About Armada
Actionable Analytics from Insight to Impact
From our boutique consulting roots to our AI-powered future, Armada's journey is one of reinvention, resilience, and relentless pursuit of value creation.Â
The Armada Story
From Boutique Beginnings to AI4Finance Leadership
Armada was founded in 2002 by Scott Wise with a clear mission: to improve the performance and profitability of every organization we are privileged to call a client.
What began as a boutique consulting firm focused on enterprise performance management and cost analytics soon grew into a trusted advisor to Fortune 500 companies leading major finance transformations. Over the years, Armada has continually reinvented itself — evolving from consulting excellence, to solutions-led transformation, to today’s AI4Finance era — always with the same goal: helping Finance turn insight into impact.
Our History:
Armada 1.0: Consulting Excellence
In our early years, Armada built its reputation on deep domain expertise, proprietary methodologies, and a relentless commitment to quality delivery. Our teams helped leading organizations untangle complex cost structures, improve profitability analytics, and build decision frameworks that stood up to the highest levels of scrutiny.
But even with that success, we recognized the limitations of both traditional consulting models and the financial modeling applications available at the time. Hourly transformation projects could only take clients so far, and the tools most finance teams relied on were too rigid, too IT-dependent, and too slow to adapt to the real economics of the business.
This gap became a defining moment for Armada. We saw an opportunity to expand impact beyond rate-times-hour consulting by combining advisory expertise with scalable solutions. That vision led to the creation of Armada Solutions, our software division, which marked the beginning of Armada 2.0.
Armada 2.0: Solutions-Led Transformation
The launch of Armada Solutions marked a major turning point in our journey. No longer limited to the traditional consulting model, we began developing proprietary software to extend the reach of our methodologies and give Finance teams the ability to own their analytics.
Over the next decade, we introduced platforms such as Acumen Cost Analytics, Aegis DQM, and Accord Profit Analytics. These applications delivered multidimensional cost modeling, data quality management, and profitability analysis with full transparency back to the general ledger.
Adopted by leading financial institutions these applications gave CFOs and Finance teams direct control over cost and profitability analytics, reducing IT dependence and accelerating speed to value.
The licensing of our applications further validated our vision, proving that Armada could combine high-touch advisory services with scalable technology solutions to help clients move beyond one-time projects to enterprise-wide transformation. Yet as the pace of innovation accelerated — with artificial intelligence, advanced analytics, and automation reshaping Finance — a new frontier emerged. This evolution set the stage for Armada 3.0: the AI4Finance Era.
Armada 3.0: The AI4Finance Era
Armada is now entering its most transformative chapter. Armada 3.0 is defined by the shift from static dashboards to intelligent decision agents, where AI and advanced analytics give Finance leaders foresight, speed, and confidence in every decision.
In this era, Armada will become more than an advisor or software vendor — we are a platform-enabled AI solution services partner for CFOs. Our focus is on lowering the total cost of ownership by delivering Managed Services that combine the talent, tools, and technology to operate finance decision intelligence platforms at scale, while keeping pace with the latest innovations in AI, automation, and financial analytics.
Key pillars of Armada 3.0 include:
- AI-Augmented Advisory – Embedding AI into strategy, forecasting, and decision-support.
- Solution Services for Finance – Tailoring AI4Finance solutions for clients through scalable platforms, managed by Armada on behalf of our clients.
- Continuous Innovation – Ensuring Finance teams always benefit from the latest technological advancements without bearing the burden of constant reinvestment.
Our vision is to become the most valued partner in financial decision intelligence — enabling CFOs to move beyond reporting the past and lead their organizations with accelerated hindsight, actionable insights, and accurate foresight, to drive more profitable behaviors across the enterprise.Â
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Answering the Questions That Matter
At Armada, we provide the actionable analytics that help CFOs and Finance teams address the real questions that drive profitability and performance, such as:
- Who are our most and least profitable customers — and why?
- Which lines of business should we grow, and which should we exit?
- Where can we cut costs without risking profitable growth?
- Which products or services require re-pricing to reflect true costs?
- How do we better manage the primary levers of profitability?
- What are the true costs of labor, activities, or services delivered?
With these capabilities, Finance can quickly identify improvement opportunities, measure benefits, and deploy solutions that improve profitability with speed and confidence.
Why Choose Armada?
We bring proven experience and practical frameworks that help Finance move from reporting to decision intelligence.
Driving Profitable Performance for over 20 years.
Armada has earned a national reputation for our work with Fortune 500 companies and many of the nation’s largest banks, helping them leverage the power of analytics. As more organizations recognize analytics as critical to success, we now bring that expertise to a wide range of industries.
Frameworks That Turn Complexity Into Clarity
At Armada, we teach as much as we do. With every implementation, we equip your Finance team with the knowledge and skills to sustain solutions long after our work is complete. We literally wrote the book on Actionable Profitability Analytics, and our proven frameworks ensure your team can apply these practices with confidence for years to come.
An Accelerated Speed to Value
Analytics initiatives often stall when complexity slows momentum. Armada accelerates outcomes through playbooks, proven methodologies, and iterative delivery — enabling Finance teams to realize measurable results quickly while still building toward long-term success.
Enterprise Engagement on the Measures That Matter
Armada focuses on creating the credibility and confidence Finance needs to drive profitable growth. By delivering financial transparency and trusted analytics, we enable business leaders across the enterprise to engage with the measures that matter most — and make decisions with confidence.
AI Innovations for Financial Analytics
Our depth of experience in modeling analytics that represent the true economics of the business puts Armada at the forefront of AI 4 Finance. We see a future where decision agents replace static dashboards, empowering CFOs with predictive foresight and intelligence that will redefine the role of Finance.