Services
From Financial Records to Management Insight.
Your accountant helps you keep the records. Dahava helps you understand the business. Our services build on the financial information you already maintain, adding the reporting structure, analysis, and interpretation owners need to manage with confidence.
Reporting solutions tailored to your business. Every engagement is scoped individually. Reporting frequency, deliverables, and the systems we work from depend on your business, the information available, and the decisions you need to support.
Financial Reporting & Consolidation
Turn fragmented financial records into consistent, comprehensive, and understandable management reporting.
The business problem
Financial information often lives in several places: an accounting system, property manager or job-cost reports, bank statements, and spreadsheets. Each may be accurate on its own terms, yet none gives owners a single, consistent view of the business, and comparing one period with the next takes real effort.
The work involved
- Gathering financial data from your accounting system and other authorized sources
- Mapping accounts into a consistent management reporting structure
- Consolidating entities, properties, projects, or locations
- Reviewing reported figures against source records
- Building historical comparisons so trends become visible
What you receive
- Monthly or quarterly management reports, as agreed
- Property-, project-, and company-level reporting
- Consolidated income, expense, and cash flow reporting
- Historical comparisons in a standardized format
Decisions it supports
A reliable, consistent baseline for every other decision: where the business stands, how this period compares with the last, and which areas deserve a closer look.
For example
A real estate investor whose properties are run by different management companies receives one consolidated portfolio report in a single format, rather than reconciling several manager statements by hand. An owner with several operating entities sees combined results alongside each entity's contribution, presented the same way every period.
Business Performance Analytics
Identify the trends, variances, and operating factors that influence financial results.
The business problem
Knowing that profit rose or fell is different from knowing why. Without variance analysis and the right performance measures, owners may sense that something has changed but have no clear way to locate it, or to tell a one-time event from a developing trend.
The work involved
- Defining the KPIs that reflect how your business actually earns money
- Profitability and margin analysis by project, property, customer, product, or location
- Budget-to-actual and period-over-period variance analysis
- Revenue and expense trend analysis
- Exception reporting that flags results outside expected ranges
What you receive
- KPI dashboards
- Profitability and margin analysis
- Budget-to-actual comparisons with significant variances explained
- Exception reports highlighting matters that need attention
Decisions it supports
Where to focus management attention; which projects, customers, or locations to grow, reprice, or reconsider; and whether a change in results calls for action now.
For example
A contractor sees company-wide gross margin slip from 25% to 20% while revenue holds steady. Analysis shows the decline is concentrated in two jobs, and that labor, not materials, is the cause. The question shifts from "what happened?" to "what do we do about these two projects?" See this example in detail.
Budgeting & Financial Forecasting
Develop forward-looking financial information to support planning and decision-making.
The business problem
Historical statements describe where the business has been. Many of the most important decisions, such as hiring, equipment, financing, distributions, and new projects, depend on where it is going, and especially on cash.
The work involved
- Annual budgets built on operating assumptions you can see and adjust
- Rolling forecasts updated as actual results come in
- Cash flow projections at the level of detail your business needs
- Scenario and sensitivity analysis on key assumptions
- Working capital, capital expenditure, and debt service analysis
What you receive
- Annual budgets and rolling forecasts
- Cash flow projections
- Scenario comparisons with assumptions clearly stated
- Capital expenditure, financing, and debt service analysis
Decisions it supports
Timing major purchases, preparing for seasonal or project-driven cash needs, evaluating financing options, and setting targets that are realistic rather than aspirational.
For example
A property owner considering a capital improvement and a refinancing sees how each would affect cash flow and debt service coverage over the next two years, under both base-case and conservative occupancy assumptions, before committing to either.
Industry-Specific Financial Intelligence
Develop specialized reporting around the financial drivers that matter to each business.
The business problem
General-purpose financial statements are designed to serve every kind of business, so they rarely highlight what matters most in a particular one: job-level profitability for a contractor, NOI by property for a real estate owner, or margin by location for a multi-site operator.
The work involved
- Construction job-cost and contract profitability analysis
- Real estate NOI, collections, and occupancy reporting
- Customer and product margin analysis
- Multi-location financial comparisons
- Selecting the performance metrics relevant to your industry
What you receive
Reporting organized around the economics of your industry, with the KPIs and comparisons chosen for your business rather than taken from a generic template.
Decisions it supports
Bidding and pricing, property operations and capital planning, customer and product mix, and how resources are allocated across projects, properties, or locations.
By industry
See how this applies to construction and specialty trades, real estate owners and investors, service-based businesses, and distribution and multi-location businesses.
Financial Advisory & Management Insight
Help owners interpret financial performance, understand risks, and evaluate opportunities.
The business problem
Reports are only valuable if someone has the time and perspective to interpret them. Many privately held businesses don't have an internal financial planning and analysis function to explain what the numbers mean and what may follow from them.
The work involved
- Periodic financial performance reviews
- Written management commentary on results
- Operating variance analysis and investigation of unusual items
- Financial models to support specific decisions
- Profitability improvement, financing-related, and business planning analysis
What you receive
- Management commentary that explains results in plain language
- Review discussions focused on matters requiring attention
- Decision-support analyses for specific questions
Decisions it supports
Pricing changes, cost reductions, expansion, financing and refinancing, and whether to pursue a new project, property, or line of business.
For example
Before committing to a second location, an owner reviews a model of the expected investment, ramp-up period, and break-even point, with every key assumption laid out so it can be questioned and adjusted.
Working Alongside Your Advisors
A Complement to Your Accountant, Not a Replacement.
Your accountant, CPA, or bookkeeper maintains your records, prepares financial statements, and handles compliance. Many also provide valuable financial advice. Dahava adds a specialized, ongoing management reporting and performance advisory function on top of that foundation.
We work from the information your existing systems and advisors already produce, and we're glad to coordinate with them. Dahava provides management reporting and financial analysis. It does not provide tax, audit, legal, or investment advice.
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Discover What Your Numbers Are Telling You.
Tell us about your business and the questions you'd like your financial information to answer. We'll discuss what reporting could reasonably be developed and how an engagement might be scoped.