Finance and Treasury

• Creation, maintenance and protection of value for their organisation
• Operational excellence through efficient and effective processes and controls
• Identification, anticipation and mitigation of risks to the organisation
• Development and maintenance of governance and reporting systems in support of the other three objectives

Our consultants include executives who have held senior positions as CEO, CFO and Treasurer in leading organizations. With their accumulated expertise and know-how, they bring genuine insight on real business issues. We are able to support our clients in delivering value and excellence, improving governance, control and reporting, and mitigating key risks in the finance area.

Potential issues

• You need help evaluating key value creation initiatives, such as:
  
  
  • Does it make sense to consolidate functional operations into shared service centres?
  • How should revenue generating initiatives be evaluated and tested?
  • Will a proposed outsourcing solution really deliver the benefits claimed, and how can you secure the benefits?
  
  
• You would like some help knowing which processes can be changed to deliver sustainable lower costs and much more effective results,
• You would like to make sure that the organisation is delivering all of the new requirements to meet IFRS, Sarbanes-Oxley, or Government reporting standards, while remaining efficient and effective,
• You would like some help to make sure that your organisation has identified all of the major risk factors and developed appropriate control and mitigation mechanisms,
• You would like to be sure that your governance and reporting systems are working properly,
• You would like some help in assessing the technical and operational skills of your finance team and create programmes to ensure that the team is adequately developed.

How we can support you

• Our focus on the delivery of solutions which work for you in your organisation by harnessing the best available talent from amongst our leading practitioners,
• Best practice knowledge and benchmarks drawn from our extensive client experiences and Global Best Practice® service,
• Membership of a network of fellow external finance professionals maintained and hosted by the PwC team,
• Viewpoints and White Papers providing original thought-pieces on financial management.

Services

Performance Management

Our performance management proposition is designed to understand the key drivers of value in the organisation. From this, we develop planning, budgeting, and reporting frameworks around Key Risk Indicators and Key Performance Measures.

Reporting and Consolidation

We identify key process barriers to performance using activity and priority-based approaches. We design and implement new, efficient and effective processes appropriate to the environment, including the subsequent reporting and consolidation of information about organisational performance.

Treasury and Working Capital Management

The team advises companies on optimal methods for identifying, evaluating and managing market credit and operating risk.We also develop bank and cash management models and structures to improve cash flow. We have specific industry-based supply-chain expertise that we combine with our strong working capital management skills to deliver integrated solutions to our clients.

We have a dedicated team of specialists experienced in developing specific payables/receivables solutions and implementing new working capital management structures.

Back Office Operations

Our team assesses current operations and evaluates the costs and benefits of existing procedures and structures. This includes preparation of business cases for change, including risk assessments and mitigation programmes.

Alternative models, which are typically considered, include shared service centres and outsourced services. We are able to manage both the structuring and implementation of service agreements with potential vendors, as well as the implementation of internal shared service centres.

Talent Management

We have a strong team of learning and change specialists who have worked with many leading companies and institutions to set up and maintain ongoing finance training programmes. Our team provides comprehensive finance training solutions.

Systems and Tools

We are able to define the strategy and develop the performance management requirements for finance systems. We specify and select systems and tools to support all aspects of the finance function.