Who are Kabeelah?
Kabeelah offers expert consulting services to help businesses navigate the complexities of financial systems within their own digital transformation journey. Our team of seasoned professionals provide strategic guidance to optimise not just your Financial Reporting duties but also your wider IT infrastructure to help successfully gel the numerourous digital solutions available in the marketplace normally utilising the Anaplan Financial solutions currently available.
Wonder how we got our name? Kabeelah means to be part of a tribe, offering comfort, reassurance and security…….something we’re all looking for…….
Our Mission & Vision
Mission: To harness our collective business and technology expertise to turn customer challenges and objectives into effective strategies and tangible working solutions, that enable them to innovate, evolve and stay ahead of their digital curve.
Vision: To become the natural, trusted provider of choice in the Consolidation, IFRS16 and Disclosure Mangement space for Anaplan.
Why Kabeelah
Decades of FP&A and consolidation experience: From complex ownership structures to multi-GAAP and multi-currency reporting, we’ve seen—and solved—it all.
Anaplan FCR specialists: We partner with Anaplan implementers or work directly with finance teams to design blueprints, model consolidations, and harden close processes.
SAP BPC heritage: We translate proven BPC design patterns into Anaplan, accelerating time-to-value while reducing model risk.
Our Values
Customer-first Approach
We prioritise understanding our customers’ unique needs and challenges, to ensure we tailor our services to meet their specific requirements. Building strong relationships and delivering exceptional customer experiences is at the core of what we do.
Expertise and Excellence
Our team consists of highly skilled professionals with deep expertise in their respective domains, who are committed to delivering first-class solutions, leveraging their knowledge and staying up to date with the latest industry trends and best practices.
Collaboration and Partnership:
We believe in working collaboratively with our customers, as their trusted partner to ensure transparency, open communication, and shared ownership of a project’s success.
Continuous Improvement:
We embrace a culture of continuous learning and improvement. Regularly seeking feedback and insights from our customers and team members helps us refine our processes, enhance our services, and deliver even better results.
Integrity and Ethics:
Honesty, integrity, and ethical behaviour form the foundation of our services. We uphold the highest standards of professionalism, confidentiality, and data security, establishing trust and reliability with our customers.
Agility and Adaptability:
In a rapidly changing business landscape, we stay agile and adaptable to meet evolving challenges. Our flexible approach enables us to quickly respond to unforeseen circumstances and deliver timely solutions.
Our Leadership Team
We are a team of professionals who are passionate about what we do.
Howard Markillie
Services Director
Howard is a Fellow of the ICAEW and leads our professional services and support teams, with a pedigree forged and hard-earned in the enterprise performance management space. His ethos, approach, and initiatives are key to delivering successful solutions aligned with the current and future needs of customers. His extensive experience in designing and delivering financial reporting processes and business performance management platforms enables him to bridge the gap between business and technology stakeholders while fostering lasting relationships with both.
Bob Atkinson
Managing Director
Bob joined Kabeelah at an exciting time to help guide and focus the business into its next chapter of becoming the go-to Anaplan financial consolidation experts not only in the UK, but also in Europe and beyond. His background in running niche businesses within the frameworks of large global players such as SAP, Oracle, and now Anaplan speaks for itself, aided by applying his problem-solving engineering background to not only our everyday challenges but also to our customers when required. “My focus is all about efficient, win-win outcomes for all involved parties, even under the most challenging circumstances.”
Mark Howard
Strategic Sales Director
Mark’s experience in software and hardware sales started 30+ years ago successfully moving through many household names such as Dell, EMC and IBM. Now Kabeelah are enjoying his ability to get our customer relationships off to a solid start with his aimiable yet professional approach from initial engagement to longer term account management within our business to business (B2B) relationaships.