Professional Services – Executive Dashboard

What is an Executive Dashboard for Professional Services Companies? Executive Dashboards are considered monitoring tools and are used by senior leaders as a self-service, real-time solution to review revenue and expense trends as well as key project metrics. Some of the main functionality in this type of visual report is that it is parameter driven so the user can run it for any year and month to see the result graphically. The report shows eight perspectives of the business, including: 1) Actual versus budget revenue by category, 2) Actual and budget monthly revenue trend, 3) Top five expenses with actual to budget comparison, 4) Actual and budget expense trend, 5) Pipeline by project, with high and low estimates, 6) Monthly pipeline trend with high and low estimates, 7) Top ten clients by billing amount, and 8) Bottom ten clients by billing amount. Below the charts there is a table section showing the figures used in the visuals. You find an example of this type of report below.

Purpose of Executive Dashboards for Professional Services Professional Services organizations use Executive Dashboards to give leaders an easy way to analyze the top performance drivers of the company. When used as part of good business practices in Executive departments, a company can improve its strategic decisions and financial performance, and it can reduce the chances that key profitability inhibitors are not addressed in a timely fashion due to lack of insight to the underlying metrics.

Who Uses This Type of  Visual report? The typical users of this type of visual report are: CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CROs and other top leaders. Other Reports Often Used in Conjunction with Executive Dashboards for Professional Services Progressive Executive departments sometimes use several different Executive Dashboards, along with profit & loss reports, KPI dashboards, project dashboards and detailed project reports, project forecast models, annual budget models and other management and control tools.

Where Does the Data for Analysis Originate From? The Actual (historical transactions) data typically comes from enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems like: Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) Finance, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (D365 BC), Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics SL, Sage Intacct, Sage 100, Sage 300, Sage 500, Sage X3, SAP Business One, SAP ByDesign, Acumatica, Netsuite and others. In analyses where budgets or forecasts are used, the planning data most often originates from in-house Excel spreadsheet models or from professional xFP&A solutions.

Built for professional services finance teams and aligned with Solver's xFP&A platform, this Solver dashboard template connects directly to your ERP data via the Solver Data Warehouse, enabling near real-time analysis with minimal setup. Designed for QuickStart deployment, it can be activated rapidly so your team can focus on analysis and decisions — not data preparation.

What is the Professional Services – Executive Dashboard in Solver? The Professional Services – Executive Dashboard is a pre-built xFP&A dashboard template in Solver designed for professional services organizations. It delivers key financial and operational metrics in a single, easy-to-use interface — purpose-built for professional services finance workflows.

Who uses this Solver dashboard template? This template is primarily used by CFOs, project managers, and professional services finance teams in professional services organizations who need accurate, timely data to support planning, reporting, and decision-making. It is particularly valuable for professional services finance teams managing budgets, forecasts, and performance reviews.

Where does the data come from? Data is sourced automatically from your ERP system through the Solver Data Warehouse, which integrates with platforms such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, Dynamics 365 Finance, Acumatica, Sage Intacct, and other leading ERP solutions. Once connected, the template updates in near real-time with no manual data entry required.

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