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Process, HR & IT Benchmarking
How much should your finance function cost? How long should month-end take? Is your HR headcount or IT spend in line with peers? We put your processes, HR and IT costs next to industry peers, so you know which gaps are worth closing and what closing them is worth.
What it is
Your Numbers Against the Market
Most cost debates run on opinion, because nobody in the room knows what good looks like. We benchmark the cost, speed and staffing of your core processes against peers in your industry and size bracket, using published benchmarks and our own engagement data.
Every figure comes with its source and its assumptions. Where the data is thin, we say so and give a range rather than false precision.
What you get
- Cost per process against the peer median, function by function
- Cycle times compared: monthly close, order-to-cash, procure-to-pay
- Staffing ratios per function against companies your size
- HR headcount ratios and cost per employee against peers
- IT spend as a share of revenue, and per-application cost, against peers
- The gaps ranked and sized in money, not percentages
- The evidence base behind every number, in writing
How we approach it
Four Weeks From Scope to Read-Out
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Week 1
Scope & Data Request
- Processes and functions in scope agreed
- A short data request your team can answer
- Answered from reports you already have
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Weeks 2–3
Collect & Normalise
- Your numbers cleaned and normalised
- Same definitions, scope and period
- Comparable like for like
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Week 4
Benchmark & Size the Gaps
- Compared against peer data
- The gaps ranked
- A money figure on each one worth closing
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Read-out
Decide What to Fix
- A working session with your leadership
- Which gaps to act on, in what order
- What to leave alone
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Pricing
Fixed Scope. Known Price
Baseline findings report
Freeone week · no cost
You get
- The processes worth benchmarking identified
- The data mapped
- The study scoped, before you commit to the full exercise
Process, HR & IT benchmarking study
Customscoped after the findings report · typically 4 weeks
You get
- Cost, cycle-time and staffing benchmarks across your processes, HR and IT functions
- Gaps ranked and sized in money
- A leadership read-out
Peer benchmarks are also available continuously inside B360 on the Growth plan.
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