Business analyst
Turns a partner's brief into requirements, definitions and a decision the numbers can support.
Decision Intelligence Pod
A complete analytics capability without building an internal department.
A managed, multi-disciplinary analytical team for practices that want decision support across reporting, forecasting, data preparation and automation.
From approximately £5,000/month. Indicative starting points. Final pricing depends on analytical scope, data complexity and required capacity.
Who sits in the pod
You do not employ these people. SPC staffs and manages the mix against the work. Not every seat is full-time on day one.
Data analyst
Cuts the ledger, sales and stock into the questions management actually asks.
BI developer
Builds the pack and the Power BI model so the same figure appears once, and is trusted.
Data engineer
Prepares the data so next month does not start with another manual rebuild.
FP&A / financial analyst
Budgets, forecasts, scenarios and a cash view that an FD can defend.
Automation specialist
Takes recurring commentary and packs off a person and onto a controlled workflow. Used where it shortens the work, not as a gimmick.
An example engagement
01
The brief
A practice wants to offer a paid insight product to a dozen SME clients. The accounts are already done. The clients want contribution, cash and a short list of actions. The firm does not want to hire six specialists.
02
What the pod does
Business analysis sets the questions. Data work makes the numbers repeatable. FP&A owns the forecast. BI puts it in a board pack. The partner still prices it and sits with the client.
03
What you get back
A managed function: calendar, definitions, models, packs and recommended actions. Not six CVs and a Slack channel.
When this is the right buy
- Firms ready to offer a distinct advisory product across several clients
- Engagements that need analysis, data preparation and forecasting together
- Leadership teams that want recommended actions, not another report pack
- Business analysis and data analysis
- BI development and data engineering
- FP&A and financial analysis
- Automation and AI-assisted analytical workflows
When it is not
Do not buy a pod to answer one Excel question. That is the Analytics Desk. Do not buy a pod because a software vendor said you need a data platform. The product is decisions the practice can stand behind.
If you want a dedicated repeating pack for a defined book of clients, and not yet data engineering plus automation alongside FP&A, start with Embedded Analytics.
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A Decision Intelligence Pod is the premium service. We will only scope it if there is a real portfolio or a real decision process to sit behind. Otherwise we will tell you to start smaller.