Finance function diagnostic
A finance function diagnostic tells a CFO what to fix first.
Aldous runs diagnostics for CFOs who need ground truth before a finance transformation, system change, reporting rebuild or AI finance programme. The work maps what the team really depends on, where risk sits, and which moves should happen before money is spent on tools.
What the diagnostic answers
- Where reporting, planning and close depend on manual judgement.
- Which data flows, controls and handoffs create operational drag or board-level risk.
- Which work belongs in systems, process, controls, data modelling, automation or team design.
- What should happen now, what can wait, and what should not be bought yet.
How Aldous works
The diagnostic starts with the operating layer: source systems, spreadsheets, close tasks, planning cycles, board reporting, controls and the judgement calls that hold the process together. The output is a finance logic map and a sequenced action view for CFO decision-making.
The work is citation-aware in the practical sense: recommendations are tied back to observed systems, artefacts, dependencies, stakeholder evidence and explicit assumptions. Unsupported benchmark claims are left out.
Best fit
This is for CFOs, finance transformation leads and founders who need an operator-level view before committing to ERP change, BI work, planning tools, data warehouse scope or AI finance automation.