19 mars 2018 Groupe Excel + Power BI

1. ›PowerBI at SNC-Lavalin
›Finance & Internal Audit

2. Agenda
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Introduction
Finance Department
› How using PowerBI helped management discover new insights on various Finance
processes such as Intercompany, Major Projects or project follow-up.
›ICFR (52-109): Internal Control over Financial Reporting
› How using PowerBI helped management discover new insights from internal control
testing results across the company.
›Internal Audit Mandate Example: Time and Labour
› How using PowerBI helped the internal audit team in the analysis of big datasets in order
to find potential anomalies.

3. Introduction
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›Michel Ouellette – Finance
› Finance SNC-LAVALIN – 5 years
› Great interest in BI, Process Automation, Transformation and Operational Excellence
›Gabriel Lainesse – Internal Audit
› CPA
› Internal Auditor at SNC-Lavalin
› Part-time student of the M.Sc. Gestion – Intelligence d’Affaires at HEC Montréal
› Proven experience in helping SME and small teams take advantage or their tools and
data.
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4. Health & Safety Moment
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› Increased numbers of bicycles
› Motorcycles awareness

5. A world leader
Founded in 1911, SNC-Lavalin is one of the leading engineering and construction
groups in the world and a major player in the ownership of infrastructure. From
offices in over 50 countries, SNC-Lavalin's employees are proud to build what
matters. Our teams provide EPC and EPCM services to clients in a variety of industry
sectors, including oil and gas, mining and metallurgy, infrastructure and power.
SNC-Lavalin can also combine these services with its financing and operations
and maintenance capabilities to provide complete end-to-end project solutions.

6. Video
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aswEsojo1A
Objectives
> Share best practices
> Network with peers
> Receive constructive feedback ! 

7. Finance

8. How did we learn about PowerBI ?
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> Salon BI
> Datavore
> Gartner Charts

9. SNC-Lavalin – Actual Context
o Multiple systems
o Multiple processes
o Heavy ecosystem
o Interesting Governance
..
Complex environment for Analytics

10. Where to start
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›> Setting objectives & understanding current problematics
›> What to measure ? (risks, impacts, average days, margins)
›> Establishing securities & ownership (governance)
›> Setting procedures & processes
›> Pilot – Feedback
›> Go Live

11. Intercompany Confirmation
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12. Intercompany Confirmation
> Improved cycle time
> Less user frustration
> Better engagement of our Finance community

13. PowerBI Tips: Json & Gateway
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JSON

14. PowerBI: Interesting new features
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-bi/service-real-time-streaming

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PowerBI: Major Projects: Accounting Positions

16. PowerBI: Gantt Chart

17. PowerBI: Gantt Chart
Task Name
High Level Description
Category
Status
Initial Start Date
Duration
% Completion
Resources
Priority
Data required to produce Gantt Chart

18. PowerBI: Exploration
Forecasting with ARIMA
Quick insights

19. ICFR (52-109):
Internal Controls over
Financial Reporting

20. ICFR - Background
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› Canada’s version of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
› SNC-Lavalin is a Canadian public company and must comply with the rules of the OSC.
› Rule 52-109: CFO must certify that internal controls were put in place to provide
assurance regarding financial reporting.
› Internal audit has been tasked with auditing the company’s ICFR.
› Controls tested fall under many processes, such as: Payables, Receivables, Assets,
Revenue Recognition, etc.
› Around 20 projects in various countries.
› Interim (from July to October) and Roll-forward (November and December).
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21. Testing Results
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›Interim:
›No Deficiency
›Deficiency
›Control not Applicable
›Roll-forward:
›No Deficiency
›Deficiency
›Control not Applicable
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22. Previous Dashboard
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23. PowerBI Dashboards
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›https://app.powerbi.com/favorites
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28. Internal Audit
Mandate Example:
Time and Labour

29. Context
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›Internal Audit Mandates
› Risk-based approach
› Yearly audit plan, covering risk-areas by process and project
›Time and Labour audit
› Construction work requires a lot of employees
› Timekeeping and payroll are critical processes
› Audit of remote areas can be difficult
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30. Reconciliation of multiple data sources
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31. Reconciliation of multiple data sources
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32. Reconciliation of multiple data sources
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33. Reconciliation of multiple data sources
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34. Overtime/Standard Time Ratio by Source
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35. Regular Time / Overtime by Employee
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36. Acceptable Overtime
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37. Acceptable Overtime – via Dynamic Parameter
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38. Acceptable Overtime – via Dynamic Parameter
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39. PowerBI: to consider
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> Built for agility, frequent updates
> PowerPoint & PDF Extracts (complementary fees)
> Clean your data (performance) | carefully test prior to committing
> Governance
> Your success 

40. Questions?
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