Presenting and visualising cleansed data in a dynamic and concise way validates business performance, enables faster, better-informed decision-making and drives efficiency across a deal lifecycle.

Whether you're going through a sale, acquiring a business, or looking to sell in future – to underpin and confirm the equity story, you need structured and insightful data to maximise value.

Preparing and analysing large volumes of complex data can be daunting and take time, often leading to inconsistencies and errors. We work closely with you to understand, transform and present your data in a way that drives the most value.

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Harmeet Rauth
M&A Analytics Lead, North and Scotland
M&A Analytics Lead, North and Scotland
Harmeet Rauth

Why Grant Thornton

We help you unlock the true potential of your data, efficiently and effectively.

Buyers gain an accurate and conclusive understanding of historic performance, can delve into the levers that drive that performance and know the synergies gained against their current portfolio and overall position in the market.

For sellers, their business narrative is backed by robust data analytics, creating confidence and transparency in a deal.  

Our services cover during, pre- and post-deal phases, ensuring utmost preparedness leading up to a transaction and provides a launchpad for post-deal success. 

Deal data preparation:

We curate and analyse your data to construct a compelling narrative, enabling optimal insight and value in a deal.

Deal Dashboards: 

We visualise your data via interactive dashboards, enhancing deal speed, accessibility, and value. 

Automated and Integrated Management Accounts: 

We optimise and elevate your Management reporting with an automated management accounts system, pulling data directly from the source

Finance Process Automation:

We review processes in your finance department and leverage low-code tools to automate tasks, saving time and improving accuracy.

Data Readiness Assessment: 

We assess your current analytics environment to ensure it is positioned to maximise deal value and provide the foundations for improved performance going forward.

Customer Analytics Dashboards:

We interpret your customer behaviour using machine learning, segmenting and predicting customer behaviour to enhance customer engagement and value in the future.

Cash Management Dashboards:

We build dashboards that analyse and predict cash positions, leveraging system data to drive real-time financial dashboards, providing management with a better understanding of operational cash flow.

Advanced analytics to support a complex merger
Case study

Advanced analytics to support a complex merger

The challenge
Merging two entities and their sub-entities, all with different data structures and operating models, into one clear comparable view of performance, individually and as a group.
The solution
We transformed and aligned the data from both entities into one consistent, comparable dataset, which was visualised through an interactive, dynamic shareable dashboard
The results
Visualising KPIs and performance, allowed dealmakers to understand the true value of consolidation – accelerating the decision making process and strengthening deal outcome
    “Grant Thornton used their in-depth expertise of consumer businesses and cross-border consumer behaviour, along with valuable experience from similar transactions, to help reframe our business in a way that resonated with potential buyers. Their diligence, use of data analytics, and robust challenge of the financial model, identified and addressed various areas of potential improvement, strengthening the reliability of the data shared with bidders, which was a crucial benefit of the process for a fast-growing business like ours. Overall, I wouldn’t hesitate to work with the team again on a similar project.”
    Tannah Matus CFO, Essor Limited
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