E32: Finance Data & Reporting in the first 30 days: Turn Your Financial Data Into Business Gold! 💡

It's Ash + Kevin again this week, and we wanted to talk through setting up your Finance data to report & make decisions from in the first 30-60 days. On this episode we discuss: - Introduction to Financial Data and Reporting: Join us as we discuss our journey as finance pros and the importance of turning financial data into business insights. - Data Migration Challenges: Ash shares his experience with migrating from Tableau to Power BI and the lessons learned during the process. - Structuring Financial Data: Learn how to structure your financial data to support downstream reporting and ensure your reports provide meaningful insights. - Industry-Specific Data Insights: We dive into how different industries, like recruitment and construction, can track revenue and costs to optimize performance. - Common Mistakes to Avoid: Discover worst practices, including irrelevant metrics, ineffective systems, and the dangers of “garbage in, garbage out.” - Leveraging AI for Data: Explore how AI can help you think through your data, streamline processes, and improve reporting. _______________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Ash, Hubert & Kevin Pod (AHK). We share finance stories, lessons, and mistakes to help business owners and finance pros understand sometimes complex concepts. Our aim is for you to leave each episode thinking, "Ah, k. I get it now." About the hosts: Ash: Husband, dad, and strategic finance leader with more qualifications than letters in the alphabet. Hubert: Husband, dad, and the technical finance leader with a passion for anything with engines. Kevin: Husband, dad, finance leader by day, side hustle builder by night!