FINANCIAL CONTROLLING & FP&A BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE FOR SMES

Spend less time consolidating numbers, and more time driving strategic decisions.

We structure your General Ledger (GL), ERP, and payroll data into Power BI to deliver reliable monthly insights on EBITDA, margins, rolling cash flow, and budget variances.

100% In Your Tenant
Zero System Migration
10 to 100 FTE SMEs
DataPrinceps BI · Executive Cockpit
Consolidated M-1
Select FP&A Perspective: 3 Live Views
Scope: Consolidated P&L & Balance Sheet (YTD 2026)
GL Feed: Validated
Gross Margin
€842,500
+4.2% vs LY
41.8% of Rev (Target 40.0%)
Net Cash Position
€318,200
45 days runway
Available Cash +€24k vs M-1
Budget Variance
+€18,400
+2.1% Favorable
Rev €2,015k vs Bud €1,996k
Monthly Performance: Actual vs Budget
Revenue & Gross Margin (€k)
Actual Margin
Target €195k
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
€212k (+4%)
Oct
Monthly Financial Commentary
FP&A Controlling

M-1 Performance Review: Solid gross margin progression (+4.2 pts) driven by vendor procurement renegotiations. Working Capital (DSO) improved by 12 days through automated receivables escalation. Watchpoint: temporary treasury compression projected in W48 due to provisional corporate tax installments.

Certified Power BI Model · Standardized DAX
Transactions: 14,820 GL Entries
The Reality of Growing SMEs

Why Financial Controlling Hits a Bottleneck in Growing SMEs

Between statutory accounting deadlines and operational urgency, financial reporting turns into a monthly choke point that exhausts finance teams.

The Gap Between Accounting & Management

Your external CPA provides exact statutory tax accounts, but designed for tax compliance. Running operations requires managerial reporting: margins by customer, project, and business unit.

Statutory Compliance ≠ Operational Steering

The Fragility of Legacy Spreadsheets

As business volume expands, historical Excel models bloat. End-of-month manual reconciliations consume critical days and the risk of formula corruption multiplies exponentially.

Key-Person Dependency & Model Risk

Starved of Time for Forward Analysis

When compiling figures absorbs all administrative bandwidth, zero capacity remains to investigate Price/Volume/Mix variances and simulate rolling forecasts.

Decisions Made on Gut Feeling
Architecture & FP&A Engineering

Harness the Power of Excel and Power BI Without Enterprise IT Overhead

No costly IT migrations or software overhauls. We connect directly to your standard General Ledger (GL) exports and operational files using Microsoft's industrial standards.

01 Power Query

Automated Data Ingestion

Direct connection to your standard General Ledger (GL), Trial Balance, payroll, billing, and Excel budgets without altering your software landscape.

GL / Trial Balance QuickBooks / Sage Xero / SAP B1 Pennylane
02 Star Schema

Star Schema & DAX Engineering

Rapid deployment of a normalized dimensional star schema and standardized DAX measures for financial controlling and EBITDA modeling.

DAX Measures Calendar Table Analytical Chart of Accounts
03 Power BI / Excel

Actionable Restitution

Interactive executive cockpits enabling drill-down from consolidated figures down to individual General Ledger journal entries in a single click.

Journal Drill-down Management P&L Web & Mobile
Native Multi-Currency & Multi-Entity: Our Power BI data models natively handle multi-currency consolidation (EUR, CHF, USD) with monthly spot/average exchange tables.
Local GAAPs (PCG, Swiss GAAP FER, UK GAAP) & International Standards (IFRS)
Core Philosophy

Why « DataPrinceps » ?

In Latin, "Princeps" denotes what comes first: the foundations. Before applying automation or advanced analytics, reliable financial governance requires pristine transactional data and a sound conceptual model.

Augmented Financial Controlling

Full Transparency: AI for Execution Speed, Human Expertise for Financial Rigor.

In traditional BI projects, 70% of the budget funds repetitive technical plumbing. We leverage proprietary FP&A AI agents to generate ETL data preparation (Power Query / M) and DAX transformations, cutting deployment costs drastically.

What Our AI Automates

Speed & Cost Reduction

  • Power Query (M Language) ETL Scripts: Automated transformation logic, structural anomaly detection, and format normalization across multiple entity ledgers.
  • Standardized DAX Engineering: Instant formulation of YTD variances, rolling forecast aggregations, margin rates, and time intelligence without manual recoding.
  • Technical Model Documentation: Automated mapping of entity relationships, table lineage, and business measure dictionary for 100% maintainability.
Outcome: Project delivery timelines cut by 3x.

What the Human FP&A Expert Guarantees

Accuracy & Governance

  • Business Framing: Precise understanding of operational drivers, revenue streams, margin components, and executive leadership priorities.
  • 100% Accounting Validation: Methodical verification of Trial Balance cut-offs, balance sheet reconciliations, and cost-center allocations.
  • Variance Analysis (Price/Volume/Mix): Critical evaluation of performance deviations, cash runway burn, and preparation of actionable leadership takeaways.
  • Strict Confidentiality: AI agents operate solely on abstract metadata structures; your confidential transactional numbers remain isolated inside your corporate Microsoft tenant.
Guarantee: Zero client numbers train external public AI models.
Free Open-Access Resources

Ready-to-Use Financial Models & FP&A Toolkits

Experience the rigor of our approach with these complimentary, practitioner-built templates designed for mid-market businesses.

EXCEL (.xlsx) 12-Month

12-Month Rolling Cash Flow Forecast

Dynamic projection framework for operating inflows, direct outflows, and working capital with automated variance tracking and safety thresholds.

POWER BI / POWER QUERY (.pbit) PBIT

Quick General Ledger & P&L Reader

Plug-and-play Power BI template to ingest raw Trial Balance and General Ledger extracts and instantly rebuild monthly analytical P&L views.

PDF GUIDE (.pdf) Procedure

Month-End Closing & Control Checklist

A 15-point FP&A methodology to verify balance sheet cut-offs, clear suspense accounts, and ensure ledger-to-dashboard numerical integrity.

Tailored FP&A Advisory

Our 3 Engagement Formats

Pragmatic consulting and BI engineering tailored for CEOs, CFOs, and Finance Directors who need concrete results without open-ended overhead.

Format 01 Rapid Proof of Concept

Proof of Concept & Diagnostic on Your Data

Need Validation & Fast ROI

Diagnostic audit of current data exports (General Ledger, Trial Balance, Excel) and creation of a first working interactive prototype on a defined operational perimeter.

  • Flash data quality & hygiene audit
  • First interactive Power BI cockpit
  • Delivery timeline: within 10 business days
Most Popular
Format 02 Comprehensive Architecture

Turnkey BI Architecture

Internal Team Autonomy

End-to-end design of automated Power BI and Excel dashboards, robust star schema data modeling, and thorough team handover for 100% internal autonomy.

  • Industrialized Power Query ETL pipelines
  • Full data model (Revenue, Margins, Cash, EBITDA)
  • Knowledge transfer & complete documentation
Format 03 Recurring Strategic Partner

Periodic Controlling & Performance Analysis

Fractional Financial Controlling

Periodic monthly data refresh, balance sheet cut-off verification, and executive commentary detailing Price/Volume/Mix variances and cost deviations.

  • Monthly refresh within 5 business days after close
  • Written decision-support management memo
  • Periodic performance review with CEO or CFO
No-Obligation Initial Consultation

Let's Discuss Your Financial Steering Challenges

Book a 30-minute introductory session to review your accounting data flows, reporting choke points, and Power BI feasibility.

FP&A Diagnostic Session (30 min)

Video call via Microsoft Teams / Google Meet

No Obligation

During this preliminary working session, we will cover:

Your current IT landscape (GL, ERP, Payroll)
Priority financial indicators & margins
Time consumed during month-end closing
Technical feasibility in Power BI

Select a timeslot directly in our calendar:

(Cal.com / Calendly integration compatible with your corporate calendar)

Direct Coordinates

Electronic Mail
100% French Sovereign Hosting: OVHcloud infrastructure with strict adherence to GDPR and data privacy.
Tenant Data Isolation: Zero third-party storage of financial accounts. All models operate securely inside your corporate Microsoft 365 tenant.
Our Response Commitment

Every business inquiry is reviewed within 24 business hours directly by a qualified financial controller. Zero aggressive sales automation or unsolicited cold follow-ups.