
OUTCOME-FOCUSED OPERATING SYSTEM

Outcomes, not dashboards

The problem
Paying £300K/year for data delivered line-by-line, via email
A major franchise operator was spending £300,000 per year on a data service that delivered raw operational data in flat files by email. No driver model. No integration. No visibility into which locations were actually performing — and why.
The engagement
£60K. Empower deployed. Data pipeline rebuilt from scratch.
Metapraxis replaced the legacy pipeline, integrated operational and financial systems on Empower, and delivered a live EPM performance model with location-level driver-based visibility. The CFO had real-time covenant risk monitoring within weeks.
4×
ROI in year one
£300K cost eliminated. £60K investment. Live intelligence from week three. The CFO relationship has since spanned multiple companies.
20k
Individual reports consolidated into one global performance app
WPP
33%
Reduction in total reporting time, year-on-year
Thomson Reuters
10
Days cut from the annual FP&A budgeting cycle
US Biotech
Early
warning
Covenant risk flagged and resolved before a breach occurred
Franchise client
“
They move faster than any firm I’ve worked with — and the quality of output matches the pace. We had live performance intelligence before I expected them to have finished their analysis.
CFO, PCRK Group
WHAT CLIENTS SAY

Trusted by C-suite executives since 1979

The platform has transformed our monthly and quarterly reporting cycles. We now have one version of the truth across the whole business — and leadership actually uses it to make decisions.
K
SVP Finance
Kantar
I genuinely can’t imagine running the FP&A function without Empower now. It’s become our single source of truth — the platform that makes every other tool actually work.
W
Group Financial Controller
WPP
It’s like having an additional team member with deep financial expertise who’s always on call. The combination of platform and team knowledge is genuinely different to anything else I’ve used.
C
Chris K.
VP FP&A
What impressed me most was how quickly they understood our business model — and how fast the platform was live. We went from data chaos to a functioning performance model in three weeks.
J
James H.
Global FP&A Director
FROM THE INTELLIGENCE LIBRARY

Latest thinking

FP&A
Management Reporting: What Good Looks Like
Management reporting is the internal reporting that helps leaders run the business. What a monthly pack should contain, how it differs from statutory accounts, and why so many packs go unread.
July 15, 2026
FP&A
Scenario Planning in Finance: A Practical Guide
Scenario planning models a handful of coherent futures and pre-agrees what you'd do in each. A five-step framework, a worked FX-plus-demand-shock example, and how to bring scenarios into board reporting.
July 15, 2026
FP&A
Flexible Budgeting: A Practical Guide for Finance Teams
A flexible budget recalculates variable costs to actual activity, so variances measure efficiency rather than a stale volume guess. The formula, a worked example, and how it leads into driver-based planning.
July 15, 2026
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COMMON QUESTIONS

FP&A & EPM Consulting: Frequently Asked Questions

Everything CFOs and finance leaders ask before starting an engagement.

What does Metapraxis do?

Metapraxis is an FP&A consulting and EPM implementation firm founded in 1979. We help mid-market and enterprise finance teams build the operating system that turns data into performance intelligence — through driver-based planning, board pack design, rolling forecasting, and our Empower EPM platform.

What is driver-based forecasting?

Driver-based forecasting derives financial outcomes — revenue, cost, margin — from explicit operational assumptions called drivers: volume, price, headcount, utilisation rate. When a driver changes, the forecast updates automatically. It is the foundation of accurate, defensible rolling forecasts and the core of every Metapraxis engagement. Read our complete guide →

What is EPM consulting?

EPM (Enterprise Performance Management) consulting helps organisations design and implement the systems, models, and processes that connect strategy to financial performance. Metapraxis EPM engagements cover driver-based planning, integrated reporting, and deployment of an EPM platform such as Empower. Learn more about our EPM consulting →

What is the Build-Operate-Transfer model?

Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) is Metapraxis's delivery model for FP&A as a Service. We build the reporting and planning infrastructure, operate it alongside your finance team, then transfer full ownership — the platform, processes, and capability — to your team when you are ready. Explore FP&A as a Service →

How long does an FP&A transformation take?

A typical Metapraxis FP&A engagement runs 12–18 months from diagnostic to full transfer. The first board-ready report is usually live within 4–8 weeks of kick-off. Timeline depends on data complexity, number of business units, and whether the engagement includes EPM platform deployment. See our FP&A transformation approach →

What is the Empower platform?

Empower is Metapraxis's proprietary EPM platform. It connects your ERP, CRM, and finance data into a single driver-based planning and reporting environment — with real-time visibility, scenario planning, and board-ready outputs. It integrates with SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Workday, Salesforce, and most major ERP and data systems.

What is FP&A as a Service?

FP&A as a Service is Metapraxis's outsourced finance planning and analysis offering. Rather than hiring a full-time FP&A team, clients access experienced finance professionals who build their reporting infrastructure on the Empower platform, operate the monthly reporting cycle, and transfer full capability to the client's team over time.

How does Metapraxis use AI in FP&A?

Metapraxis uses AI for automated report narrative, natural language query, and intelligent alerting within the Empower platform. AI accelerates the intelligence layer — but human judgment is required to validate defensible forecasts, challenge assumptions, and translate financial outputs into management decisions. See our AI & automation services →

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