Data's a mess. Planning's in Excel.
Reporting takes forever.
We fix all three. Weeks, not years.
No jargon. No 200-slide decks.
You can carry on as you are...
Most finance teams we meet have normalised chaos. Month-end panic isn't a crisis anymore - it's just how it is. The spreadsheet only one person understands? That's just Dave's spreadsheet. The data that doesn't quite match? You'll fix it next quarter. The Sunday afternoon reconciliations? Part of the job. The board asking a question your model can't answer? You'll figure something out. You always do. And that's the thing - you've made it work. Your team is talented. They've held it together with duct tape and determination. Nobody's called it a crisis because you haven't let it become one.
But it doesn't have to be this way.
The gap between where you are and where you could be isn't a two-year transformation programme. It's not ripping everything out. It's a few focused decisions, made well. Staying where you are is a valid choice. But if you're still reading, you're probably ready for a different one.
The challenges keeping Finance Directors up at night
Month-end takes 12+ days
Your team scrambles to close the books while the board waits for numbers that are already outdated by the time they arrive.
"Which spreadsheet is current?"
Version control is a nightmare. Critical decisions are made on conflicting data while your team plays detective tracking down the source.
Board asks, you can't answer
"What if revenue drops 15%?" Simple scenario questions require 2-3 days of manual rework. The CFO shouldn't need to promise "I'll get back to you."
Errors hiding in plain sight
94% of business spreadsheets contain errors. The question isn't whether there's a mistake in your board pack. It's how long it's been there.
FP&A talent keeps leaving
Your best people didn't earn finance degrees to spend 80% of their time copy-pasting. They want strategic impact, not data entry.
Technology paralysis
Anaplan? Pigment? Planful? Power BI? Every vendor says they're the answer. You need unbiased guidance, not another sales pitch.
The compound effect
What standing still actually costs
Every month your team spends 12 days closing instead of 3, that's 9 days of analysis you're not doing. Over a year, that's 108 days of your most expensive people doing work a system should handle.
Every board question that takes a weekend to model is a decision made without the scenario your CFO needed. Over a year, that's 15-20 strategic decisions made on incomplete information.
Every time your best FP&A analyst updates a spreadsheet they could automate, they're one step closer to accepting that recruiter's LinkedIn message.
None of these are crises. That's the problem. They compound quietly until one of them becomes visible at exactly the wrong moment.
A clear path from chaos to clarity
We don't push products. We start by understanding your world, then guide you to solutions that actually fit.
The Bolt Blueprint
We audit what you have, map what you need, and build a transformation roadmap tailored to your reality. The recommendation you take to your board has independent evidence behind it. Not a vendor pitch. Not your team's best guess. An independent assessment from people who've done this 200+ times.
Technology Selection
Unbiased guidance on the right platform for your needs. We negotiate with vendors on your behalf.
Implementation
End-to-end delivery: requirements, build, testing, training. We stay until it works.
Admin-as-a-Service
Ongoing support without hiring FTEs. We keep your systems optimised as your business evolves.
* Often waived if we proceed to a full engagement.
† Depends on scope and complexity. Simple projects can go live in weeks.
The outcome
What it actually looks like on the other side
Your month-end takes 3 days instead of 12. But that's not the thing you notice first. The thing you notice is that your team starts coming to you with insights instead of reconciliations. Your board stops asking "can you get back to us?" and starts asking "what else can you show us?" Your FP&A analysts stop updating their LinkedIn profiles.
Your Sunday afternoons belong to you again.
"I've sat where you're sitting."
Before Bolt, I spent 25 years in finance. Closing month-ends, building board packs, arguing with auditors about spreadsheet controls. I've been the person trying to explain to a PE partner why the forecast changed overnight. I've been the person who inherited a broken planning model and had to make it work by Thursday.
When I tell you we've seen your exact situation before, it's because I've been your exact situation before. That's not a sales pitch. It's why we started this business.
Bolt is seen as a trusted delivery partner and we'd work with them again without hesitation. They provided an excellent service, delivered in a clear and transparent way, helping us achieve our goals ahead of schedule and within budget.
Questions
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