Trusted. Standardised. Intelligent.

Turn Any Dealership Trial Balance into Financial Intelligence

DBM transforms financial data from any DMS into trusted, standardised intelligence for Financial Controllers, Dealer Principals, Dealer Groups and OEMs.

15+Years in Automotive
100+Dealer Groups
1,000+Dealerships
MultipleCountries
DBM
Overview
P&L
Balance Sheet
Cashflow
DOC
Reports
Compare
AI Insights
Executive OverviewGroup: All Dealerships · MTD
$1.82M▲ 18.4%
$2.46M▲ 15.7%
$8.72M▲ 6.3%
102%▲ 5pts

Department Performance

Cashflow Forecast

72%+6pts
36.7%+1.8pts
2,241+6.1%
$1,215+9.2%
Trusted by leading automotive organisations

One Platform. Four Core Capability Areas.

DBM is more than financial reporting. It combines trusted data, management reporting, group comparison and AI-powered financial intelligence.

Data Foundation

Turn trial balance, counts and memo data into one trusted financial language.

  • Any DMS
  • Daily uploads
  • Validation
  • Mapping

Reporting Centre

Flexible reporting for executive reviews, board packs and operational management.

  • Financial Summary
  • KPI Performance
  • 13 Month Trends
  • Board Reports

Compare & Benchmark

Compare dealerships, groups, departments and KPIs to identify outliers and opportunities.

  • Dealer groups
  • KPI overlays
  • Trend comparison
  • Benchmark reports

Performance Intelligence

Move from reports to daily control, alerts, AI summaries and recommended actions.

  • DOC
  • Alerts
  • AI insights
  • Action focus

Dealer Financial Intelligence Framework

One trusted trial balance. Intelligence for every stakeholder.

Dealer Financial Intelligence Framework diagram

The Trial Balance Mapping Engine

Transform any trial balance, from any chart of accounts, into trusted financial intelligence.

Trial Balance Mapping Engine diagram
✓ Works with any DMS
✓ Maps trial balance, count and memo inputs
✓ Validates new and changed accounts
✓ Supports daily and monthly uploads
✓ Standardises financial structures
✓ Generates KPI calculations and reports

Reporting Centre

DBM gives each user flexible reporting tools — from daily operating control to board-ready packs.

Insights Dashboard

Default executive view with configurable filters and user-specific dashboard settings.

KPI Dashboard

Select KPIs, save views, create private or public reports and make them default dashboards.

Financial Summary

Current month, last month, rolling quarter and rolling 12 months — all versus target.

Financial Analysis

Immediate KPI analysis with six-month history, quarter view, YTD view and targets.

13 Month Performance

Detailed tables and charts for selected KPIs, including gross profit contribution and work mix.

Board Packs

Create KPI board reports, save them for recurring use and export to PDF for presentation.

Compare Every Dealership, Department and KPI

DBM Compare gives dealer groups and OEMs a practical way to identify top performers, underperformers, variances and trends across any selected group of dealerships.

✓ Create comparison groups
✓ Select any number of dealerships
✓ Track KPIs by department
✓ Overlay additional KPIs
✓ View comparison, trend or grid charts
✓ Identify outliers quickly

Gross Profit Per Unit — Dealer Comparison

Dealer A
18.6%
Dealer B
15.2%
Dealer C
12.1%
Dealer D
-2.1%
Dealer E
-4.3%

Daily Operating Control

See problems before month-end. DBM's daily report is updated from daily trial balance and count data, giving management teams earlier visibility into the drivers of performance.

Explore DOC Dashboards
$1.82M+15.3%
$2.46M+12.8%
$5.72M+11.6%
102%+5pts
AI Financial Assistant

Ask Questions. Get Answers. Take Action.

DBM's AI layer helps users summarise complex financial results, detect exceptions, explain KPI movements and focus attention on the areas that matter most.

See AI in Action

Executive Summary

Summarise monthly, daily or group performance in plain English.

Explain This KPI

Understand what changed, why it changed and where to look next.

Find Exceptions

Surface dealer, department and account-level issues automatically.

Recommend Actions

Suggest practical next steps for controllers and management teams.

Why Trusted Financial Data Matters

Everyone wants dashboards. Few organisations invest enough in the financial data foundation underneath them. DBM builds intelligence from the ground up — from validated trial balance mapping through to benchmarking, performance intelligence and AI insights.

Financial Intelligence Pyramid

Real Questions DBM Helps Answer

DBM should be sold through the decisions it enables — not just the reports it produces.

Financial Controller

Why doesn't my trial balance reconcile?

Dealer Principal

Why is Service profit down this month?

Group CFO

Which dealerships are missing budget?

OEM

Which dealer groups are outperforming their peers?

AI Assistant

What should I investigate first this morning?

Not Just Reporting. Performance Improvement.

Traditional reporting tells you what happened. DBM helps teams understand performance, compare results, detect exceptions and act earlier.

Typical Reporting ToolsDBM Financial Intelligence Platform
× Produces reports Improves performance
× Historical view Daily operating control
× Fixed dashboards Build-your-own reports and saved views
× Single dealer view Group, dealer and OEM comparison
× Surface-level numbers Drill-down to underlying account data
× Month-end analysis AI summaries, alerts and recommended actions

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Proudly distributed in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines by Pentana Solutions under the Power Insights brand.

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