
Whenever you have a highly competitive environment, it becomes even more important to look inside to create improvements. With the private equity game becoming more ...
Whenever you have a highly competitive environment, it becomes even more important to look inside to create improvements. With the private equity game becoming more and more competitive, firms need to find new ways to create value. Unleashing the possibilities with Digital is one of the best ways.
One of key learnings coming out of the last few years it that to market uncertainty, it’s that data and digital is a PE-backed chief financial officer’s best friend.
Thanks to the power of data analytics, CFOs of midmarket portfolio companies have progressed from being financial stewards of their organizations to serving as business strategists for the PE firm.
Their ability to apply data insights effectively can be key to unlocking the mystery of value creation, from improving portfolio company profitability to successfully integrating acquisitions.
Portfolio company data can be used to help the CFO do the following:
1. Manage liquidity in times of uncertainty
2. Drive top-line growth
3. Build a strong investment thesis
4. Create a compelling vision for initiatives
5. Maximize software solutions
Lastly, assuming a portfolio company could capture all operational and financial data, should everything be measured? Here’s where industry perspective becomes critical because for every business there are a handful of key performance indicators that matter most. CFOs may want to consider different perspectives from industry peers to aid with benchmarking and to bring value creation strategies into sharper focus.
How we can help
Integrating data, automating workflows, and working in sync looks different at every institution, and the change comes incrementally, replacing one manual process at a time. CLA can help you turn manual workflows into productive pipelines for information and insights: learn how.
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