We do all the work, from your raw data to working reports. Your leaders see the true cost and margin of every program and course, and move from question to decision in days.
You provide the raw data. We prepare it, build your university model, build the reports and set up the AI, so your finance team spends its time on decisions instead of spreadsheets.
You send the raw extracts. We clean, reconcile and structure your finance and student data, so your team does no data wrangling.
We build your university model from the bottom up, starting with when, where and how each subject is taught, then resolve shared subjects and apply overheads.
We build the reports your leaders use, showing revenue, cost and margin for every program and course in Pilbara Insights.
We connect Pilbara Intelligence to your model, so your team can ask questions in plain English and get answers grounded in your own data.
Answer generated in 31 seconds
Most universities still answer financial questions the slow way. Because we build your model and keep it ready, the question you ask on Monday has a defensible answer this week, not next budget cycle.
Every engagement delivers working tools your leaders use, with our team behind them.
Most financial analysis in higher education is done one program and one request at a time, and each request takes days of data wrangling. We model your whole institution once, so you can assess every program at the same time.
Time to assess margin across all academic programs
Why the gap? Spreadsheet teams work program by program, gathering data, reconciling systems and rebuilding models for each request. We build the whole institution once, so the next question is already answered.
Australian universities can see how each of their disciplines compares with the sector by Field of Education, using cost, revenue and workload data drawn from real university models.
We connect AI to your own university model. Finance leaders, Deans and planning managers ask questions in plain English and get answers grounded in your data, without waiting for a report or an analyst.
Answer generated in 67 seconds
“We can actually understand the full cost of our instructional programs…we’ve never had anything close to that kind of information in the past. This is the first time we can honestly understand how much they should cost and how we should resource them. Because this university has worked on a historical budget model for many years, this is revolutionary.”
Cynthia R. Hale
Associate Vice President for Finance and Personnel in the Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost, University of Maryland
“Pilbara’s demonstrated higher education sector knowledge has provided CQU with a model derived from granular-level data, whilst also being timely, transparent, accurate and flexible for any future CQU or sector changes. The Pilbara team are always professional and flexible, and in constant contact as to more innovative costing approaches and sector updates.”
Anita Anderson
Deputy Director Corporate Budget, Central Queensland University
“Understanding what drives cost in higher education is a really fiendish challenge.”
Dr Gwilym Croucher
Researcher at the Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Melbourne
See how fast your institution could be moving. Request a demo and we’ll show you exactly how Pilbara Insights works with your data — so you can walk away knowing what’s possible before you commit to anything.
