Planning model design
Dimensions, drivers and versions designed with finance, so budgets and forecasts can be built and compared each cycle.
Industry context
EPM, FP&A and corporate performance in telecoms
We build planning and consolidation models that finance can run each cycle without rebuilding spreadsheets.
Performance management platforms replace the spreadsheets behind budgeting, forecasting and consolidation. Most of the work is in the model itself: the dimensions, drivers and approval steps finance will rely on each cycle, and the data feeds from the ledger.
Telecom operators run large regulated businesses under TDRA in the UAE or CST in Saudi Arabia, and product launches, billing cycles and network work set the calendar every other system follows. Finance, commercial and support functions need changes timed around those dates. Groups with entities in the UAE and Saudi Arabia often consolidate in more than one currency, and corporate tax in the UAE and zakat in Saudi Arabia shape parts of the model.
We hand over with runbooks and training, and can stay on under agreed service levels.
Alongside sector regulation, we often map delivery evidence to cross-industry baselines such as the UAE Information Assurance Regulation issued by TDRA, the NCA Essential Cybersecurity Controls in Saudi Arabia and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, which many risk reviewers already use.
What we deliver
Specialists in telecommunications and platform engineers, with you from design to stable operation.
Ledger and data feeds
Scheduled loads of actuals from your ERP and other sources, reconciled to the ledger.
Close and reporting
Consolidation, approval workflows and management reports set up around your reporting calendar.
Telecom regulation and personal data
We agree data residency, access and record keeping with your regulatory affairs team early, because operators answer to TDRA in the UAE or CST in Saudi Arabia, and the personal data law of each market applies to every personal record the systems hold.
Workforce and capital planning
Headcount, cost and capital plans linked to the financial plan, with drivers finance can explain.
Scenario modelling
Alternative scenarios built from the same model, so leadership compares options on consistent numbers.
What to have in place first
A planning programme is ready to start when finance agrees the planning structure and has a cycle in which to run the new model alongside the old one.
- Owners in finance, commercial and support for the processes in scope have been named.
- Finance has agreed the planning dimensions and the reporting calendar the model must support.
- Finance has chosen the cycle in which the new model will run alongside the old one.
Plan EPM, FP&A and corporate performance in telecoms
Share your current systems, compliance themes and timeline. We will return a phased plan, a staffing model and a risk register for your stakeholders to review.