Footing Advisory · Pigment and EPM consulting
Plans that tie out.
I design and build connected planning in Pigment for finance, people and revenue teams. Every model ships with checks that prove the totals reconcile, so your next board pack holds up.
- Pigment Pro Advanced
- Anaplan L1 and L2
- Ex-Deloitte Consulting
What finance leaders tell me
- "The model is too slow to use in the meeting."
- "Nobody trusts the headcount number."
- "Every reforecast takes two weeks of spreadsheets."
- "We bought Pigment but only use half of it."
Work
Models built the way finance teams think
Each project uses a fictional company so I can show the whole model. Live demos are built and ready to walk through. Blueprints are fully designed and being built next.
SaaS FP&A on a hub-and-spoke
ARR engine, three versions, five cases and a write-back reforecast workbench across three Pigment applications.
Position-based workforce planning
Headcount roll-forward with hires, leavers and transfers, a merit cycle and fully loaded cost feeding the P&L.
Territory and quota planning
Account scoring, balanced territories, ramped rep capacity and quota set top-down against bottom-up capacity.
3-statement model and 13-week cash
P&L, balance sheet and cash flow that balance every month, with a rolling 13-week cash view for treasury.
Opex budgeting with approvals
Cost-centre owners plan in one place, submit for review and lock on approval, with spend tracked against budget.
Anaplan to Pigment migration
A mapped and redesigned move from Anaplan to Pigment, run side by side until every total ties.
Your model next
Have a planning problem that is not here?
Headcount, revenue, supply, capex or consolidation. If it runs on a plan, it can run in Pigment. Tell me what you are working with.
Services
Where I can help
For companies running Pigment, and for implementation partners who need senior modeling capacity.
New Pigment implementations
From requirements to a live model: data hub, versions and scenarios, planning logic, boards and reconciliation against your current numbers.
Model health and performance
An audit of slow calculations, dense formulas, broken lineage and access gaps, with a ranked fix list. I can make the fixes too.
Anaplan to Pigment migration
Modules mapped to metrics and dimensions, redesigned where a straight port would be wrong, and run side by side until totals tie.
Partner delivery support
Hands-on capacity for Pigment partners. I take a workstream, follow your standards and hand over clean documentation.
Executive boards and frames
Board packs, guided planning sequences and custom pages such as ARR bridges and driver workbenches.
AI-assisted modeling
Claude connected to Pigment speeds up builds, audits and documentation. A person reviews every change before it reaches your model.
How we engage
Three ways to start
Start small and expand when it's working. Every engagement ends with documentation your team can own.
Diagnostic
Model health check
A fixed-scope review of one application, with findings ranked by impact and effort.
- Performance and formula review
- Lineage and naming audit
- Written report and walkthrough
Typically 1 to 2 weeks
Build
Phased implementation
A new model or a major rebuild, delivered in phases with working boards at each step.
- Design spec you sign off
- Hub, planning, then reporting
- Reconciliation pack and training
Typically 6 to 12 weeks
Partner
Ongoing modeling support
A monthly block of senior modeling time for your team or your clients.
- Change requests and new modules
- Month-end and cycle support
- Same modeler every time
Monthly, flexible hours
Approach
How a project runs
The same five steps on every build, so you always know what comes next.
Discover
Your planning calendar, files and pain points. Agree dimensions, versions, users and what done means.
Design
Architecture on paper first: applications, shared lists, version logic, access and the boards each role uses.
Build
Hub first, then planning logic, then reporting. You see working boards early and can redirect.
Tie out
Totals checked against your source and the old model. Control checks stay in the model and read zero.
Hand over
Model guide, recorded walkthrough and training, so your team owns it after I leave.
Founder
Dhiraj Khivasara
I founded Footing Advisory to put planning models on solid footing. I'm a Pigment modeler and EPM consultant based in Pune, India, and I started my career in consulting at Deloitte.
I care about models that are still easy to change a year later: clear naming, one source for each number, versions designed from day one, and checks that prove the totals tie. I'm also studying management at SPJIMR, which keeps me close to how leaders use the numbers.
I work remotely with teams anywhere in the world and plan my hours around yours.
- Platforms
- Pigment, Anaplan
- Use cases
- FP&A and ARR, workforce, territory and quota, budgeting, 3-statement and cash
- Certifications
- Pigment Pro Advanced · Anaplan L1 and L2
- Education
- B.Tech ECE, VIT · PGDM, SPJIMR (in progress)
- Time zone
- IST (UTC+5:30), flexible for US and Europe
FAQ
Common questions
If yours isn't here, ask on a call.
Do you work directly with companies or through partners?
Both. I work with finance teams that run Pigment, and as a subcontractor for Pigment implementation partners under their standards and branding.
How do you handle our data?
I work inside your Pigment workspace under your access rules and an NDA. Client data stays in your systems, and demos on this site use fictional data only.
How do you use AI in your work?
I use Claude connected to Pigment to draft formulas, audit models and write documentation faster. Every change is reviewed by me before it's applied, and I only use it on client workspaces with your approval.
Can you work in our time zone?
Yes. I'm based in India and regularly schedule calls and working sessions in US and European hours.
Do you only work in Pigment?
Pigment is my main platform. I also have Anaplan experience, which helps on migrations and when comparing approaches.
Contact
Put your plan on solid footing.
Send a short note about what you're planning and when. I'll reply within one working day with a few questions or a time to talk.
dhirajkhivasara@gmail.com
Helpful to include
- What you plan today, and in which tool
- Roughly how many users, entities or employees
- Your next planning deadline
- Whether you're a company or a partner firm