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Every Pigment model has four lives.

Hibana Solutions is a small team of senior Pigment consultants, for the finance teams that run Pigment and the partners who implement it.

Book a free architecture review For Pigment partners
  1. 01TsubomiDesignDesign review and an independent advisor on your side.
  2. 02BotanBuildSenior build capacity for partners, and rescue.
  3. 03MatsubaPigment AIModels made ready for Pigment’s agents.
  4. 04Chiri-gikuOwnershipSupport and training long after go-live.

A sparkler has four named stages. So does the life of a Pigment model.

Start with an expert on your side of the table.

01Tsubomithe budDesign

Most of the expensive decisions in a Pigment project are made early: dimensions, granularity, data flows, who owns what. We review the design and sit beside your build as an independent senior advisor, so your partner’s work lands the way finance needs it.

  • A written design review before the build starts
  • Acceptance criteria written from the finance side
From a design reviewIllustrative
Product × Region × Month
Keep The grain finance actually plans at.
Customer (40,000 items)
Change Plan at segment; load customers as a Property.
Scenario × Version
Merge One dimension, so forecasts don’t double.

Build it right, or bring it back.

02Botanthe peonyBuild

Partners bring us in when their pipeline outruns their bench: senior architects who work inside their methodology and under their brand. And when a model is slow, late or not trusted, we diagnose it without blame and recover it.

  • Senior architects who join a partner team within its methodology
  • A no-blame diagnosis and a prioritized recovery plan
A recovery planIllustrative
  1. Week 1Change freeze. No-blame review of structure, calculations and data flows.
  2. Week 2Prioritized plan: three quick fixes, two redesigns, one rebuild.
  3. Weeks 3–6Recover in a development application; parallel-run against the old numbers.
  4. Hand backDocumentation and a walkthrough for the team or partner who owns it next.

Get Pigment AI working on your model.

03Matsubathe pine needlesPigment AI

Pigment’s Modeler Agent, Analyst Agent and Custom Agents are only as good as the model underneath them. We make models agent-ready, with clear names, one-line descriptions, annotated formulas and deliberate access rights, and teach your team to use the agents safely.

  • An AI-readiness check of names, descriptions and access
  • Custom Agents and Frames designed and tested with your real users
One Block, made agent-readyIllustrative

Before

Calc 3

No description

After

REV_CALC_Net_Revenue

Net revenue by product and month, after discounts and returns. Calculated; feeds the P&L.

Own it long after go-live.

04Chiri-gikuthe falling chrysanthemumOwnership

Plans change every quarter. After launch we give finance teams senior Pigment ownership: change requests, performance tuning and admin. We also train your people until they can run the model themselves.

  • A monthly retainer for changes, performance and admin
  • Training until your own team can run the model
This month’s support queueIllustrative
  • Add a FY27 budget versionDone
  • New cost center for the EMEA teamDone
  • Headcount Board slow at month-endTuning
  • Access rights for two new budget ownersQueued

Agents now build most new metrics. Your model decides how well.

Pigment reports that 85% of new metrics in Pigment are now created by an agent. An agent working on a tangled, undocumented model builds more tangle. We get the model ready first.

Source: Pigment press release, October 21, 2026

  1. Names a person and an agent can read

    Display names without unexplained acronyms or vague labels such as “Calc” or “Input 1”.

  2. A one-sentence description on every Block

    What business object it holds, and why it exists.

  3. Annotated formulas

    So the Modeler Agent’s suggestions follow your logic instead of guessing at it.

  4. Deliberate access

    Agents inherit the access rights of the person using them, and AI data access is set Metric by Metric.

How we prepare models for Pigment AI

A free Pigment architecture review.

You walk one of our senior architects through your model on a 45-minute screen-share. Within five business days you get a short written scorecard: what’s sound, what’s at risk, and what to fix first.

No obligation. We take a limited number each month.

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What the scorecard looks likeIllustrative example, not a real client
  1. Model structure and dimensionsWatchTwo dimensions exist “just in case” and inflate every Metric.
  2. Calculation performance and sparsityFix firstStored zeros densify the headcount Metrics; Boards wait on them.
  3. Data flows and integrationsSoundNightly imports reconcile to the ledger.
  4. Security and access rightsWatchAccess rights trail the latest reorganization.
  5. Scenarios and versionsSoundBudget, forecast and scenarios are cleanly separated.
  6. Boards and the user experienceWatchBudget owners still export to spreadsheets.
  7. Ownership and governanceFix firstNo naming convention; nobody owns change requests.
  8. Readiness for Pigment AI agentsFix firstMost Blocks have no description, so agent suggestions guess.

For Pigment partners: senior capacity that stays under your brand.

Our founder co-founded one of the first two Pigment partner practices in North America, wrote its Pigment architecture standards and built the team behind the 2024 Pigment North American Impact Partner of the Year. Since relaunching Hibana Solutions in September 2025, seven of our eight Pigment engagements have come through partners. We work under your brand and inside your methodology, from the first workshop to hypercare.

How we work with partners

Our partner pledge. We never solicit a partner’s client. We take on rescue and customer-side work only where it doesn’t break a partner relationship. When we’re brought in beside a partner, our job is to make the project succeed.

The people who do the work.

Brian Barnett

Brian Barnett

Founder and lead solution architect

  • Pigment certified, with 115+ EPM implementations across Pigment, Anaplan and Planful, 28+ of them in Pigment
  • Co-founded one of the first two Pigment partner practices in North America; wrote its Pigment architecture standards and built the solution-architect team behind the 2024 Pigment North American Impact Partner of the Year
  • FP&A manager at Sprouts Farmers Market, where he built the five-year model used for its IPO roadshow
  • BYU MBA. Passed Level II of the CFA Program
More about the team

Senior Pigment consultant

  • Certified Master Anaplanner, working exclusively in Pigment since 2023
  • 20+ Pigment clients across finance, supply chain and workforce planning
  • 15 years in finance, accounting and EPM, including as a chief accountant

Pigment model builder

  • Holds Pigment’s Pro Advanced Model Builder certification, which Pigment offers only to partners
  • Former Big Four consulting analyst
  • Driver-based models processing 5M+ data points across 15+ business units

Full profiles are shared with clients and partners on request.

Common questions

What does Hibana Solutions do?
We are a small team of senior Pigment consultants. We rescue and support Pigment models, act as an independent advisor on the customer’s side during implementations, train finance teams, add senior capacity to Pigment partners, and prepare models for Pigment AI and its agents.
Do you work for Pigment?
No. Hibana Solutions is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Pigment. We work with Pigment customers directly and as a subcontractor to Pigment implementation partners.
Will you compete with our implementation partner?
No. We never solicit a partner’s client, and we take on rescue or customer-side work only where it doesn’t break a partner relationship. When we work beside a partner, our job is to make the project succeed.
How much does it cost?
The architecture review is free. Everything after it is scoped to your model and quoted as a fixed fee or a monthly retainer once we have seen what you need.
Where are you based?
Hibana Solutions is based in Arizona, in the Phoenix area. The team works remotely with Pigment customers and partners across the United States and beyond.

Find out what your model needs next.

Book a free 45-minute architecture review. You get a written scorecard within five business days, whether or not we work together.

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