Risk & Tech Assurance services

Benchmarking and Thematic Review Consultant

Independent, data-driven insights to support performance improvement and strategic decision-making.

Our benchmarking and thematic reviews provide CFOs and Finance Directors with independent, data-driven insights to support performance improvement and strategic decision-making.

Benchmarking and Thematic Reviews Scope

Our services provide independent insight to help you improve:

  • Performance Benchmarking: Comparative analysis of your performance, processes and controls against peers and best practices
  • Sector Intelligence: Identification of sector trends, emerging risks and good practice across similar organisations
  • Thematic Reviews: In-depth analysis of priority areas including:
    • Corporate Governance
    • Cyber and IT
    • Data analytics
    • Financial control
  • Data-Driven Reporting: Visual reports with practical, actionable recommendations
  • Performance Tracking: Support to set improvement targets and track progress over time

How We Help

We work with you to build a trusted partnership by:

  • Understanding and analysing your challenges to identify root causes
  • Providing practical, actionable advice tailored to your specific needs
  • Helping embed a culture of continuous improvement
  • Enabling enhanced decision-making through comparative insights

Project Delivery

Our benchmarking and thematic reviews deliver:

  • Time-bound delivery with budget certainty
  • Rapid project mobilisation – senior resources currently available
  • Flexible engagement models:
    • Fully outsourced service
    • Co-sourced arrangements
    • Ad-hoc/one-off engagements, typically completed within 1–2 weeks

Sector Experience

We bring 20 years of benchmarking and thematic review experience at national and mid-tier company level across corporate/commercial, public sector, and not-for-profit sectors including banking, financial services, insurance, retail, fintech, listed companies, utilities, energy, local and central government, emergency services, education, and NGOs.

Next steps

Contact us to discuss how our benchmarking and thematic review services can provide strategic insights to support your performance improvement initiatives.