The VIPE Self Assessment

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If visibility is strong, you will have:

• A structured finance function with clean transactional governance

• Defined monthly reporting cadence

• Clear profitability reporting by business unit or service line

• Forward cash flow reporting and liquidity visibility

• Revenue reporting by driver, segment or profit centre

• Labour cost reporting and efficiency tracking

• Acquisition spend measured against return

• Overhead cost structure transparency

• Debt position, terms and repayment visibility

• Asset utilisation and performance reporting

If insight is strong, you will understand:

• Where waste exists

• Where margin is truly generated

• The performance of individual profit centres, not just overall profit

• What drives cash versus accounting profit

• The benchmarks that define acceptable performance

• The gap between business capability and business ambition

• Gearing risk and asset utilisation efficiency

• What builds brand equity versus what generates direct marketing return

If prioritisation is strong, you will have:

• Clarity across all active initiatives

• Clear separation between risk mitigation and performance initiatives

• Accurate placement of initiatives within an impact / effort framework

• Relentless focus on high-impact, low-effort opportunities

• Disciplined ROI assessment before capital or time is deployed

If execution is strong, you will have:

• Plans that are simple, clearly understood and actionable

• A team capable of delivering agreed actions

• Discipline to complete initiatives fully

• Judgment to pivot, pause or cease initiatives when required

• Closed-loop tracking back to visibility to measure outcomes

GBN applies these standards at the outset of every engagement.

If gaps exist, they can be corrected.

Request an assessment and we will review your business against these criteria formally.