Finance and Accounting Process Spending and Staffing Benchmark

Our Finance and Accounting (F&A) Process Spending and Staffing Benchmark study provides over 90 metrics across F&A practices in multiple industries. These benchmarks allow organizations to evaluate their F&A spending and staffing levels with detailed insights.

For a more customized analysis, we can handle the benchmarking for you. By simply providing your F&A budget and staffing data, our analysts will leverage our proprietary tool, AvaMark, to generate benchmarks and deliver a comprehensive analysis. The deliverable will be a 70+ page report that benchmarks your F&A spending and staffing ratios in three key ways:

by comparing your data against all organizations in our extensive database
by benchmarking your performance against similarly-sized organizations
by evaluating your results within your specific industry sector

Our analysis includes insights into variations from benchmarks and recommendations for further investigation. Additionally, the service includes walkthrough by our analyst and advisors to discuss the findings and recommendations.

25+ Spending Metrics

15+ Operations Metrics

30+ Staffing Metrics

20+ Services Metrics

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BENCHMARKING COVERAGE FOR FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING SPENDING AND STAFFING ANALYSIS

F&A Spending Benchmarks

F&A spending as a % of revenue

F&A spending per employee

F&A spending across sub-processes (% split)

F&A spending across internal and outsourced personnel (% split)

% of F&A budget for contingent or temp workers

F&A Staffing Benchmarks

F&A staffing across internal, personnel, outsourced personnel, and GCC personnel (% split)

F&A staffing across sub-process (% split)

F&A staffing across job-functions (% split)

F&A Operations Benchmarks

Outsourcing as a % of F&A spending

Technology spend as a % of F&A spending

Days payable outstanding and Days sales outstanding

Contingency or temporary worker spending as a % of F&A staffing

F&A Services Benchmarks

Spend per journal entry

Number of supplier Invoices per account payable staff member

Spend per A/P invoice

% Supplier invoices without purchase order

Number of purchase orders per employee

Benefits of F&A Budget Benchmarking

There are a variety of reasons that organizations use AvaMark to evaluate their F&A spending and staffing levels. For example:

To improve F&A operational performance through better understanding of how F&A costs and staff levels compare with those of other organizations.

To justify existing or proposed levels of F&A spending based on typical budgetary ratios in similar organizations.

To develop a business case for new F&A staff positions based on typical IT staffing ratios for various functions

To evaluate the F&A spending and staffing characteristics of a potential corporate acquisition or investment target, as part of a due diligence exercise

Avasant also offers custom benchmarking studies for specific sectors or groups, allowing participants, including competitors, to benchmark their F&A spending and staffing levels without revealing their individual data. All information is confidential, and we only use it to create aggregated summary statistics.