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A R Shankar & Co.,Chartered Accountants · Management ConsultantsCFO Advisory · AI Enabled
Signature Capability · Solution 01

Management Information, FP&A & Decision Support

MIS Reporting  ·  Management Reporting  ·  FP&A  ·  Finance Automation  ·  Decision Intelligence

Most management teams are running the business on incomplete, delayed, or poorly structured information. We assess the gap, design the architecture, and build the automated MIS and FP&A capability your management needs — not more reports, but better decisions.

You May Be Facing

The Business Problem

Most ERP and accounting system implementations are built for compliance and transaction recording. Management information is a different discipline — it requires a separate architecture, designed around what management actually needs to run the business.

The gap between what your systems produce and what your management team needs is one of the most consistently underestimated problems in business. It costs you decisions. It costs you time. It costs you confidence in your numbers.

  • Management reports arrive too late to act on
  • Different numbers coming from different sources
  • Planning and forecasting are still spreadsheet-heavy
  • Finance team spending more time collecting data than analysing it
  • No consolidated view of business performance for the CEO/CXO
  • ERP produces compliance reports, not management information
How We Approach It

Your ERP Records Transactions.
Does It Give Management the Information Required to Make Decisions?

We close the gap between what your systems produce and what your leadership needs.

Decision Intelligence Architecture

1

ERP / Accounting / Operating Systems

Transaction data at source

2

Data & Information Gap Assessment

What management needs vs. what exists

3

Management Information Architecture

Designed for decision-making, not compliance

4

Automated MIS + FP&A

Reliable, timely, consistent — with minimal manual effort

5

CEO / CXO Dashboards

Information at a glance, built for the decisions that matter

6

Decision Support

Scenario modelling, sensitivity analysis, variance intelligence

7

Management Action

Better decisions. Better outcomes.

What We Deliver

Capabilities Within This Practice

MIS Architecture & Reporting Design

We assess what information management actually needs to run the business — then design the reporting architecture, data flows, and presentation formats to deliver it reliably.

FP&A Automation

Rolling forecasts, scenario modelling, variance alerts, and zero-touch MIS reporting — reducing manual effort and compressing reporting cycle times.

Decision Support Frameworks

Structured frameworks that organise complex business data into clear options, helping leadership make informed choices with greater confidence.

CEO & CXO Dashboards

A consolidated leadership view of KPIs, P&L health, cash position, and operational metrics — designed for quick, informed oversight at board and CXO level.

Business Variable Monitoring

Ongoing tracking of revenue drivers, cost levers, and working capital indicators — with alerts to support timely management action.

ERP & Systems Reporting Review

Assess the gap between what your ERP or accounting system produces and what management needs. Design the layer that bridges the two.

What Changes for Management

The Business Impact

Monthly reports arriving too late to act on

Near-real-time management information

Different versions of the same number

A single source of truth

Spreadsheet-heavy FP&A taking weeks

Automated forecasting in days

Dashboards built for compliance, not decisions

CEO/CXO dashboards built for action

Budget vs actual with no forward view

Rolling forecasts and scenario models

Finance team stuck in data collection

Finance team focused on analysis

Ready to Close the Gap Between Data and Decisions?

A 45-minute conversation with A R Shankar will identify where your management information gap sits and what it would take to close it.