Trusted numbers. Better decisions. More time.
We build solutions tailored to your business, solving practical challenges with trusted data, useful AI and automation. We stay involved, advising and supporting you as your business evolves.
Built on Microsoft technology.
Brydens BI implements and supports Calumo and Finance CoreIQ.
The challenges we solve
Hear what our existing clients have to say…
“The team at Brydens BI brought together data from multiple internal and external sources. Their finance knowledge and willingness to understand our business made the process easy. They just got on with it. Now our financial and non-financial reporting is consolidated and readily available to use. It’s been transformative. The same team that scoped and implemented the solution still supports us today.”
“We’ve moved from a slow, painful, Excel-heavy annual budget process to a monthly rolling forecast linked directly to our ERP and HR systems. Department heads can review and update their numbers online, and our executives have a dedicated reporting app. By the time we start the annual budget, most of the work is already done.”
“It was refreshing to work with people who understood Finance as well as the technology. Brydens BI quickly grasped our accounting requirements, found practical ways to automate the work and delivered a solution that fit our business without consuming all our team’s time. We’ve already identified what we want to tackle next, and we’re confident they can deliver it.”
The team behind Brydens
Both of them sat in finance seats before they became consultants. The discovery call sounds different when the person asking has run the process you are describing.
An accountant with an MBA, Tim combines executive and finance leadership with hands-on coding experience across listed and large private organisations. Specialises in understanding how businesses work, making sense of complex situations and translating that understanding into practical solutions.
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Financial reporting, business intelligence and data integration across government and private organisations, including leading Business Reporting in a NSW State Government department. Specialises in enterprise reporting platforms, APIs, system integrations and ESG reporting. Holds an MBA.
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Labelled by problem and business shape, never by client name. Watch one before you speak to anybody.
Eliminations, currency translation and the consolidated position, from three unconnected ledgers, with no workbook in the chain.
Recording to comeCost, revenue and committed spend against a live project ledger, so the margin question is answered in the meeting it is asked in.
Recording to comeA fourth entity on a fourth ledger, mapped into the group model and reporting on the same close as the other three.
Recording to comeBring us the finance process that’s holding you back.
Whether it’s reporting that takes too long, spreadsheets carrying too much risk, disconnected systems, a forecast that’s always out of date, or a process that no longer scales, we’ll help you find a clearer way forward.
Contact us today to discuss a clearer path forward.
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For finance teams managing multiple entities, systems and currencies.
Consolidated reporting sooner. Numbers you can trace.
Connect your finance systems and automate repeatable consolidation work, so your team can spend more time reviewing the results.
30 minutes with Tim Bryden. Free, with practical next steps.
- 01Connect your source systems
- 02Consolidate automatically
- 03Review the group report
Does your consolidation process look like this?
Different ledgers. One group.
Your entities use different systems, currencies or account structures.
The same manual steps, every close.
Finance repeats exports, mappings, reconciliations and adjustments.
A team ready for a better process.
You have an internal finance team that needs more time to review the numbers.
Connected data.
Confident decisions.
Data flows automatically into a finance-certified layer, giving you one consolidated position, with every figure traceable to its source.
- All your data in one place
- Automated and reliable
- Full traceability and control
- More time for what matters
Challenges and solutions in the real world
Optional: Tim Bryden talks through how this works for a client. Watching is not needed to request a session.
Get your free reporting strategy session.
Spend 30 minutes with Tim Bryden exploring how to reduce the manual work between your finance systems and your management reports.
In your session, we will discuss:
- Where your reporting cycle gets stuck. Talk through the exports, mappings, reconciliations and consolidation steps slowing your team down.
- Which repeatable steps could be automated. Explore opportunities around your existing systems and the checks Finance still needs.
- How to make the numbers easier to trace. Discuss the links between source data, adjustments and the reports your team relies on.
- A practical place to start. Identify a useful first improvement and the information needed to scope it.
Afterwards, receive a one-page summary of the reporting bottleneck, opportunities discussed and recommended next step.
Free. No obligation to engage us.
Request your free session
Share your details. Tim will reply by email to arrange a time.
Support beyond the next month-end.
We design, implement and support your consolidation solution, and help adapt it as entities, systems and reporting needs change.
Direct access to our team
Contact us by email, Teams or Slack. Work with people who understand Finance and your solution.
How it starts: a clear proposal setting out what we will deliver, implementation and recurring costs, and what we need from you. Delivery is phased, with a typical first go-live in 3–5 weeks, depending on scope and data access. We build, test and reconcile with your nominated contact, and arrange sign-off before moving on.
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Questions finance teams ask
We start with your existing finance systems and reporting process. The strategy session helps identify potential connections and what needs further investigation.
Yes. Multi-entity and multi-currency reporting are common situations we work with. The scope will reflect your ledgers, account structures and consolidation rules.
We typically work with businesses from $40m to $1bn+ in revenue and an internal finance team. Size is a guide: complexity, resources and where we can make a practical difference determine fit.
Bring one process or question you want to improve. You can describe your current systems and approach during the call. You do not need to upload files or prepare a presentation.
We will focus on one challenge, discuss potential improvements and agree a useful next step. If further investigation or implementation would help, we can discuss that separately. There is no obligation to proceed.
For finance teams explaining performance across multiple systems.
Explain the result. Trace the detail.
Connect reporting to transactions and business context, so your team can investigate movements and review draft commentary with confidence.
30 minutes with Tim Bryden. Free, with practical next steps.
Illustrative example. Draft commentary needs Finance review and supporting source information.
- 01See what moved
- 02Drill to the supporting detail
- 03Review draft commentary
When the report raises more questions.
The ERP does not tell the whole story.
The explanation depends on operational data as well as financial results.
Answers live across systems.
Finance returns to exports and spreadsheets to investigate movements.
Analysis gets squeezed out.
Your internal team spends too much time finding detail and assembling explanations.
The explanation arrives
with the number.
Drivers, trends and exceptions are surfaced alongside the result, with the ability to drill into the detail and trace movements back to source.
- Drivers surfaced early
- Drill into supporting detail
- Commentary alongside the numbers
- Faster answers to follow-up questions
Challenges and solutions in the real world
Optional: Tim Bryden talks through how this works for a client. Watching is not needed to request a session.
Get your free finance analysis strategy session.
Bring one performance question your team struggles to answer. Spend 30 minutes with Tim Bryden exploring what would make the answer easier to find and explain.
In your session, we will discuss:
- The questions your reports leave unanswered. Choose one result, variance or business driver that takes too much investigation.
- The information behind the explanation. Discuss which financial and operational sources could help your team understand the movement.
- A clearer route from result to detail. Explore how reporting could connect to the transactions and context behind the number.
- A useful first improvement. Identify one reporting or analysis change worth investigating, and what it would require.
Afterwards, receive a one-page summary of your analysis question, the information needed and recommended next step.
Free. No obligation to engage us.
Request your free session
Share your details. Tim will reply by email to arrange a time.
Reporting that keeps up with your questions.
We design, implement and support reporting that reflects how your business works, and help evolve it as management questions and data sources change.
Direct access to our team
Contact us by email, Teams or Slack. Work with people who understand Finance and your solution.
How it starts: a clear proposal setting out what we will deliver, implementation and recurring costs, and what we need from you. Delivery is phased, with a typical first go-live in 3–5 weeks, depending on scope and data access. We build, test and reconcile with your nominated contact, and arrange sign-off before moving on.
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Questions finance teams ask
Yes. We bring financial and operational information together where it is relevant to reporting, analysis and planning. Available data and connections are assessed during scoping.
No. AI commentary is a draft for your team to review. The supporting data and business context remain essential to evaluating the explanation.
We typically work with businesses from $40m to $1bn+ in revenue and an internal finance team. Size is a guide: complexity, resources and where we can make a practical difference determine fit.
Bring one process or question you want to improve. You can describe your current systems and approach during the call. You do not need to upload files or prepare a presentation.
We will focus on one challenge, discuss potential improvements and agree a useful next step. If further investigation or implementation would help, we can discuss that separately. There is no obligation to proceed.
For finance teams whose critical processes depend on complex workbooks.
Keep Finance in control. Reduce spreadsheet risk.
Bring important calculations into a controlled, repeatable process while retaining the business rules and flexibility your team needs.
30 minutes with Tim Bryden. Free, with practical next steps.
- 01Understand the rules
- 02Add controls
- 03Review the outputs
When a workbook carries too much responsibility.
Business rules need a flexible solution.
Allocations, commissions or project forecasts go beyond a standard setup.
A critical process depends on a workbook.
Important calculations and adjustments have become difficult to check and maintain.
Knowledge sits with too few people.
Your finance team needs clearer ownership, review and continuity.
Finance keeps control.
Risk comes down.
Critical calculations move into a governed, reviewable environment while Finance retains ownership of the rules, assumptions and outputs.
- Governed calculations and logic
- Versioned and reviewable
- Clear workflows and approvals
- Finance remains in control
Challenges and solutions in the real world
Optional: Tim Bryden talks through how this works for a client. Watching is not needed to request a session.
Get your free spreadsheet strategy session.
Bring one finance process that depends on a critical workbook. Spend 30 minutes with Tim Bryden exploring how to improve control without losing the flexibility your team needs.
In your session, we will discuss:
- What makes the workbook business-critical. Talk through its calculations, inputs and the decisions or payments that depend on it.
- Where the process is vulnerable. Discuss version changes, manual hand-offs, review steps and reliance on one person's knowledge.
- What to keep in Excel, and what to change. Explore where stronger ownership, shared logic or automation could help.
- A sensible first improvement. Choose an area to investigate further and the information needed before changing the process.
Afterwards, receive a one-page summary of the process discussed, potential control improvements and recommended next step.
Free. No obligation to engage us.
Request your free session
Share your details. Tim will reply by email to arrange a time.
Keep the knowledge. Improve the controls.
We work with your finance team to understand the rules, implement a more controlled process and support it as calculations and business needs change.
Direct access to our team
Contact us by email, Teams or Slack. Work with people who understand Finance and your solution.
How it starts: a clear proposal setting out what we will deliver, implementation and recurring costs, and what we need from you. Delivery is phased, with a typical first go-live in 3–5 weeks, depending on scope and data access. We build, test and reconcile with your nominated contact, and arrange sign-off before moving on.
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Questions finance teams ask
Not necessarily. We assess where Excel remains useful and where critical logic, controls or recurring work would benefit from a more governed process.
Yes. Allocations, commissions and project forecasts are examples of the flexible finance processes we work with. Your rules and requirements define the scope.
We typically work with businesses from $40m to $1bn+ in revenue and an internal finance team. Size is a guide: complexity, resources and where we can make a practical difference determine fit.
Bring one process or question you want to improve. You can describe your current systems and approach during the call. You do not need to upload files or prepare a presentation.
We will focus on one challenge, discuss potential improvements and agree a useful next step. If further investigation or implementation would help, we can discuss that separately. There is no obligation to proceed.
For finance and FP&A teams coordinating plans across the business.
Update the forecast as the business changes.
Connect actuals, assumptions and team inputs so forecasts consolidate automatically and scenarios can change without rebuilding spreadsheets.
30 minutes with Tim Bryden. Free, with practical next steps.
- 01Collect inputs
- 02Consolidate
- 03Update scenarios
When planning takes too much coordination.
Inputs come from across the business.
Finance collects assumptions from departments, systems and separate templates.
Your model needs to reflect your business.
People, projects and other operating drivers need more than a standard setup.
Reforecasting takes too much rebuilding.
Your internal finance or FP&A team needs a more repeatable way to update the outlook.
Change an assumption.
See the impact.
Drivers connect directly to the forecast, actuals flow through automatically and Finance can update scenarios without rebuilding the model each time.
- Drivers connected to the forecast
- Controlled inputs and approvals
- Actuals flow through automatically
- Scenarios updated quickly
Challenges and solutions in the real world
Optional: Tim Bryden talks through how this works for a client. Watching is not needed to request a session.
Get your free forecasting strategy session.
Spend 30 minutes with Tim Bryden exploring how your team could update forecasts with less chasing, consolidation and spreadsheet rebuilding.
In your session, we will discuss:
- Where your planning cycle loses time. Talk through collecting inputs, agreeing assumptions and consolidating the forecast.
- The drivers your model needs to reflect. Discuss the people, projects or other operating assumptions that shape your outlook.
- How to make updates easier to manage. Explore links to actuals, clearer ownership and a more repeatable input and review process.
- A practical first change. Identify one improvement to investigate before the next planning cycle.
Afterwards, receive a one-page summary of your planning bottleneck, improvement options and recommended next step.
Free. No obligation to engage us.
Request your free session
Share your details. Tim will reply by email to arrange a time.
Planning that evolves with your business.
We design, implement and support your planning solution, helping your team adapt drivers, inputs and reporting as the business changes.
Direct access to our team
Contact us by email, Teams or Slack. Work with people who understand Finance and your solution.
How it starts: a clear proposal setting out what we will deliver, implementation and recurring costs, and what we need from you. Delivery is phased, with a typical first go-live in 3–5 weeks, depending on scope and data access. We build, test and reconcile with your nominated contact, and arrange sign-off before moving on.
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Questions finance teams ask
The planning process is designed around your team's inputs, rules and review responsibilities. Ownership, permissions and approvals are agreed during scoping.
Yes, where it fits the agreed process. The aim is to reduce uncontrolled templates and manual consolidation while retaining useful ways for Finance to work.
We typically work with businesses from $40m to $1bn+ in revenue and an internal finance team. Size is a guide: complexity, resources and where we can make a practical difference determine fit.
Bring one process or question you want to improve. You can describe your current systems and approach during the call. You do not need to upload files or prepare a presentation.
We will focus on one challenge, discuss potential improvements and agree a useful next step. If further investigation or implementation would help, we can discuss that separately. There is no obligation to proceed.
For finance teams managing acquisitions, new entities and growing complexity.
Add complexity without rebuilding Finance.
Connect entities and systems into repeatable reporting and planning processes, helping your team reduce manual workarounds as the business grows.
30 minutes with Tim Bryden. Free, with practical next steps.
- 01Add a new entity
- 02Map it to the group model
- 03Report and plan as one group
When growth creates more finance work.
The group keeps changing.
Acquisitions and new entities introduce different ledgers and account structures.
Reporting demands keep increasing.
New systems, divisions and stakeholders add more recurring requirements.
Your team needs the process to scale.
Finance needs support and automation without rebuilding the model for each change.
Capacity comes
from the process.
A governed model makes it easier to add entities, systems and reporting requirements without rebuilding the finance process every time the business grows.
- One governed group model
- Add entities without rebuilding
- Recurring processes automated
- More capacity for higher-value work
Challenges and solutions in the real world
Optional: Tim Bryden talks through how this works for a client. Watching is not needed to request a session.
Get your free finance growth strategy session.
Spend 30 minutes with Tim Bryden exploring where growth is putting pressure on Finance and what to strengthen before the next entity, acquisition or expansion.
In your session, we will discuss:
- Where growth is creating more manual work. Discuss the entities, systems or reporting demands that are stretching your current process.
- What your next stage of growth will require. Look at upcoming changes and the finance capabilities they are likely to need.
- What could become more repeatable. Explore consistent mappings, reusable reporting and ownership of changes within your team.
- What to tackle first. Identify a practical priority, its dependencies and the questions to resolve before scoping it.
Afterwards, receive a one-page summary of the growth pressure, finance priorities discussed and recommended next step.
Free. No obligation to engage us.
Request your free session
Share your details. Tim will reply by email to arrange a time.
A finance partner as the group changes.
We design, implement and support your reporting and planning solution, helping it evolve as your entity structure, systems and management needs change.
Direct access to our team
Contact us by email, Teams or Slack. Work with people who understand Finance and your solution.
How it starts: a clear proposal setting out what we will deliver, implementation and recurring costs, and what we need from you. Delivery is phased, with a typical first go-live in 3–5 weeks, depending on scope and data access. We build, test and reconcile with your nominated contact, and arrange sign-off before moving on.
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Questions finance teams ask
Different source systems are a common part of the groups we work with. Scoping establishes the connections, mappings and reporting requirements for each entity.
No. We work alongside an internal finance team, adding technical capability and practical advice. Your team's knowledge and involvement remain important.
We typically work with businesses from $40m to $1bn+ in revenue and an internal finance team. Size is a guide: complexity, resources and where we can make a practical difference determine fit.
Bring one process or question you want to improve. You can describe your current systems and approach during the call. You do not need to upload files or prepare a presentation.
We will focus on one challenge, discuss potential improvements and agree a useful next step. If further investigation or implementation would help, we can discuss that separately. There is no obligation to proceed.
For finance teams exploring AI with trusted data and business context.
Give AI the finance context it needs.
Connect financial data and business definitions so your team can review draft AI analysis and trace answers back to the supporting information.
30 minutes with Tim Bryden. Free, with practical next steps.
Illustrative example. Draft commentary needs Finance review and supporting source information.
- 01Ask a finance question
- 02Review the draft response
- 03Check the sources behind it
Start with a practical finance use case.
Relevant information is spread out.
Financial results, operating data and business context sit in different places.
Your team needs answers it can check.
Finance needs traceable information and human review of draft analysis.
There is a specific task worth improving.
You want to explore reporting, investigation or commentary with an internal finance team.
AI starts with trusted
finance context.
Financial and operational data come together in a governed foundation, giving AI the context it needs to produce useful, traceable outputs for Finance.
- Trusted data and definitions
- Governed finance context
- Traceable outputs
- Faster analysis and commentary
AI drafts are for Finance review. Connected data supports checking an answer; it does not guarantee that every output is correct.
Challenges and solutions in the real world
Optional: Tim Bryden talks through how this works for a client. Watching is not needed to request a session.
Get your free finance AI strategy session.
Spend 30 minutes with Tim Bryden exploring one useful role for AI in your finance team, and the data, business context and controls it would need.
In your session, we will discuss:
- A finance use case worth exploring. Choose one task, such as investigating a variance or preparing draft commentary.
- The information AI would need. Discuss the source data, definitions and business context needed to make the output useful.
- The checks Finance must retain. Consider access permissions, traceability and how your team would review the output.
- A sensible starting point. Define a contained use case to investigate and the questions to answer before a pilot.
Afterwards, receive a one-page summary of your proposed AI use case, data and control questions, and recommended next step.
Free. No obligation to engage us.
Request your free session
Share your details. Tim will reply by email to arrange a time.
Practical AI, supported as your data evolves.
We work with your finance team on the data and business context behind a useful AI application, and support the solution as sources and requirements change.
Direct access to our team
Contact us by email, Teams or Slack. Work with people who understand Finance and your solution.
How it starts: a clear proposal setting out what we will deliver, implementation and recurring costs, and what we need from you. Delivery is phased, with a typical first go-live in 3–5 weeks, depending on scope and data access. We build, test and reconcile with your nominated contact, and arrange sign-off before moving on.
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Questions finance teams ask
Start with a useful finance question and the information available today. The strategy session can identify data, definition and access gaps that need to be addressed.
Yes. Treat AI analysis and commentary as drafts to evaluate against the supporting information. Traceability supports review; it does not guarantee that every output is correct.
We typically work with businesses from $40m to $1bn+ in revenue and an internal finance team. Size is a guide: complexity, resources and where we can make a practical difference determine fit.
Bring one process or question you want to improve. You can describe your current systems and approach during the call. You do not need to upload files or prepare a presentation.
We will focus on one challenge, discuss potential improvements and agree a useful next step. If further investigation or implementation would help, we can discuss that separately. There is no obligation to proceed.
The team that scopes it is the team that builds it, and the team that supports it.
You work directly with the team doing the work, from the first conversation through implementation and ongoing support.
We deliver a working solution, not a report about potential solutions.
We ask what breaks, what takes too long and what you need to see. You show us the reporting and processes that matter. We use that conversation to establish a practical scope.
You get a straightforward proposal setting out what we will deliver, implementation and recurring costs, and what we need from you. Any additional work and associated costs are agreed before proceeding.
Each phase delivers practical value and gets your team using the system. We build, test, and work with your nominated contact to reconcile, confirm business rules, review outputs, and arrange sign-off.
Email us, call us or message us. You reach people who know your system. Small issues can often be resolved quickly. Larger work gets a clear next step and timeframe.
Finance experience. Proven methods. Shared knowledge.
Everyone in our team has worked in Finance, lived through month-end and posted journals. We understand the pressure of getting the numbers right and being able to explain them.
We combine that experience with reusable integration patterns, documented methods and shared tooling. A recent connection to an unfamiliar system took two days because the consultant could start from a proven approach.That reduces build time and makes the solution easier to support. Shared knowledge, documentation and access mean another team member can pick up the work when needed.
Twenty years of experience means we know where to start.
The business details vary, but many of the underlying problems are familiar: connecting systems, mapping accounts, consolidating entities, translating currencies and turning spreadsheets into repeatable processes.
We bring proven methods to those problems, then adapt them to your business. That is what keeps scoping practical and delivery moving.
Start with the outputs and the decisions they support.
Show us the reports you rely on, what they tell you and where the process breaks down.
We use those outputs to establish what the solution needs to deliver, then work through the rules, exceptions and controls that make the numbers right. You do not need to explain every formula before we can begin.
The opportunity is not to replace Excel.
It is to preserve the flexibility and business knowledge that made your process valuable in the first place. Shared data, rules, security and controlled processing sit in a governed platform.
Excel remains an option for investigation and modelling, but most users embrace working online, where shared reports, live data and drill-through make it easier to explore results and work together.
Clear responsibilities for Finance and IT.
The platforms are cloud based. Finance owns its reports, mappings, models and business rules, within agreed controls. We manage the finance solution and its technical changes.
Your IT team is involved mainly in providing credentials to source systems and confirming security requirements. Day-to-day use and ongoing improvements rarely need their involvement.
The lake provides the data. Finance still needs a governed reporting model.
A data lake can give us a strong starting point. Finance still needs mappings, business rules and reconciliations, plus eliminations and currency translation where relevant, along with other finance and business-specific adjustments and an understanding of how the business works, to turn that data into reliable reporting.
Where your existing data platform is suitable, we build on it, working with your IT team on any connections or changes needed. The result is reporting Finance can explain and sign off.
AI-assisted forecasting. Inside Excel.
Combine historical data with plain-English business context to produce forecasts your team can review, explain and refine.
Built by Brydens BI. Approved by Microsoft. Available in Microsoft Marketplace.
Use your existing data and workbooks, without moving to a new system.
Add assumptions about pricing, pipeline, costs or market conditions in plain English.
Review a mathematical baseline, AI-assisted adjustments and the reasons behind them.
Support rolling forecasts, reforecasts and what-if analysis.
Finance CoreIQ
Plan, report and investigate in one governed workspace.
Finance CoreIQ connects finance data, models and processes, so your team can build reports, manage plans, automate recurring work and find out what is driving the result. AI works from controlled data and approved context. Finance stays in control of the answer.
Built for the questions that come after the numbers.
Build reports around the question
Financial and operational measures on consistent definitions. Shape a view yourself, or let AI draft one for Finance to check before it is published.
Explore what drives performance
Move from a headline result into entities, departments, projects and transactions, without rebuilding the analysis in a spreadsheet.
Plan and model scenarios
Actuals, budgets, forecasts and drivers in one connected process, with inputs, approvals and the impact of each assumption visible.
Automate recurring work
Governed workflows collect inputs, apply business rules and move work through review, including processes that cross Finance and operations.
Investigate and draft with AI
Finance CoreIQ finds the main drivers of a result and drafts an explanation with supporting figures. Finance checks the evidence and approves the wording.
One shared place to work
Reports and work organised in a company workspace, so everyone starts from the same definitions and sees what is relevant to their role.
The numbers, and what the business knows about them.
When Finance asks why a result changed, Finance CoreIQ takes the figures from governed finance data. The Brain then brings in context the user is allowed to see, such as project updates, meeting notes and reporting definitions.
Knowledge is organised for the whole company, a workspace or an individual. Finance reviews the evidence and stays responsible for the final answer.
Once the data refreshes, Finance CoreIQ investigates the variances across the pack and drafts commentary from the supporting detail and prior months.
Finance starts the review with explanations already drafted, potentially minutes after refresh, and spends its time challenging findings and signing off.
Introduced alongside what you already run.
Finance CoreIQ works next to an established finance environment. For Calumo clients, a first use case can draw on a controlled copy of trusted actual and plan data while Calumo remains the authoritative source.
One useful use case first, then build from there.
See Finance CoreIQ in the context of your business.
Bring a reporting question, a planning process or an operational problem Finance is helping to solve. We will walk through how Finance CoreIQ could help, what it would need and how it would sit alongside your current systems.
Contact us today to discuss a clearer path forward.
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Calumo
Governed consolidation, reporting and planning on Calumo.
We replace spreadsheet-heavy consolidation, reporting and planning with Calumo solutions built on Microsoft Azure. Better control, less manual effort, and a foundation that scales with the business.
Four things, delivered as one governed model.
Consolidation and reporting
Automated eliminations and multi-currency consolidation, board-ready packs, and drill-through from summary to transaction.
Forecasting and planning
Driver-based rolling forecasts, scenario modelling and workflow governance, aligned to actuals.
Finance data warehouse
One source of truth across ERP, GL, payroll, CRM, HR and operational data, on a governed Azure model.
Ongoing support
Structured support, performance tuning, enhancements and training as reporting needs change.
From 31 entities in spreadsheets to 58 in one controlled model.
An ASX-listed industrial services group moved from spreadsheet-led consolidation across six GL systems to a Calumo model that has since absorbed 27 more entities.
- Automated consolidation and rule-based eliminations
- Real-time consolidated forecast visibility
- Reporting extended to ESG and emissions metrics
Connected to the systems you already run.
APIs and Azure Data Factory where cloud endpoints exist, direct database connections where those are better. Source data becomes finance-ready, and Finance can enrich it and write planning inputs back.
Six steps, one team from start to finish.
Does Calumo replace Excel?
No. Excel stays part of how Finance works. It just stops being the uncontrolled source of truth: governance, control and scale move into the model.
Get more from Calumo.
Whether you are planning a new Calumo implementation or want more from the one you have, we will review how your consolidation, reporting and planning run today and where the effort is going.
Contact us today to discuss a clearer path forward.
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Practical Calumo walkthroughs for finance teams.
Short videos covering the features finance teams use most: navigating the member explorer, controlling dropdowns, keeping reports dynamic, charting, and live linking into Word and PowerPoint.
← Back to CalumoCalumo report examples
Calumo is a flexible tool with many reporting and interface possibilities. Reports can be fully dynamic, linked to each other with context awareness, include data from multiple sources, allow writeback of numbers, allow rich text commentary (that will appear in all relevant related places), include tooltips, drill to detail and lots more. And, of course, they can be formatted in every way imaginable.
Below is a mix of different Calumo report examples. To learn more, contact Brydens BI and ask for a demo.
JustPerform
Enterprise performance management, implemented end to end.
We implement, optimise and support JustPerform, the enterprise performance management platform from insightsoftware. Enterprise-grade capability, with an experience finance teams can own.
- Financial consolidation
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Planning and scenario modelling
- Management and statutory reporting
- Data-driven decision support
Built for complexity, owned by Finance.
Governance and control
Fine-grained permissions, audit trails and workflow-driven processes that reduce spreadsheet risk and improve accountability.
Mid-market to enterprise
Suited to complex consolidation and planning, including multi-entity structures and enterprise-scale performance needs.
Finance ownership
An Excel-familiar experience lets Finance run planning and close, while IT keeps governance and security.
If JustPerform is the right fit, we deliver it. If it is not, we will say so.
We implement and support more than one EPM platform, so selection stays grounded in your outcomes, governance needs and total cost of ownership rather than a product we need to sell.
- Outgrowing spreadsheets for planning and close
- Replacing a legacy EPM tool
- Running a wider finance transformation
The full EPM lifecycle, from design to long-term support.
Talk to an EPM specialist.
Whether you are exploring JustPerform or modernising your finance systems, we will look at what you run today and what a practical EPM roadmap would look like.
Contact us today to discuss a clearer path forward.
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Bring us the finance process that’s holding you back.
Whether it’s reporting that takes too long, spreadsheets carrying too much risk, disconnected systems, a forecast that’s always out of date, or a process that no longer scales, we’ll help you find a clearer way forward.
Contact us today to discuss a clearer path forward.
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Book a free strategy session with Tim Bryden.
Choose a time for 30 minutes with Tim Bryden on Teams.
Focus on one finance process, performance question or decision. Discuss potential improvements and agree a practical next step.
Leave the session with a clearer view of the options and a practical next step.
Free. No obligation to engage us. No need to upload files or prepare a presentation.
Know what the current process is costing you.
Manual close processes rarely look expensive because the cost is spread across people, systems and repeated work. But once you add up the hours spent reconciling, consolidating, checking and rebuilding reports every month, the number can be significant.
Use the calculator to estimate the annual cost of your current finance process, and compare that with what a more automated, scalable approach could look like.
Want to understand what you could recover?
The calculator shows the cost of the current process. We can help you work out where that time is being lost, what can realistically be automated, and what a better finance process could look like for your business.
Contact us today to discuss a clearer path forward.
In many cases we have become an extension of the finance team.
Brydens BI prides itself on long-term client relationships and on developing deep knowledge of clients’ businesses. We design, build and continually evolve bespoke solutions in partnership with key client staff.
We connect finance and operational data to support consolidation, planning, dashboards and reporting, with automation for processes such as eliminations, allocations and adjustments. Each solution is tailored to the client’s business, designed, implemented and actively supported by Brydens BI as their needs evolve.
Beyond standard reporting and planning, our solutions are flexible enough to address your specific challenges, from a custom calculation or workflow to a purpose-built app for your team, clients or employees.
Our team has extensive finance backgrounds. That is what makes same-day turnaround possible for most questions and support requests. Send a Slack, email or Teams message directly, and we respond.
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An extension of the finance team.
Brydens BI prides itself on long-term client relationships and on developing deep knowledge of clients’ businesses, in many cases becoming extensions of the finance team. We design, build, and continually evolve bespoke solutions in partnership with key client staff.
Clients are both private and public, and are based across the globe with a mix of Australian, Asian, North American, and European operations.
Designed, implemented and actively managed by us.
We connect finance and operational data to support consolidation, planning, dashboards and reporting, with automation for processes such as eliminations, allocations and adjustments. Brydens BI designs, implements and actively manages these solutions for reliability, scalability and ongoing improvement.
Our team has extensive finance backgrounds. This helps with same-day turnaround for most questions and support requests.
Where we do our best work.
Our clients often share some of these characteristics. Revenue and size are useful guides, but the strongest fit comes down to the complexity of your business and where we can make a practical difference.
$40m to $1bn+ revenue
Big enough for the complexity to be real, small enough that finance still feels every manual step.
Multi-entity, often multi-currency
Acquisitions, different ledgers or varied account structures have made consolidation a bottleneck and a source of risk. We make it controlled, repeatable and automated.
An internal finance team
Ideally with FP&A. We extend a team; we do not replace one.
Open to technology that makes Finance better
Comfortable using Microsoft technology and exploring practical AI where it adds value.
Growing complexity. Processes struggling to keep up.
New entities, systems and reporting demands have added spreadsheets, manual steps and workarounds.
Reporting needs to go beyond the ERP
Finance needs reporting, analysis and planning that bring together multiple systems and reflect how the business works.
Specific challenges need flexible solutions
Allocations, commissions, project forecasts or other business processes need more than a standard setup.
Ready to improve how Finance works
The team sees the need for change and has someone ready to help lead it.
Looking for an ongoing partner
An extension of your finance team, bringing technical capability and practical advice when you need it.
Point-of-sale and retail transaction systems
We support reporting and planning using retail data. Implementing point-of-sale systems and processing sales transactions sit outside our focus.
Specialist manufacturing and inventory systems
We connect manufacturing and inventory data into reporting and planning. Configuring production, standard costing, WIP and inventory valuation systems requires specialist expertise outside our focus.
Minute-by-minute operational monitoring
We focus on management reporting, analysis and planning, including daily and weekly reporting where appropriate. Systems that monitor and respond to operational events in real time sit outside our focus.
Not because it cannot be done. Because we specialise, and in some areas we have much more experience than others.
Bring us the finance process that’s holding you back.
Whether it’s reporting that takes too long, spreadsheets carrying too much risk, disconnected systems, a forecast that’s always out of date, or a process that no longer scales, we’ll help you find a clearer way forward.
Contact us today to discuss a clearer path forward.
Not ready to talk? See what month-end costs you now
Finance people who build finance systems.
Brydens BI designs, implements, manages and supports reporting, consolidation, budgeting, forecasting and finance automation for mid-market and enterprise groups. Our team combines deep finance experience with modern data capability, and many of our clients have worked with us for years.
Ten of twelve clients came with us.
When CALUMO was sold to insightsoftware, Tim chose not to join a large US software business. He called about a dozen clients to say what he was doing. Ten of them moved across on the same day. Brydens BI was busy from the first morning. The eleventh moved a month later.
That is still how we work. Long relationships, a deep understanding of each client's business, and solutions we design, build and keep improving alongside the finance and leadership teams.
How we work with you.
Finance first
Our work is grounded in finance expertise and extends to operations and the broader business. We understand how financial and operational information come together to explain performance and support better decisions.
The same people, start to finish
The people who scope your solution build it and support it. They carry their understanding of your business through every stage, from the first conversation to ongoing improvements.
Direct access
Contact the people who know your business by Slack, Teams or email. Many responses are within minutes, with others usually within the same hour or day. Support is a conversation, not a queue.
Honest about fit
We’re open about what we can deliver, where we can add value and whether we’re the right people to help. We’ll tell you if a different approach would serve you better.
Built around your business
We start with how your business works, the challenges you face and the decisions you need to make. Then we shape the solution around those needs, connecting Finance with the wider business.
Deliver value early. Build from there.
We break delivery into manageable steps, get useful improvements into your team’s hands early and build from there. Your team’s experience helps shape what comes next.
Trusted numbers. Clear foundations.
Reliable reporting starts with agreed definitions, consistent rules and figures you can trace to their source. We build that foundation into your solution, giving your team numbers they can trust and AI the reliable data and business context it needs to deliver real value.
Practical AI experience
We use AI in our own work, test its limits and learn where it delivers real value. That experience helps us apply it to your business, with a clear view of what works, what needs checking and where human judgement matters.
An ongoing partner
We stay involved as your business evolves, helping your reporting, planning and processes keep pace. For some clients, we become an extension of their internal teams, bringing finance expertise, technical capability and practical advice when needed.
Twenty years of experience. A practical starting point.
Twenty years of building solutions for diverse finance teams and businesses have given us proven patterns, consolidation rules, allocation methods, report structures and integration methods across 25 ERPs and dozens of other systems. We adapt that experience to your business, giving our consultants a practical starting point. Years of partnering with clients have taught us what good looks like and what works in practice.
How we workWe implement and support Calumo and Finance CoreIQ for reporting, analysis, budgeting and forecasting.
These platforms connect financial and operational data through a governed data foundation on Microsoft Azure, with access through web applications, Excel and Power BI.
The people leading your work.
An accountant with an MBA, Tim combines executive and finance leadership with hands-on coding experience across listed and large private organisations. Specialises in understanding how businesses work, making sense of complex situations and translating that understanding into practical solutions.
LinkedInFinancial reporting, business intelligence and data integration across government and private organisations, including leading Business Reporting in a NSW State Government department. Specialises in enterprise reporting platforms, APIs, system integrations and ESG reporting. Holds an MBA.
LinkedInProven platforms. Built around your business.
We implement and support Calumo and Finance CoreIQ, connecting financial and operational data through a governed data foundation on Microsoft Azure. Online, Excel and Power BI give your team familiar ways to report, analyse and plan.
Source systems
- General ledger
- Payroll & HR
- Project & operational
- Other business information
Governed data foundation
- Financial & operational data
- Shared definitions
- Business rules
- Business context
Reporting, planning & AI
- Calumo & Finance CoreIQ
- Connected planning
- Secure AI chat interface
- Workflow & automation
Business outputs
- Board & management reporting
- Consolidated results
- Budgets & rolling forecasts
- Insights & draft commentary
Designed, implemented and supported by Brydens BI. Built around your business.
The platform is the starting point. The value comes from connecting your data, defining the rules and building the reports, calculations and workflows your business needs. We design, build and support that solution, drawing on years of practical business and systems experience.
Bring us the finance process that’s holding you back.
Whether it’s reporting that takes too long, spreadsheets carrying too much risk, disconnected systems, a forecast that’s always out of date, or a process that no longer scales, we’ll help you find a clearer way forward.
Contact us today to discuss a clearer path forward.
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Practical thinking for finance teams.
Articles on reporting, consolidation, FP&A, forecasting, finance data and automation, from the team that builds these systems every day.