Public sector organisations have long been under pressure to deliver more for less but since the economic crisis this requirement has reached new heights. Departments are under even greater budgetary pressure, demand for accountability and transparency, need to optimise resources and to efficiently manage and control and public money. Despite this, public expectation of services delivery is ever increasing.

The need to accurately understand how much it costs to deliver a service or output is critical in order to ensure the correct resources are in place at the correct time. It is equally important for departments to have a comprehensive understanding of their cost base so that costs can be managed whilst minimising any reduction in value.

In addition, the ability to provide evidenced based budget requests to Treasury can make the difference in securing much needed funding. Vantage can assist in delivering systems that clearly evidence the resources needed to deliver individual services and identify practical ways to improve efficiency.

Vantage can assist Government departments to increase transparency of financial data by introducing efficient planning and budgeting processes that will bring together, current silo's of data, to provide the Treasury with the required "clear line of sight" across all budgets, allocations and spending.