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Understand your numbers before you decide

Short analyses of profitability in service SMEs: what weighs on your profit, what really drives it up, and the blind spots I find from one engagement to the next.

Methodology · 7 min read

What is a management P&L? How to build one from your accounts

Your accounts tell you how much you earn, not why. A five-step method to build your management P&L and read your profitability.

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Client case · 6 min read

A consolidated P&L hides what matters: the case of a company with three businesses

A weak but positive overall result can hide one highly profitable activity and another making heavy losses. How to read profitability business line by business line.

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Client case · 6 min read

What is financial management? What your accounts don’t tell you

Your accounts are accurate, but you don’t know which business unit makes money. Financial management explained in four steps, with the case of an architecture firm.

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