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THE TECHNOLOGY HEADLINES
Cadilus believes in providing services that are
customized and comprehensive in nature to meet
the unique needs of each customer.
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leading technologies, proprietary products and
playbooks, process excellence, and exceptional people to
become a premier operating partner for its customers. distilled into key insights and recommendations enables
quick and actionable responses, positioning the FP&A
function as a strategic partner.
Core competencies: Cadilus to become a premier
partner Improved decision leads to improved performance
Cadilus believes in providing services that are
customized and comprehensive in nature to meet
the unique needs of each customer.To achieve this,
Cadilus starts from its core capabilities which include
business planning & budgeting, financial modeling &
forecasting, performance measuring & reporting, and
business analytics & insights. Through these services,
the company aims to enable customers to enhance their
business operations and performance. With regards to
financial modeling & forecasting, Nick explains, “Our
models are driver-based with a financial modeling
platform that enables projections to be a function of the
core performance drivers, segmented the way in which
the business is actually managed, by responsibility
center.”
Being a leading operating partner, Cadilus aims to
optimize its customers’ business performance by
enabling enhanced decision making. The company
achieves this through FP&A capability built on its FAACT
framework —Focus, Alignment, Accountability, Clarity,
and Transparency. Nick states, “We achieve this by
offering capabilities built upon our FAACT framework
—focus and alignment around strategic and operational
priorities, accountability into performance and progress,
and clarity and transparency through facts, data, and
insights.”
Through the FAACT framework, Cadilus not only
enhances customer’s business outcomes but also helps
them to achieve sustainable and profitable growth.
Prime Differentiators
“Once this is in place, we leverage our CAIR approach
to forecasting. Collaboration, Analysis, Insights and
Recommendations,” adds Nick. Through the CAIR
approach, the company is able to serve as a true
operating partner and extension of the internal
management team.
Collaboration: Regular engagement with enterprise
stakeholders is a critical step in gathering the
information that enables everything from
understanding actual performance to projecting the
impact of revised assumptions and decisions.
Analysis: With context from stakeholders and access
to vast data sources, variance analyses become a tool to
improve future forecast accuracy and highlight where
course-corrections are needed.
Insights & Recommendations: Rather than leaving busy
stakeholders with the task of interpretation, analyses
AUGUST 2019
Cadilus has achieved success in the market because
of its wide variety of customized and comprehensive
solutions, while optimizing the deployment of
technological and human capital. An aspect which
separates the company from its competitors and is the
basis for success in the market is its three differentiators
including Exceptional people, Process innovation, and
Proprietary Playbooks.
Exceptional People: Cadilus consists of customer-
centric and expansively collaborative delivery teams,
who are equipped with top-tier talents. They serve as an
extension for the customer’s finance team to empower
their financial system.
Process Innovation: It includes the delivery model,
which is built on LEAN-principles and enabled by
optimized technology stack to deliver unprecedented
quality and pace.
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