During my tenure at Instrument, I spearheaded the development and maintenance of Moneypenny, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) web application that served as the company’s financial nerve center. While not customer-facing, this proprietary application was instrumental to the organization’s operational efficiency and financial planning.
The application consisted of a React Frontend with various lambda microservices that each had core responsibilities from:
- Sophisticated financial reporting capabilities that generated quarterly earnings statements and EBITDA calculations
- Client relationship management (CRM) integration for maintaining stakeholder information
- Budget forecasting with predictive modeling to identify potential fiscal risks
- Intelligent resource allocation engine that matched personnel to projects based on multiple variables including compensation parameters and availability metrics
The application became particularly vital during the company’s acquisition process, where it served as the authoritative data source for financial due diligence. Executive leadership relied on Moneypenny’s real-time dashboards during strategic planning sessions to identify operational inefficiencies and address financial anomalies proactively. It was utilized throughout the organizational hierarchy—from executive-level financial briefings to departmental all-hands meetings—providing customized data visualization appropriate to each stakeholder level and facilitating data-driven decision making across the company.