Customer Stories
Mazars Qatar boosts operational cost-efficiency through improved resource planning
Who are Mazars?
Headquartered in Doha, Qatar, Mazars Qatar is a leading professional services firm that specialises in auditing, accounting, tax and advisory services. For more than 40 years, Mazars Qatar has provided businesses with the technical and regulatory expertise to enhance their global performance.
Thanks to the Retain solution, we’re gaining a single source of truth for resource planning, which means that we can make decisions based on insight, not just instinct.
Dindo Geron, IT Audit Manager, Mazars Qatar
Challenge
Mazars Qatar connects leading enterprises in the Gulf region with expert accounting, tax and advisory services. To boost its competitiveness, the company aimed to reduce the need for costly third-party consulting resources to augment its in-house personnel during audit engagements. How could Mazars Qatar deepen its understanding of current resource requirements and improve forward planning?
Solution
Mazars Qatar replaced manual, informal approaches to resource planning with Retain Web Corporate. With built-in analytics and automation, the Retain solution offers Mazars Qatar fine-grained insight into utilisation and scheduling – empowering the company to optimise its resource plans.
Benefits
Today, Mazars Qatar can see instantly which of its consultants are allocated to projects and which have spare capacity, saving significant amounts of time in the planning process. Crucially, the company can now maximise the utilisation of in-house teams – reducing the need for external recruitment, boosting margins and sharpening competitiveness.
Reducing reliance on costly external resources with accurate, data-driven insights from retain
Enterprises across the Gulf region rely on Mazars Qatar to provide tailored, incisive advice around auditing, accounting and tax. Every audit engagement is different, and Mazars Qatar must ensure it deploys personnel with the optimal skills, competencies, experience and qualifications to help solve each client’s unique challenges. Dindo Geron, IT Audit Manager at Mazars Qatar, explains: “As a professional services company, our people are our most valuable resource. We operate in a competitive space, and to maintain our market leadership while protecting our margins, it is vital that we keep our utilisation rates high.”