Management control
Our promise
We help you transform the management control function into a real strategic lever for performance, whether at headquarters, in the field or in the management of complex projects.
Your challenges
We leverage our expertise to support you with the following strategic, operational, and organizational challenges:
- Control costs in an environment of persistent inflation and budgetary pressure
- Improve the profitability of activities, subsidiaries, or projects
- Align operational decisions with the overall strategy
- Strengthen a performance culture at all levels of the organization
- Secure investments and prioritize during times of transformation
- Increase transparency with shareholders, partners, and regulators
Our expertise
We offer specialized levers, each meeting specific needs depending on the scope and your challenges.
Corporate (or strategic) management control
Objective: Manage the company’s overall performance in line with the group’s strategic ambitions
Specific focus: Cross-functional and strategic vision. Typical interventions:
- Group reporting, forecasts, multi-entity dashboards
- Development of the group budget process
- Design and automation of strategic dashboards (Group KPIs, cash flow, ROCE)
- Support for the implementation of FP&A functions
Operational (or Business) Management Control
Objective: Optimize the profitability of activities, as close as possible to the field (factories, sites, business units (logistics, sales, production, etc.))
Specificity: Anchored in the daily lives of teams, very close to the field and business processes
Typical interventions:
- Implementation of site/BU/activity budgets
- Monitoring of field performance indicators (operational KPIs)
- Measurement of operating costs (productivity, scrap rate, OEE, etc.)
- Support for local decision-making
- Active participation in performance routines
- Analysis of margins, production costs, break-even points
- Support for commercial, industrial, or logistics management
- Construction of customized dashboards for managers
Project Management Control
Objective: to ensure the proper budget execution and profitability of strategic projects (transformation, IT, R&D, investments, etc.)
Specific features: project-specific timeline, milestone-based management, CAPEX/OPEX monitoring
Typical interventions:
- Development of the initial business case and project budgets
- Monitoring of consumed vs. committed vs. forecasted costs
- Gap management, reprioritization, trade-offs
- Analysis of expected and actual ROI
Why choose Leccent ?
- An integrated perspective on strategy and performance
- Deep expertise across corporate, operational and project levels
- Advanced methods and next-generation digital tools
- Strong capacity to mobilize stakeholders and foster alignment
- Practical deliverables that create lasting value