Ross Maynard
Managing Director
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Ideas2Action Process Excellence
15
Courses
20
Years Experience
About Ross
- Finance Process Improvement
- Operational Efficiency
Ross Maynard is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, and Managing Director of Ideas2Action Process Excellence Ltd. He has worked as a consultant and trainer for over 20 years, specialising in finance processes, management information and performance measurement.
Ross believes in inspiring, challenging and supporting change. He supports organisations to understand their processes; facilitates improvement teams; and supports staff to work together as a team to deliver tangible and sustainable improvements.
He has extensive practical experience of providing process improvement support, specialising in management information and performance measurement; mapping and analysing process performance; facilitating in-house improvement teams; and delivering related training and development activities.
Specialist areas:
- Business process improvement specialising in finance and service processes
- Streamlining finance processes including fast month-end close
- Process mapping analysis and performance measurement
- Development and analysis of KPIs at all levels in an organisation
- Facilitation of improvement teams
Core Expertise
Process Improvement
Supporting organisations to analyse, redesign and improve business processes to deliver sustainable performance gains.
Management Information & Performance
Designing effective management information systems and performance measurement frameworks to support decision making.
Data Analysis & Process Mapping
Mapping workflows and analysing operational data to identify inefficiencies and improvement opportunities.
Change Facilitation & Training
Facilitating improvement teams and delivering training to embed continuous improvement and collaboration.
CPD Courses
- Course
Accountancy Practice Leadership
Learn how to lead your accountancy practice with purpose. Set a clear vision, empower your team, and build a culture that drives performance.
- Course
Agile Accounting and Business Planning
This course explores the fundamental principles of the Agile Manifesto and demonstrates how they can streamline your processes, without compromising quality or increasing risk. You will learn how to implement a framework that applies agile methodology to all your accounting practices, including month-end reporting, business planning, forecasting and decision making.
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Beyond Dashboards: Telling a Story with Data
Not everyone can spot trends and concerns in data the way accountants can. To deliver a key message you often need to reframe data as a story, to engage people’s emotions and steer them towards a desired outcome. This course will help you to build a story using creative techniques and keep your audience engaged.
- Course
Building a Spreadsheet Forecasting Model
This course explains how to build and operate spreadsheets for forecasting, planning and business models. It’s a practical guide, which takes a step-by-step approach to building, utilising and maintaining models.
- Course
Business Performance Management
Business Performance Management (BPM) is a powerful tool but making it work for your organisation can be difficult. This course explains the essentials of BPM, and shows how data analysis, effective structures and problem solving contribute to improving performance.
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Cost Management: Engaging with Uncertainty
Discover how agile cost management strategies can help you navigate uncertainty, uncover hidden opportunities, and build lasting value across your organisation. - Course
Creating a World-Class Finance Function
What is a world-class finance function, and why should you want to create one in your workplace? This course will help you to implement best practice in finance and accounting to optimise quality and efficiency, and to provide the best possible service to your stakeholders.
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Financial Modelling: Business Simulation
Updated for 2024. Did you know Excel can be used to model potential business situations? In this course, you can learn the basics of business simulation in Excel, along with how to create financial models to aid decision making.
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Key Performance Indicators
What makes good KPIs and how do you create them? This course will take you through the foundations and support KPIs need to ensure they are reliable and measurable.
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KPIs for Practices
Accountancy is a profession based on expertise and knowledge, so developing key performance indicators (KPIs) for a practice requires a particular approach. Whatever the size of your practice, this course will help you develop the right KPIs to improve performance. - Course
KPIs for SMEs
Updated for 2024/25. There are many different KPIs that can be used to monitor performance so it’s important to identify the ones that are most relevant to you. This course looks at useful KPIs for SMEs in different areas and how to use them to improve your business. - Course
Lean Process Improvement
Lean centres on encouraging skilled and motivated people across the organisation to work together to improve the efficiency of processes. Understand the concepts at the heart of the lean philosophy, and consider its application within your organisation. - Course
Making Monthly Reports Worth Reading
World class finance functions produce monthly reports that managers actually read. This course enables you to delight your audience by setting clear objectives, creating compelling visuals and creating monthly reports that drive business improvement.
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Measuring and Managing Your Carbon Performance
Consumers, employees and major investors are increasingly choosing climate friendly brands. This course explains how a rigorous approach to carbon performance management will enable you to measure your organisation’s carbon emissions and understand how to manage and reduce your carbon footprint. - Course
Sustainable Finance
Sustainable finance is a hot topic, and it’s making CEOs and directors turn to their accountants. This course looks at ways you can help businesses make financial decisions that prioritise sustainability and develop strategies and practices that tackle sustainability issues.
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