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How can we help?
CFBL provides bespoke commercial, contract management, contract audit assurance, finance, accounting, and advisory for infrastructure projects from business case to investment funding and finally completion. We develop sustainable strategic business plans with financial and accounting controls. Our project plans and roadmaps enable the successful implementation of strategies for growth, resilience and innovation. By embedding sustainability and ESG KPIs into strategy, we empower businesses and communities with the tools for calculating/benchmarking carbon footprint and provide a roadmap for monitoring and reporting ESG KPIs. Our multi-disciplinary steering group for cost assurance and audits on infrastructure projects and contracts, comprise a diverse panel of experts that aim to drive accountability, change and transformation. We provide digital and transformation advisory on infrastructure projects and to businesses for implementing software for audit, contracts, cost, planning, reporting, and finance transformation.
How do we help?
Transformation Advisory & Thought Leadership
We offer our expert advisory services to businesses looking for digital solutions to optimising their financial operations.
We support infrastructure projects, businesses and SMEs in implementing digital & transformational changes that are most appropriate and affordable for the business.
Infrastructure Projects
We carry out independent cost assurance and audits to validate the accuracy between the intended contract costs, agreed contract changes signed by the parties versus actual BAU costs reimbursed over the project lifecycle. In this process we ensure that the commercial governance and financial controls are in place.
SME Business Strategy
CFBL provides independent advisory on options that best aligns with your long-term sustainable strategic business goals. We establish KPIs that can be actively monitored to help you and assess the effectiveness of your operations, and help identify current, emerging risks and key industry trends to help you maintain competitive advantage.
Sustainability & ESG Strategy
CFBL helps embed sustainability into strategy, enabling businesses and projects to be efficiently and thoroughly set up for calculating and benchmarking their carbon footprint. We support businesses in establishing science-based targets (towards net zero), implementing a roadmap for monitoring and reporting progress with ESG KPIs as part of monthly reporting.
Steering Group (CSR)
The multi-disciplinary steering group for cost assurance and audits on infrastructure projects and contracts, was borne out of common agreement on the need for this by the parties. This is a group made up of experts from diverse backgrounds and professions that comprise representatives from a cross-section of the industry. We aim to drive accountability, change and transformation in the industry.
Fintech & Digital Transformation Advisory
CFBL provides independent advisory on the solution that best aligns with your unique long-term sustainable strategic business plans. Our role involves business case reviews, prior to financing the investment, supplier selection and commercial review before contracting and end-user engagement and training before pilot and final implementation.
Infrastructure Projects
We carry out independent cost assurance and audits to validate the accuracy between the intended contract costs, agreed contract changes signed by the parties versus actual BAU costs reimbursed over the project lifecycle. In this process we ensure that the commercial governance and financial controls are in place.
SME / Business Strategy
Our services suited to SMEs looking to scale-up or transform. We use our wealth of expertise to develop a sustainable business strategy and agile business plan empowering businesses to be resilient and successful for the long-term. Our business plan, includes 5 Year strategic plans and financial statement analysis providing opportunities for funding and growth allowing your business to successfully scale-up and transform.
Sustainability & ESG Strategy
We undertake an initial ESG pre-audit diagnostic, carbon cost audit, and current state assessment. We develop a robust seven-point strategic framework and deliver training workshops and a project roadmap for our recommendations. The result is a sustainable business strategy and agile business plan, with simple tools for the monthly monitoring, benchmarking, and reporting of your carbon footprint, ESG KPIs, and increased profitability.
Fintech & Digital Transformation
We provide independent advisory on strategy, cost optimisation, and digital transformation. We support clients who are adopting technology for reporting, audits, capturing cost and analysing data into real-time intelligence, for planning and informing future decisions. On completion, we do not walk away but follow through ensuring clients are operational with our recommendations.
Steering Group (CSR)
The objective is to meet quarterly in a setting where lessons learnt and best practices from real-life experiences from projects and contracts delivered globally in diverse industries and sectors are shared confidentially, creating a common voice and interpretation to help identify, resolve trends quickly, share knowledge, expertise, and best practice on infrastructure projects.
What we will do / What you will Get
Our services involves in-depth reviews and includes:
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Infrastructure Project: cost assurance, cost, systems, payroll, HR audits protocols & training
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SME Business Strategy: business strategy, 5-Yr Strategic plan, financial statements
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Fintech/Transformation advisory: minimising risk and optimising ROI, Capex business case
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Sustainability & ESG Strategy: pay-gap, carbon cost audits, reporting, ESG finance training
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Training: delivering case-based training, for buy-in to technology & staff upskilling
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Independent advisory on strategy, cost optimisation & digital transformation.
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Steering Group (CSR): cost assurance and audits on infrastructure projects/contracts
