Financial transformation that improves how decisions get made.
Rebuild reporting, planning and controls around the way your business operates.
Finance needs reliable information, clear responsibilities and a repeatable way to support decisions. We improve the reporting, planning and control processes together, working with the team that will run them.
Build a finance function you can rely on.
Choose the part of the function you want rebuilt first.
Connect planning with the people who run the business.
Connect budgets, operating drivers and ownership in one planning process. We improve the source data, model and review responsibilities together.
Planning responsibilities and controls designed together.
The operator's playbook for agentic AI in the finance function.
A practical guide to selecting finance workflows for AI, preparing the information they need and defining review before deployment.
Download the paperThe work behind
the outcome.
The Squared Method.
Four connected stages, shaped around the decision your business needs to make.
Diagnose
Agree what needs to change. Map the workflow, identify the constraint and establish who owns the result.
A defined problem, a baseline and an agreed scope.
Design
Work through the decisions, exceptions and responsibilities before implementation begins.
A proposed workflow or model, with assumptions and checks documented.
Deploy
Put the work into use alongside your team. Test the handoffs and prepare the people who will run it.
A working implementation, operating guidance and a named owner.
Defend
Review the result against the original question. Keep the evidence clear enough for the next review or handover.
A review record, supporting evidence and a plan for ongoing ownership.
Speak with a Bain Squared CFO.
Tell us where finance needs to provide better information or leadership. We will discuss the current process and whether ongoing support or a defined project fits the need.
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