Gartner defines the market for data and analytics (D&A) services as consulting and system integration (C&SI) and managed services. These services manage data for all uses (operational and analytical), and analyze data to drive business processes and improve business outcomes through more effective decision making. The core capabilities for vendor solutions in the D&A services market include: D&A strategy and operating model design Data management Analytics and business intelligence (ABI) Data science and machine learning D&A governance Program management Enterprise metadata
Finance Transformation Implementation Consulting market is composed of firms that help finance leaders execute on predefined finance transformation strategies to improve their day-to-day operations and management practices. Service providers operating in this market demonstrate a range of project delivery capabilities – these include project management capabilities, process improvement capabilities, and technology implementation and adoption capabilities. The finance leaders most likely to engage this market are Group CFOs and Heads of Finance Transformation. This market differs from the Finance Transformation Strategy Consulting which focuses on helping CFOs and their finance organizations define strategies and execution roadmaps across multiple business-aligned, forward-looking initiatives.
Gartner defines the finance transformation strategy consulting market as engagement services that enable CFOs and their finance organizations to define strategies and execution roadmaps across multiple business-aligned, forward-looking initiatives. These engagements use dedicated external finance subject matter experts and transformation delivery assets with the aim to increase the value that finance provides to the organization, while maximizing functional efficiency through appropriate cost and process improvements.