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FINANCIAL ANALYTICS & DASHBOARDS

Understand Finance. See What Needs Attention.

Turn financial transactions, revenue, expenses, receivables, payables, cash, budgets and business data into structured dashboards for clearer financial visibility.

Revenue Expenses Profitability Receivables Payables Cash Budget vs Actual Power BI
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Financial Performance

Monitor revenue, expenses, profit and financial trends.

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Cash Visibility

Understand available cash, bank balances and movement.

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Receivables & Payables

Track customer dues, supplier obligations and balances.

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Budget Visibility

Compare actual financial performance with available budgets.

01

Overview

FINANCIAL DATA INTO BUSINESS VISIBILITY

Understand the financial position behind operations.

Financial information may exist across accounting systems, ERP platforms, invoices, payment records, bank data, spreadsheets, sales systems and custom business applications.

When this information remains disconnected, management may spend significant time consolidating reports before understanding revenue, costs, outstanding balances and financial performance.

Incodiv Tech develops financial analytics and Power BI dashboards that organize relevant financial information into KPIs, comparisons, trends and drill-down views.

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Capabilities

FINANCIAL ANALYTICS CAPABILITIES

Explore financial performance from multiple perspectives.

01

Revenue Analysis

Analyze revenue across periods, customers, branches, services and available business dimensions.

02

Expense Analysis

Understand expenses by category, period, department, branch or other available dimensions.

03

Profitability Analysis

Review gross or net profitability where reliable revenue, cost and expense data is available.

04

Cash & Bank Analysis

Create visibility into cash, bank accounts and available financial balances.

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Receivables Analysis

Understand customer balances, outstanding amounts and collection-related information.

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Payables Analysis

Review supplier balances, outstanding obligations and payment-related information.

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Budget vs Actual

Compare actual revenue or expenses with budget values where structured budget data is available.

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Cash Flow Analysis

Analyze relevant cash inflows, outflows and movement across reporting periods.

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Customer Balance Analysis

Compare outstanding customer balances and financial activity.

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Supplier Balance Analysis

Understand supplier liabilities, payment activity and balances.

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Branch & Department Analysis

Compare financial performance across locations or organizational dimensions where data supports it.

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Executive Finance Dashboard

Provide management with a focused overview of important financial indicators and trends.

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Business Challenges

WHEN FINANCIAL INFORMATION IS DISCONNECTED

Financial numbers exist. Visibility may not.

01

Manual Financial Reporting

Teams repeatedly combine spreadsheets before management can review results.

02

Disconnected Financial Data

Sales, expenses, invoices, payments and balances may exist in separate systems.

03

Limited Cash Visibility

Management may not have one clear view of cash and bank-related information.

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Outstanding Receivables

Customer balances and overdue amounts can be difficult to monitor consistently.

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Budget Variance Visibility

Actual financial results and budgets may be maintained separately.

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Slow Financial Analysis

Period comparisons and management reporting require repeated manual work.

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Analytics Model

FROM TRANSACTIONS TO FINANCIAL INSIGHT

Connect financial data into structured reporting.

01

Financial Data

Transactions, invoices, payments, budgets and balances.

02

Prepare

Clean and structure relevant reporting data.

03

Model

Define relationships, measures and financial KPIs.

04

Analyze

Explore performance, balances and trends.

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Monitor

Give management clearer financial visibility.

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Financial KPIs

MEASURE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

Build dashboards around meaningful financial indicators.

The exact KPIs depend on the organization's financial model, accounting structure, source data and management reporting needs.

KPI 01 Total Revenue

Revenue recorded for the selected period.

KPI 02 Total Expenses

Expense value across available categories.

KPI 03 Gross Profit

Gross profitability where suitable cost data exists.

KPI 04 Net Profit

Net financial result based on configured financial data.

KPI 05 Receivables

Outstanding customer amounts where available.

KPI 06 Payables

Outstanding supplier obligations where available.

KPI 07 Cash Position

Relevant cash and bank balances in the data model.

KPI 08 Budget Variance

Difference between actual and budget values.

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Revenue & Expenses

MONEY IN. COSTS OUT.

Understand revenue and expense movement over time.

Revenue and expense analytics can help management understand how financial activity changes across periods and business dimensions.

01

Revenue Trend

Review revenue movement across reporting periods.

02

Expense Trend

Understand changes in business expenses over time.

03

Expense Categories

Compare costs across available expense categories.

04

Revenue Breakdown

Analyze revenue by available customers, services or locations.

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Profitability

BEYOND REVENUE

Understand what contributes to financial performance.

Revenue alone does not show profitability. Where reliable cost and expense information is available, financial dashboards can provide additional margin and profitability analysis.

PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS Financial Performance
POWER BI VIEW
01 Revenue

Financial income from business activity.

02 Cost

Relevant direct cost information where available.

03 Gross Profit

Revenue less configured direct costs.

04 Net Performance

Broader profitability after relevant configured expenses.

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Receivables

CUSTOMER OUTSTANDING

Know what customers still owe the business.

Receivables analytics can provide a clearer view of customer balances, unpaid invoices, due amounts and collection-related activity where the source system provides the required data.

Total Receivables Overall customer outstanding
Customer Balances Outstanding by customer
Due Analysis Amounts by due information
Aging Analysis Aging where transaction dates and due dates support it
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Payables

SUPPLIER OBLIGATIONS

Understand what the business needs to pay.

Payables reporting can help finance teams understand supplier balances, unpaid bills, payment obligations and due information.

Total Payables Overall supplier obligations
Supplier Balances Outstanding by supplier
Due Payments Payments based on available due information
Payable Trend Changes in outstanding supplier balances
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Cash & Bank

CASH VISIBILITY

Understand available cash across financial accounts.

Where reliable cash and bank transaction data is available, dashboards can provide consolidated financial visibility across relevant accounts and reporting periods.

01 Opening Position Starting balance
02 Cash In Incoming movement
03 Cash Out Outgoing movement
04 Closing Position Ending balance
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Budget vs Actual

EXPECTATION VS PERFORMANCE

Compare financial plans with actual results.

Where structured budget information exists, financial analytics can compare budgeted revenue or expenses with actual results and calculate relevant variances.

01 Budget Planned value
02 Actual Recorded value
03 Variance Difference
04 Variance % Relative difference
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Business Dimensions

FINANCE ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION

Analyze financial performance by meaningful business dimensions.

Financial reporting can be segmented using available dimensions such as branch, department, company, customer, supplier, service or other configured business areas.

Branch Financial performance by location
Department Analyze organizational units
Customer Revenue and balances by customer
Supplier Purchases and balances by supplier
Category Revenue or expense categories
Period Financial trends over time
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Trend Analysis

FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OVER TIME

See how financial performance is changing.

Period-based analysis helps management compare financial results across suitable time periods and identify changes that may require further investigation.

01 Monthly

Month-by-month financial activity.

02 Quarterly

Quarter-level performance.

03 Yearly

Longer-term financial trends.

04 Period vs Period

Compare suitable reporting periods.

05 Actual vs Budget

Compare performance with plans.

06 Variance Analysis

Understand financial differences.

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Executive Dashboard

FINANCE AT A GLANCE

Give management a focused view of financial performance.

FINANCIAL OVERVIEW Executive Dashboard
MANAGEMENT VIEW
KPI Revenue Period performance
KPI Expenses Cost visibility
KPI Profit Profitability view
KPI Cash Cash position
KPI Receivables Customer outstanding
KPI Payables Supplier outstanding
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Data Sources

CONNECT FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Build dashboards from the systems your business uses.

Connection options depend on the source platform, database access, available APIs, supported connectors, exports and the organization's technical environment.

Excel
SQL Server
MySQL
ERP Systems
Accounting Systems
POS Systems
Payment Data
REST APIs
SharePoint
Dataverse
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Dashboard Structure

STRUCTURED FINANCIAL REPORTING

Organize financial analytics into focused report pages.

01
Financial Overview

Revenue, expenses, profit, cash and core finance KPIs.

02
Revenue & Expenses

Analyze financial inflows and business costs.

03
Profitability

Margin and profitability analysis where data supports it.

04
Receivables

Customer outstanding, dues and aging.

05
Payables

Supplier obligations and payment analysis.

06
Budget Analysis

Actual, budget and variance reporting.

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Technology

FINANCIAL ANALYTICS STACK

Technologies for connected financial reporting.

Power BI Power Query DAX SQL Server T-SQL MySQL Excel SharePoint Dataverse REST APIs Power Platform Microsoft 365
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Our Process

FROM FINANCIAL DATA TO DASHBOARD

Build finance analytics around real reporting requirements.

01

Discover

Understand finance processes, stakeholders and reporting needs.

02

Assess

Review financial systems, spreadsheets and available data.

03

Define

Agree KPIs, calculations, dimensions and reporting views.

04

Model

Prepare data relationships, measures and reporting logic.

05

Build

Develop dashboard pages, visuals and interactions.

06

Improve

Refine reporting as financial requirements evolve.

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Why Incodiv

DATA + FINANCE + BUSINESS SYSTEMS

Analytics connected with operational business data.

Incodiv Tech combines Power BI and data analytics experience with ERP, business management systems, SQL databases, Microsoft technologies and custom software.

This allows financial dashboards to be approached as part of the wider business data environment rather than as isolated charts.

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Business-focused financial analytics

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Power BI dashboard development

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SQL & data modeling experience

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ERP & business system understanding

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Custom KPI development

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Cross-system reporting capability

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Reporting Context

ANALYTICS VS STATUTORY REPORTING

Built for analysis, not a replacement for accounting controls.

Financial dashboards are designed to support management visibility and analytical reporting. Calculations depend on the source data, configured business rules and agreed reporting logic.

Statutory financial statements, tax reporting, audit requirements and jurisdiction-specific accounting obligations should continue to follow the organization's accounting systems, policies and professional requirements.

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FAQ

COMMON QUESTIONS

Financial analytics and dashboards, explained.

What is a financial analytics dashboard? +

A financial analytics dashboard organizes relevant financial information into KPIs, charts, comparisons and trends to support management analysis.

Which financial KPIs can be included? +

Depending on available data and reporting requirements, dashboards may include revenue, expenses, profit, margins, receivables, payables, cash, budget variance and other organization-specific indicators.

Can Power BI show receivables and payables? +

Yes, where the required customer, supplier, invoice, payment and balance information is available from the source systems.

Can we compare actual results with budgets? +

Yes. Structured budget information can be modeled alongside actual financial data to calculate relevant variances.

Can financial data come from multiple systems? +

Yes, where suitable access and connection methods are available. Data may come from ERP, accounting systems, databases, spreadsheets, business applications and supported APIs.

Can we analyze finance by branch or department? +

Yes, when the source data contains reliable branch, department, company, cost center or similar organizational dimensions.

Can existing Excel finance reports be moved to Power BI? +

Often yes. Existing Excel reports, calculations and source files can first be reviewed to determine how the reporting model should be structured in Power BI.

Does a Power BI finance dashboard replace accounting software? +

No. Power BI is primarily used here as an analytics and reporting layer. Core accounting transactions and statutory reporting should remain within the appropriate accounting or ERP environment.

Can dashboards show financial trends over time? +

Yes. Financial information can be compared across suitable monthly, quarterly, yearly or other reporting periods where the underlying data supports those comparisons.

YOUR FINANCIAL DATA SHOULD SUPPORT BETTER VISIBILITY

Understand performance. See what needs attention.

Tell us where your financial data currently lives and which revenue, expense, profit, cash, receivable, payable or budget KPIs you need to understand.

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