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Akili's Anaplan Finance App for Oil & Gas
1. AKILI’S UPSTREAM OIL AND GAS FINANCIAL PLANNING APP
Compete like never before.
People | Process | Technology
2. COMPETELIKENEVERBEFORE
Akili Overview
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Founded in 1992
• We have over 20 years of successful implementations for the
Fortune 1000 with client relationships of the same length.
Headquartered in Dallas
• Locations in Houston, and Denver.
Providing the best-of-breed services
• A combination of consulting and technology to help our
clients compete like never before.
“Akili” (uh • kē’ • lē)
• Means knowledge in Swahili.
3. COMPETELIKENEVERBEFORE
Akili’s Anaplan Partnership
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AKILI’S 20+ YEARS OF LOB DELIVERY SERVICES:
• Business Transformation
• Complex Integration Modules
• Data Warehouses
• Business Intelligence
PLUS ANAPLAN
• Akili now leveraging Anaplan for our target
clients and prospects
RESULTS:
• Our joint clients can compete like never before
4. Custom EPM Applications
Akili Enterprise Performance Management Experience
• Akili has focused intently on the EPM
solution space for nearly 10 years.
• We also have 20+ years of accrued line of
business expertise and industry best
practices.
• Akili has developed 100’s of solutions for
finance and operations, including complex
integration modules, data warehouses and
business intelligence applications.
• Akili has a grasp of industry Key
Performance Indicators (KPI’s) and proven
ability to improve our clients KPI’s through
technology.
• Management
Consolidations
• Legal Consolidations
• Sales Planning
• Human Capital
Management Planning
• Shared Services Planning
and Allocation
• Capital Expenditures
Planning
• Forecasting :
o Cash Flow Forecasting
o Balance Sheet
Forecasting
• A wide variety of
Operational Planning
applications
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7. Oil & Gas Industry Challenges
• In a dynamic operating
environment, daily operational
decisions can
have significant and immediate
impact on profitability, debt
and cash flow.
• Changing commodity markets
can dramatically affect
performance.
• Significant capital
requirements require ongoing
evaluation of existing and
potential opportunities.
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8. What Do They Need in a Planning Solution?
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Integrate operational systems and data into planning systems
allowing a proactive response to changing operating
conditions.
Use a driver based model to evaluate multiple assumptions
or scenarios.
Quickly assess new opportunities.
Flow these changes through driver based models to assess
the impact on profitability, debt and cash flow.
9. How are companies responding?
• Cutting and sometimes diverting capital programs.
• Assessing asset acquisitions and dispositions.
• Reviewing operational costs.
• Cutting G&A costs.
• Constantly reevaluating short term business plans.
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14. Why Akili’s Financial Planning App for Upstream Oil & Gas?
• Akili’s Upstream Oil and Gas Financial Planning App provides
reporting and forecasting at the individual well level.
• Experience complex scenario analysis running Akili’s Oil &
Gas solution.
• Don’t waste resources developing customized applications –
use Akili’s Upstream Oil and Gas Financial Planning App.
• Akili’s Oil & Gas optimized solution is based on our 20+ years
of experience learning industry best practices.
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15. The Strategic Value
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Cash Flow & DebtInvestment Risk
• CFO’s must constantly monitor and validate the company’s key metrics to
ensure compliance with debt covenants and investor/shareholder expectations.
• Tools to quickly evaluate investment choices and changes in the operating
environment are critical.
16. Key Benefits
• Existing budgeting and forecasting solutions are Excel based.
• Finance teams need a driver based model that allows them
to evaluate many scenarios very quickly (i.e. commodity
price changes, operating plan changes).
• Evaluation of scenarios must provide view of profitability,
cash flow and debt impact.
• Ability to stop spending most of your time collecting data
instead of analyzing data.
• Gain enablement to quickly assess impact of potential asset
purchases or sales.
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17. P
Next Steps
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• Contact Akili
• Schedule a Demonstration
• Download Akili’s Oil & Gas App
COMPETELIKENEVERBEFORE
18. Contacts
Akili Inc.
sales@akili.com
www.akili.com
Dallas
400 Las Colinas Blvd. East, Suite 450
Irving, TX 75039
972.210.3200
Denver
999 18th Street, Suite 3000
Denver, CO 80202
303.357.2397
Houston
3200 Southwest Freeway, Suite 3300
Houston, TX 77027
713.840.6016
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Contacts
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Delivery:
Alan Boyer, VP of Professional Services
aboyer@akili.com
Office: 972.210.3238
Cell: 972.342.0428
Sales:
Steve Plamondon, Cloud Practice Director
splamondon@akili.com
Office: 972.210.3255
Cell: 817.714.1997
Sean Granfield, Sales Executive
sgranfield@akili.com
Office: 972.210.3263
Cell: 817.269.1979
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