Buyer profile
CFO or COO of a mid-size professional services firm, agency, or consultancy where actual profitability by client or project is unknown until month-end close — or is simply not calculated on a systematic basis.
The problem
The company knows its total revenue and aggregate costs, but cannot determine with precision which clients or projects are profitable and which consume resources beyond what is billed. Producing that analysis requires cross-referencing billing data, allocated hours, direct costs, and indirect costs — a task no one has the bandwidth to perform on a recurring basis. As a result, pricing and renewal decisions are made without real profitability data.
What the agent does
An agent consolidates billing data by client or project, the associated direct costs (team hours, subcontracting, materials), and a company-defined indirect cost allocation, then generates a monthly profitability report by client or project. The report identifies clients or projects whose margin falls below the defined threshold and those that account for the largest share of actual margin — providing a clear basis for pricing, renewal, and resource reallocation decisions.
Expected value
The agent delivers profitability visibility by client or project that currently does not exist or is produced only sporadically. The primary value is that the CFO and COO can make pricing and renewal decisions using real data rather than intuition or global averages. In professional services firms, identifying and addressing 2–3 clients with negative margin can have a direct impact on the year's bottom line.
Pilot scope
One month of data covering a subset of 10–20 clients or projects. The agent consolidates, calculates, and produces the report. Measured outcomes: report generation time versus equivalent manual effort, margin calculation accuracy, and CFO assessment of the report's utility for decision-making.
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