Hazem El Banna led finance for Majid Al Futtaim's shared services organisation across 17 countries, with controllership roles at Weatherford and NESR. Ben Taher ran finance for a global SLB product line operating in 120+ countries.
A finance function built for your business. Not borrowed from someone else's.
Most finance departments grow by accident: a new hire here, a spreadsheet there, a process nobody wrote down. We sit with your CFO, look at how the business really works, and design the finance function it needs: the right people, processes, policies, tools and reports, and a clear plan to get there.
The problem we fix.
- Your finance team has grown, but the processes never caught up.
- Every entity or region does things its own way.
- Policies are out of date, or live in one person's head.
- You pay for systems and reports that nobody fully uses.
- You want to scale, open new regions, or prepare for a sale or investment, and finance is not ready.
What we build for you.
- 1Finance operating modelHow your finance function should be organised: roles, responsibilities, reporting lines and who owns what, from the close to the board pack.
- 2Policies and proceduresClear, written financial policies and step-by-step procedures for the close, reconciliations, approvals, expenses, capex and revenue, that your team follows and your auditors expect to see.
- 3Tools and reporting roadmapWhich systems and reports you need, which you do not, and in what order to fix them, using what you already own where possible.
- 4KPIs and management reportingThe handful of numbers your CFO and board should see every month, defined once and reported the same way everywhere.
- 5Regional hubs and shared servicesWhether a hub makes sense for you, where to put it, which activities move there, and how to set it up and run it.
- 6The plan to get thereA prioritised roadmap with quick wins first. We can stay on to implement it, or hand it to your team.
Experience that spans continents, not just companies.
Three steps. No surprises.
Diagnostic
We map how the work happens today and rank what to automate by hours saved.
Build
Quick wins first, built inside your own Microsoft environment.
Handover
Training and documentation. No licence fees to us, no lock-in.
Common questions.
Is this a report that sits on a shelf?
No. Every recommendation comes with owners, a timeline and the procedures to make it stick. And because we also build automation, we can implement the plan ourselves.
Do we need a shared services hub?
Not always. For some companies a regional hub saves real cost and adds control. For others it adds complexity. We will tell you honestly which one you are, and why.
How long does it take?
A finance assessment and roadmap typically takes 4 to 8 weeks. Setting up a regional hub is usually a 6 to 12 month programme, delivered in phases.
Who will we work with?
A founder, Ben Taher or Hazem El Banna, from start to finish.
Other services: Month-End & Year-End Close →Audit-Ready, All Year →Client Retention Intelligence →Bookkeeping & Payroll →Tax & Compliance →Data Readiness & Cloud →