Excellence in Financial Modelling

Aevo's deep analytical skills and strategy experience are key factors in the team being called upon to support major decision-making at clients.

With the availability of ever increasing information businesses are faced with a number of complex inputs from which decisions can be made for business planning and decision support.

We have developed bespoke customer specific solutions for many of our clients; helping them make informed decisions about future outcomes. Our approach is to fully understand the client need, and then develop a solution using the appropriate tools and skills. No two projects are ever alike.

Some examples of decision-support projects include:

• Supply-chain optimization for an FMCG client
• Optimal location of distribution centres for a major multi-national
• Outsourcing vs In-house logistics services
• Outsourcing core internal admin functions
• Developing allocation algorithms
• Understanding patterns in customer behaviour
• Determining TV viewer behavior for targeting content

We've helped listed companies secure financing for expansion and development, we can do the same for you!

Project finance is a strategic financial approach designed for funding complex, long-term ventures where the cash flows generated by the project are the primary source of repayment. It plays a pivotal role in enabling businesses to undertake ambitious initiatives by structuring financing around the specific project's cash flow and assets, mitigating risks for investors. Our project finance solutions extend across diverse industries, including technology, infrastructure, and services. Whether it's launching a cutting-edge tech platform, developing crucial infrastructure projects, or enhancing service delivery, project finance provides a flexible and tailored funding mechanism to drive success in various sectors.

At Aevo our team boasts extensive expertise in project finance advisory services. With years of experience navigating the intricacies of diverse industries, our financial experts have successfully guided clients through the complexities of project funding. Our approach is grounded in a deep understanding of financial markets, risk management, and a commitment to finding innovative solutions.

As George Box once said "All models are wrong, some are useful". Our financial model auditing combines a robust methodology with deep industry experience to ensure that your models are indeed useful and fit for purpose. To do so, we complete a thorough examination and evaluation of your financial or analytical models to ensure accuracy, reliability, and effectiveness.

Some of the key components within our model review service include:

• Documentation Review: Examining the documentation associated with the model, including methodology, procedures, and user guides.
• Assumption Validation: Reviewing and validating the assumptions made in the model to ensure they reflect the current business environment.
• Error Identification: Detecting and correcting errors or inconsistencies in the model's calculations or logic.
• Data Quality Assessment: Evaluating the quality and relevance of the data used in the model to support accurate analysis.
• Sensitivity Analysis: Assessing the model's sensitivity to changes in input parameters to understand its robustness.
• Compliance Check: Ensuring that the model complies with relevant industry standards, regulations, and organizational policies.

Strategy ultimately drives the operational aspects to create value in an organization. Value is defined as financial value, social and other non-financial aspects. The execution and operationalization of the business strategy is critical to the success of the initiative/business. Aspects of strategy, logistics, human capital, processes, technology and performance management play critical roles to the success and sustainability of the venture/project and ultimately to the return on investment and shareholder/stakeholder value.

Our methodology is centered on building detailed Strategic & Operational Financial Models that simulate the business, through extensive consultation with the client and our experience, to identify key drivers of value to assist executives and senior management to make strategic and operational decisions.

Industry Experience

• Telecoms & Technology
• Media & Entertainment
• Property Development
• National & Local Government
• Leisure & Hospitality
• Financial Services
• Energy
• Transport
• Fast-Moving Consumer Goods

An organisation's Business Processes provide a framework and flow of how it functions and executes on its deliverables, these are the activities involved in defining what a business entity does, responsibilities, standards, and how the success of a business process can be determined. ISO 9001 requires a business entity to follow a process approach when managing its business. One of the key reasons for processes to be in place is to enable the organization to be efficient in the delivery of its objectives.

In creating and developing processes, it is important for the organization to consider the level of cost/benefit in adopting processes. Too many steps and processes may be counter-productive to the organization, however too few may increase levels of financial and other risk of financial and inefficiencies.

Our Business Process Mapping Team members have the capability to identify and interrogate processes, map these and advise on these to achieve a balance of risk and efficiency in organizations.

Our methodology is centered around understanding the organisation and the organisation's environment, developing multi-dimensional process mapping with interdependencies to support important goals such as:

• Business process re-engineering
• Regulatory compliance
• Activity Analysis
• Service Level Agreements
• Simulation
• Internal Audit

The King III Report on Governance for South Africa was introduced in 2009 and made explicit the importance of Integrated Reporting (IR), with King IV continuing to emphasize the importance thereof, explicitly advocating the necessity of IR in alignment to the International Integrated Reporting Council and their International Integrated Reporting Framework developed in 2013.

At Aevo Consulting, we are able to provide a holistic, end-to-end solution for your Integrated Reporting needs. We focus on empowering our clients to not only develop superior integrated reports, but to improve and optimise the entire integrated reporting process. Through our experience in analytics and modelling, we help streamline the reporting process by developing integrated reporting and business analytics to ease the reporting processes when the time comes to report, whilst also allowing for ongoing monitoring and evaluation.

Our Integrated reporting team combines a wealth of experience in writing, strategic story-telling, content design, analysis and dashboarding and proof reading and editing.

Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) represent a collaborative model where public and private sectors join forces to design, finance, implement, and operate projects for the benefit of society. In the realm of infrastructure and service delivery, PPPs offer a dynamic approach to leveraging the strengths of both sectors. These partnerships aim to optimize efficiency, innovation, and risk-sharing, making them a strategic solution for funding and managing public projects. Aevo specialises in navigating the intricacies of PPPs, recognising their significance in sectors such as transportation, buildings, services and utilities.

With a proven track record in structuring successful collaborations between public entities and private enterprises, we understand the unique challenges and opportunities that PPP projects present. We take pride in our ability to facilitate effective partnerships that drive economic growth and enhance public services.

Our advisory services encompass every stage of the PPP lifecycle, from project identification to contract negotiation and ongoing management. We offer comprehensive guidance on financial structuring, risk management, and stakeholder collaboration.