Diagnose
See what changed and where performance diverged.
We reconcile labour, payroll, volume, budget, and operational data to isolate the periods, sites, shifts, or cost categories that require attention.
Expert-led, AI-accelerated operational finance
Understand what your operating numbers mean within 48 hours.
Send your labour, payroll, volume, budget, or productivity data. John Alba applies senior operational-finance judgement—accelerated by AI and automation—to explain what changed, what drove it, and what management should consider doing next.
Founding-client diagnostic from £299. One business unit, up to three Excel or CSV files, subject to data suitability and scope.
48-hour operating readout
Human reviewed01
Explain labour and productivity variances in management language
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Identify where payroll, overtime, agency spend, or staffing may be leaking
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Turn operational data into clear actions within 48 hours
What you receive
The speed of modern AI with the judgement and accountability of an experienced finance manager.
Explain
Understand the business drivers behind the numbers.
Receive an expert-reviewed explanation of rate, hours, mix, volume, productivity, overtime, and cost-per-unit impacts—not a generic AI summary.
Act
Leave with management-ready recommendations.
Get a concise executive summary, analytical workbook, and walkthrough focused on practical actions, caveats, and the questions leadership should ask next.
Ideal for
Businesses with operational data but not enough time or finance capacity to interpret it properly.
Warehousing, logistics, delivery, and transportation businesses
Manufacturing, hospitality, staffing, and other labour-intensive operations
Owners and finance leaders who need senior analysis without a full-time hire
About John
Operational finance experience applied directly to your business question.
John is a London-based finance manager with extensive experience across operational performance, labour productivity, budgeting, financial controls, multi-site reporting, and finance automation.
AI is used to accelerate data processing and analysis. Every conclusion, caveat, and recommendation is reviewed and owned by John. This is not an automated chatbot report.
Request a diagnostic
Tell us the operating or financial question you need answered.
Submit your details and a short description of the problem. No confidential files are required at this stage. We will confirm fit, scope, security requirements, and whether a 48-hour turnaround is realistic.