Organisational Challenges

• Increasing business complexity – The business owner often feels that the business controls them rather than them controlling it.
• There is often a lack of clear reporting lines, as none were established as the business has grown and evolved – everyone has a role but job grading’s, position descriptions and performance reviews may not be clear and often have not been established.
• The lack of clear organisational hierarchy means that meetings and communications are unstructured – Decision bottlenecks evolve and staff can become frustrated.
• Client segmentation is generally unstructured and unsophisticated.
• Divisional reporting and overhead costs allocation makes assessing divisional profitability and accountability a challenging and complex exercise.
• The business struggles with the transition from a “Tax Minimisation” focus to one of “Enterprise Value Maximisation”.
• This change in purpose entails considering and shifting to a new set of core values to support a different vision. The strategic goals, objectives and tasks shift more to appreciating the business as an investment and business planning is adjusted accordingly.
• The business may have achieved "Large Proprietary" status, meaning that the annual financial statements will be subject to a statutory audit. The accounting systems typically therefore require a greater degree of sophistication.
• Financing arrangements become more complex as the size and exposure of Bank facilities increase – mistakes and missteps can prove to be terminal.
• Acquisitions and other corporate activity becomes a realistic option but the organisation has little or no experience with such matters.
• Business owner’s attention begins to focus on a sale or exit at value.

STRATOSFEAR Service Solutions

The service solutions for Emerging Corporates include, but are not limited to:

• Board of Advice – Regular meetings to review and assess business performance and KPI’s.
• Three-Way Financial Forecasts (Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet & Cashflows)
• Business Modelling with detailed ratio and benchmark analysis.
• Working Capital and Balance Sheet analysis.
• Job Costing and Pricing Analysis.
• Financial Literacy Training Programs.
• Client Tiering, Segmentation and Product and Service diversification.
• Business Development and Pipeline Management.
• Human Capital Optimisation – Organisational Charts, Job Grading’s, Position Descriptions, Performance Reviews.
• Enterprise value assessment including the identification of constraints holding back planned exit strategies and timelines.
• Enterprise-wide Risk Management addressing corporate structural issues such as over-expansion and trading (under capitalisation).
• Conflict resolution, dispute arbitration and negotiation strategies.
• Investment Banking and Corporate Finance – Acquisitions, Divestments, Management Buy-Outs, Management Buy-Ins, Capital Raising.
• Systems review to identify areas for automation and improved efficiency.