Efficacy Group

Do you have a clear plan for the future? How do you divide your resources to achieve your strategy? Is your business heading in the right direction? How do you know if you are successful? Do you have the right performance measures?

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We help you set a clear direction and to understand if you can afford the proposed changes in your business. We assist with performance monitoring and developing plans for corrective action. 

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We can assist with:

• Environmental scan including market research

• Facilitating planning workshops

• Applying models – PESTEL, SWOT, 5 Forces

• Determining critical success factors, balanced scorecards, KPIs and reporting

• Cost optimisation – sustainable cost reduction for your business

• Risk analysis and management plans

• Cascading organisations strategy to department business plans and individuals performance objectives

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How do you make the right investment decisions? Are they aligned with your strategy? Are you able to make the change?

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We develop concise, precise and compelling business cases. We use the Better Business Case method. We support the right investment decisions by building cases aligned with your strategy.

We can assist with:

• Development of business cases (Better Business Case - strategic, economic, commercial, financial, management)

• Financial modelling of the options – using an array of financial tools

• Investment logic maps

• Project manage the implementation of the business change

• Peer review of business cases

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Can you afford to make the changes you want to make?  Do you understand the financial implications of your decisions?

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We provide finance and management with clear and concise tools in to assist in planning new facilities and services - from conception to implementation.  We link the financial implications of proposals to your current business financial position to determine whether your initiatives are affordable.

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We can assist with:

• Development of simple to use and understand financial models

• Capacity, resource and financial planning

• Cost optimisation – sustainable cost reduction for your business

• Reviews of operating and capital expenditure

• Formulation of operating, capital and project budgets

• Asset management planning and link to strategy

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Can you get better returns by consolidating your back-office functions? Can your finance function be more efficient? Does your finance team have the capacity and capability to continuously improve? Is your month-end close taking too long?

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Modern finance teams must concentrate on analysis and insight, not transactions and reporting.  Focusing your finance team improves their effectiveness and the value delivered to business operations.

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We can assist with:

• Finance operating model review and organisation design

• Reduction in month end timetable

• Development of business case for shared service implementation

• Managing an effective change programme

• Optimising your shared service experience

• Assess and benchmarking your performance

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How do you show value today and what might be the barriers to delivering future value? Do you have a legislative need to test the efficiency and effectiveness of your spend?

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Our structured approach to assessing value for money improves performance. We identify opportunities to increase value and meet Local Governments 17A review need. Our approach applies to any business.

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We can assist with:

• Assessing the value currently delivered and the economy, efficiency, effectiveness and equity of expenditure

• Understanding the perspectives of economic, environmental, social and cultural value

• Developing value opportunities to improve value over time

• Implementing the value opportunities

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