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Our Story

Finance intelligence, refined since 1979

Metapraxis was founded by Robert Bittlestone — the person widely credited with defining FP&A as a business discipline. Over four decades, we’ve helped finance leaders at some of the world’s most complex organisations move from reporting the past to navigating the future.

OUR HISTORY

Built on decades of finance transformation

We didn’t start as a software vendor. We started as advisors — working inside finance functions, understanding why even the best-resourced teams were still making decisions in the dark. That’s still what drives us.

1979
Founded by Robert Bittlestone, who coined the term FP&A and defined the discipline that millions of finance professionals practise today.
1990s
Pioneered driver-based modelling and integrated planning methodologies for global enterprises including WPP, Thomson Reuters, and Unilever.
2000s
Launched Empower — the Enterprise Planning Operating System — embedding our consulting methodology into a governed platform that clients own and run.
Today
Recognised as a G2 High Performer, trusted by CFOs and finance leaders across Europe and the US. Still independent. Still practitioner-led.
OUR PRINCIPLES

How we think, and why it matters

Intelligence over reporting

A board pack that shows what happened is not intelligence. Intelligence is knowing which drivers moved first, how they interact, and what the model says about next quarter — before anyone has to ask.

Owned, not rented

We don’t build systems that clients depend on us to run. We build systems clients can run themselves — and retain us when the problem evolves, not because they’re locked in.

Consulting depth, technology speed

The reason our engagements often go live in weeks — not months — is that we combine practitioner judgment with Empower’s pre-built data connectors and modelling framework.

OUR APPROACH

The Intelligence Operating System

Our methodology is structured around five phases — from diagnostic to transfer. We start where you are. We leave you with a capability you own and can evolve.

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Diagnose
Full diagnostic. Blueprint for your operating system.
01
Fix the Pipes
Clean data layer. No rip-and-replace.
02
Illuminate
Driver models. Real-time visibility.
03
Intelligence
Board reporting. Scenario forecasting.
04
Transfer
You own it. You run it.
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