NG Bailey Powers Up Financial Planning with Spitfire Analytics

NG Bailey is the UK’s largest independent engineering and services business, with a legacy spanning over a century. Operating across complex, multi-entity structures and diverse revenue streams, the finance team needed a way to bring visibility, control, and efficiency to their planning process.

75%
75% Reduction in budgeting time
15+
15+ Entities consolidated into one platform
100%
100% Confidence in the numbers
NG Bailey

The Challenge

Before working with Spitfire Analytics, NG Bailey’s finance team were stuck in the same old loop:

  • Budgeting took months, with 15+ separate spreadsheets being emailed back and forth

  • There was no single source of truth, every stakeholder had their own version of “the right numbers”

  • The process was so manual and error-prone that it felt more like a chore than a strategic exercise

Finance had become less about insight and more about spreadsheet survival.

The Solution

Spitfire Analytics stepped in to bring order to the chaos with a tailored implementation of IBM® Planning Analytics.

Here’s what changed:

  • All entities and business units were brought into one unified platform

  • Budgeting processes were automated, reducing manual input and human error

  • The team gained real-time visibility into actuals vs budget

  • Finance leadership could finally trust the numbers and act on them

The Result

  • 75% faster budgeting process

  • Full visibility across departments and entities

  • Accurate, reliable reporting, no more version-control drama

  • Increased confidence in financial decision-making

  • More time spent on insight, not input

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