A corporate client wants me to present findings to their executive team via PowerPoint rather than a written report. I've never built a slide deck for audit findings. How detailed should the slides be? I don't want to overwhelm executives with tariff citations.
Client wants a PowerPoint presentation — how detailed?
Keep it to 5-7 slides max. Slide 1: total savings found (one big number). Slide 2: summary table of all findings with monthly impact. Slides 3-5: one slide per major finding with a simple before/after comparison. Final slide: next steps and timeline. Executives want the bottom line, not the methodology. Save the tariff citations and calculations for a separate appendix document that the facilities team can review.
Phil N.'s structure is perfect. One additional tip: use charts instead of tables whenever possible. A bar chart showing monthly overcharges over 36 months is more impactful than a table of numbers. Executives are visual. And practice your presentation so you can deliver the key points confidently in 15 minutes. If they have questions, you can go deeper. But the initial presentation should be concise and focused on dollars.
5-7 slides, lead with the big number, charts over tables. Got it. Presenting next Thursday. Wish me luck.