What we do
Tailored BI services. No cookie-cutter software.
We sell hands-on expertise. Every engagement is built around your data, your team, and the decisions you are actually trying to make.
Executive Reporting and Dashboards
Custom financial, operational, and sales reports that leaders actually open on Monday morning. Real numbers, real trends, no fluff layers between the data and the decision.
- Monthly executive packs
- Custom KPI dashboards
- Board-ready output, on your brand
Data Architecture and Automation
We clean messy databases, set up secure pipelines, and replace the manual exports your team runs every Friday afternoon. The work happens once. The reports keep refreshing on their own.
- Pipeline design and setup
- Database cleanup and modeling
- Scheduled, monitored refreshes
Strategic BI Advisory
We sit down with your leadership team and lock down the metrics that actually run the business. What to measure. What to ignore. What a healthy number looks like. The output is a working framework, not a slide deck.
- Metric definition workshops
- Reporting framework design
- Quarterly review cadence
A working framework. Not a slide deck.
How we work
A short, honest process. No drawn-out discovery theatre.
Audit
We look at your current reports, data sources, and what's actually being decided. One week. Free.
Scope
A written plan: what we'll build, what it'll cost, what success looks like. No surprise invoices.
Build
We build in short cycles with you in the room. You see progress every week, not at the end.
Handover
Documentation, training, and a working system your team owns. We stay on call if you want us.
Engagement models
Three ways to work together. Pick the one that fits.
Every engagement is fixed-scope and fixed-fee. No hourly trickle. No retainers that quietly renew.
Sprint
2–4 weeks
A focused fix. One dashboard, one report, one cleanup.
- Scoped deliverable
- One revision round
- Handover doc
Project
Most picked6–12 weeks
A full reporting layer, pipeline rebuild, or executive dashboard suite.
- Discovery + scope
- Weekly working sessions
- Training + handover
Fractional BI
Monthly
You need senior BI thinking, not a full hire. We sit in your stand-ups.
- Dedicated lead analyst
- Quarterly reviews
- On-call advisory
Do you work with our existing tools?
Almost certainly. We're tool-agnostic: Power BI, Looker, Tableau, Metabase, dbt, Snowflake, BigQuery, Postgres, GA4. We meet your stack, not the other way around.
How big does our company need to be?
Most clients sit between 20 and 500 people. Below that, a spreadsheet is usually fine. Above that, you probably have an in-house team and want us as advisory.
What does a typical project cost?
Sprints start around €6k. Projects sit between €15k and €60k depending on scope. Fractional engagements are quoted monthly. We send a fixed quote before any work begins.
Do you sign NDAs?
Yes. Standard mutual NDA, or we'll sign yours. Data handling follows GDPR throughout. See our Privacy Policy for the details.
We already have an in-house analyst. Why do we need you?
If your analyst is already shipping the reports leadership needs, keep them. We usually come in when they're buried in maintenance, or when the work needs senior architecture, stakeholder management, or an outside perspective on what to measure.
Our data is a mess. Is it even worth starting?
Messy data is the norm, not a disqualifier. We start with a one-week audit to see what's actually broken and whether it's worth fixing. Sometimes the honest answer is to clean the spreadsheet first, and we'll tell you that.
We already pay for a BI tool. Why hire services too?
A tool is not a strategy. We help you connect it to the right data, model it correctly, and design reports people actually use. If your current tool can't do the job, we'll say so.
How do you compare to a big consulting firm?
Big firms bring juniors, templates, and long decks. We bring senior builders, fixed scope, and a working system. You talk to the same two people from kickoff to handover.
Can we start with a small sprint before committing to a full project?
Yes. Most new clients start with a 2–4 week sprint. It's the cheapest way to test fit, see real output, and decide whether a full project makes sense.
What happens if the project doesn't deliver ROI?
We define success metrics before we write a line of code. If we don't hit them, you don't pay the final milestone. We've only had to invoke this twice in six years.
Will this create a dependency on Ocean Lyra Analysis?
No. We hand over documentation, training, and clean code. Most clients keep us around because the work keeps growing, not because they're locked in.
Ready for a smarter report? Let's talk.
Tell us a bit about your current setup. We'll reply within one business day with honest thoughts and a proposed next step. No pitch deck.
One-business-day response, every time.
Tool-agnostic. We work with what you have.
GDPR-compliant data handling from minute one.