The Management Consulting-branch of ConQuaestor fleshes out a number of substantive pillars that together make an impact on the agenda of the CFO who wants change within the company, but lacks the time and expertise to take action. ConQuaestor supports every step of the process, including Finance Transformation. Sjors Loeffen, partner and expert on Finance Transformations, talks more about his area of expertise and what ConQuaestor can do in it.
ConQuaestor has expertise in finance, data and adjacent domains and helps organizations manage and optimize their financial, IT and risk processes. The CFO is responsible for setting the direction of those domains. So our expertise aligns with the topics on the CFO's agenda. "We have knowledge from previous assignments and know how things work in other companies. What works well and what doesn't," Sjors says. "This is why we are initially the ideal sparring partner for a CFO, but then we can also follow through."
According to Sjors, ConQuaestor is unique in this regard. "We do more than just provide advice. We guide a company from strategy to tactical roadmap and implement it, together with the client," he says. "For example, we help the finance department from start to finish with their change process. We don't just come up with the plans, we help make them a reality."
How do the content pillars work together?
An additional advantage of ConQuaestor is that we can collaborate with other pillars." In addition to Financial Transformation, we also have experts within the pillars Digitization, Data & Insights, ESG & CSRD, Risk Management, and Optimization of Financial Processes. "The moment we have worked with a company to determine where they are coming from, where they want to go and what path they need to take to achieve that goal, we can collaborate with other areas of expertise in our organization to achieve that goal," Sjors says. "In addition, we have an interim branch with our own Finance Professionals. These interim colleagues can further shape the operationalization of advice within the finance department.
How do we proceed?
"As soon as a CFO contacts us with an issue, we determine together what the goal is and where we want to go," Sjors begins. "We do this thoroughly but above all pragmatically; determining the goal is important, plotting and executing a proper implementation is even more important to achieve your ultimate goal."
Based on that vision, the team analyzes where the department is now and how the processes are currently organized. Thanks to a quantitative and qualitative analysis, we end up with an overview of all finance work at the moment in a short time and insight into the steps that need to be taken to reach the set goal. "By involving the relevant players in the client organization in this process, we not only work efficiently but also effectively toward a supported end result."
Want to read more about the capabilities of our Management Consulting branch? View all information here or contact Sjors Loeffen directly by emailing to sjors.loeffen@conquaestor.nl or call +31(0)6 516 453 56.