Our clients
We have conducted projects for a wide range of clients, from a variety of industries. Recent projects include:
Programme management and Sarbanes-Oxley
Management of a client’s Sarbanes Oxley programme across Europe; we successfully completed 42 compliance projects over 18 months, all on time.
BP - Programme management
Management and deployment of BP's "Purchase to Pay" programme across ten sites in Europe, implementing the procurement side of SAP across the region. We managed the implementation of a web-based purchasing system that included automatic payment via credit card, and which was fully integrated into the client's SAP system.
As a result, our client at BP recorded a 85,000 decrease in the number of invoices (a drop of 50%), a saving that allowed 20 accounts payable staff to be redeployed.
BP - Project management and compliance
Project management of compliance issues associated with the implementation of an HR infrastructure system at BP:
We advised on the requirements of Sarbanes-Oxley, and delivered process documentation for the new HR processes.
We advised on the requirements of the Data Protection Act.
We worked with BP's Internal Audit function to review the project for compliance with BP's own project management methodology.
Project management
Management and execution of a client’s Fast Track Sourcing program. Delivery of a Federal Procurement deal, from inception to first order, within 90 days (previous sourcing programs had taken approximately 18 months). This initiative delivered a repeatable process for use by global procurement teams, and allowed cost savings benefits to be realised more rapidly.
Project management and due diligence
Management and execution of due diligence projects. We performed comprehensive reviews that allowed our clients to make informed decisions on strategic business direction. We delivered:
A review of past, current and projected financials
Financial sensitivity analysis
Review of future strategy risks
Customer dependency analysis
Review of industry trends
Management team review
Non Financial Management Information (NFMI)
A FTSE100 client was concerned with the integrity and consistency of their key externally and internally reported NFMI, for example in their Annual Report. We worked with the client to define the scope of the project and to prioritise each metric (based on impact of mis-statement and required data quality), and then applied a fit-for-purpose methodology to review each of the metrics. This process identified control deficiencies in the production of the individual data, which we helped the client to address. The result was that the client had assurance that their NFMI data set was robust and consistently reported in all their external and internal documentation.