Managerial Finance
We can assist in analysing your financial statements (both annual and management financial statements) into the most important ratios, identify problem areas and assist you with the implementation of turn around strategies, aimed at maximising shareholder wealth.
Assistance with investment and financing decisions
The ratios that we will look at are, depending on the nature of your business and specific industry norms and standards, as follows:
- Sensitivity analysis
- Cash flow analysis
- Liquidity ratios
- Current ratios
- Solvency ratios
- Gearing ratios
- Profitability ratios, including ratios that address return on assets and equity
- Segmental and or divisional performance
- Breakeven analysis
- Evaluation of various projects can be assessed.
Corporate Governance
Assistance with implementation of King IV and in particular with the following:
- Audit Committees
- Ethics and Social Committees
- Risk Committees
Assistance with Companies Act compliance
Strategic Emphasis
Assistance with the Strategic Planning process: Facilitation of the process.
The Strategic Planning process with the integrated budgeting process:
- Formulation of long-term and short-term objectives
- Definition of the business focus
- Analysis of past key success drivers
- Competitor analysis
- SWOT analysis in terms of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats
- Evaluation of Porter’s critical factors
Formulation of goals and financial plans
Post strategic plan audits
Risk Analysis
Analysing the business environment in terms of risks facing the entity with particular emphasis on:
- Management depth
- Human resources
- Marketing
- Public relations
- Production
- Procurement
- Resources availability
Taxation
Analysis of the current status quo in terms of compliance.
Identification of potential areas for improvement
Tax planning:
- Remuneration structuring
- Completion of tax returns
- Long term tax planning
Valuations
Valuation of unlisted shares using appropriate models to estimate free cash flows. Capitalising these free cash flows using appropriate yields.
Transactional advisors
Advising share buyback transactions in terms of the Companies Act:
- Overview and analysis of proposed transaction
- Valuation
- Evaluation of perceived value, before and after the transaction
- Tax consequences
- Recommendation