Methodology

A defensible diagnostic.

The Altay AI score is a hybrid model. The numerical score is fully deterministic and traceable to your inputs. The narrative — executive summary, roadmap commentary and vendor rationale — is generated by a large language model that is conditioned on the deterministic scores. The model never invents the score.

The 13 dimensions

Seven process towers and six foundational disciplines.

Record to Report

Close, consolidation, IFRS/US GAAP, lease & rev rec automation.

Procure to Pay

AP automation, invoice capture, three-way match, payments.

Order to Cash

Billing, collections, cash application, credit & dispute mgmt.

Tax

Direct, indirect, transfer pricing, e-invoicing, provision.

Treasury

Cash forecasting, FX, liquidity, bank connectivity, payments.

FP&A

Forecasting, driver-based planning, scenario modelling, AI copilots.

Board & Investor Reporting

Narrative reporting, ESG, board pack automation.

Data Foundation

Chart of accounts, master data, single source of truth, lakehouse.

Reporting & Analytics

Self-service BI, semantic layer, embedded analytics.

AI Governance & Risk

Model inventory, EU AI Act, controls, audit trail.

Talent & Upskilling

AI literacy, prompt skills, citizen-dev programmes, hiring.

Vendor & Risk Mgmt

SOC2, DPA, model-risk, BCP, concentration risk.

Strategic Vision

Board sponsorship, AI-first operating model, investment thesis.

LLM Adoption & Enablement

Models in use, licences, prompt literacy, acceptable-use, sensitive-data handling.

Finance Target Operating Model

Future-state shape of finance: roles, locations, sourcing, span of control, AI agents.

Scoring

Every question is on a 0–4 maturity scale (Nascent → Leading).
Each pillar score is normalised to a 0–850 credit-score-style band.
Foundations are weighted 1.2× because they unlock everything else.
Overall bands: Nascent (≤319), Emerging (320–479), Established (480–619), Advanced (620–749), Leading (750+).

Benchmarks

Sector and revenue-band medians are curated from public sources (Hackett Group, APQC, Gartner, sector reports). We refresh them quarterly. Where public data is thin we say so explicitly in your report.

Opportunity sizing

We compare your finance cost as a % of revenue to the sector median, multiply the gap by revenue, and apply a maturity-uplift factor that scales with how far you are from "Leading". This is an estimate, not a forecast — your report flags it as such.