Take The Guess Work Out Of Financial Planning
Overview
FP&A can significantly contribute to advancing operations when done correctly. Starke-Fi can convert information into knowledge and knowledge into useful insights by standardizing the entire FP&A process. The result is an in-depth financial analysis that is performed in real-time, with all the advantages of an FP&A process that is smooth, customized, affordable, and user-friendly from design to management.
CapEx Planning
Capex Planning involves a systematic process to ensure that financial resources are allocated efficiently and strategically for long-term growth.It is a company’s operational plan for the prioritisation of investments in key assets, projects, and infrastructure, ensuring sustainable development and maximising returns.Client receives a customised financial model that delves thoroughly into the business details of the client to comprehend how identified costs are linked to cash flows, and what the main risk factors for the acquisition are. As a result, every client obtains a unique solution that allows modelling the effect of different risk factors on the company’s financial outcomes
Business Analysis
An important first step to achieving long-term efficiencies within your operation is to analyse and understand business operations and identify any potential sticking points and also what makes your business tick. We assist in identifying inefficiencies and blockages that are restricting the growth of your company’s potential and key profit & revenue drivers and outline solutions to sharpen your competitive edge.
Revenue modelling and Planning
The total money that can be earned from a company’s numerous revenue streams is what keeps it afloat.
We create thorough revenue models that include all pertinent revenue sources,
including product sales, subscriptions, and service revenue. However, we assess the precision and viability of inputs by contrasting them with prior performance
and industry benchmarks. The Model takes assumptions into account for shifting
market conditions or new information, which reflects the effect on the company’s
finances.
Divisional reporting
Divisional reporting breaks down the financial standing and performance of each business unit separately. We would assist management and stakeholders in analysing and evaluating the profitability, efficiency and overall performance of each division with the objective of making better decisions and allocating resources.
Our models will expand the various business components, and provide insights into overall performance across profitability, revenue contribution, break-even analysis and KPI comparisons across defined business components.
Profitability analysis and cost allocation
We assess a company’s capacity for profit generation in relation to its expenses and capital expenditures via a cost allocation, enabling a more precise understanding of the underlying cost and profitability. We assist companies in determining their areas of strength and weakness, streamlining internal processes, and assisting the corporate hierarchy in making strategic decisions about:
- determining a company’s financial success by analysing different financial measures, such as gross margin, operating margin, net profit margin, and return on investment (ROI).
- correct allocation of costs, both direct and indirect, to the relevant business units or products via activity-based costing, direct labour hours, square footage, or other relevant parameters, depending on the nature of the indirect costs and the organisation’s structure.
Our methods will help companies identify high- and low-performing segments so they can allocate resources more effectively and boost overall financial performance.
OpEX planning
Our operating expense tools are designed to support business goals by forecasting, managing, and optimising an organisation’s continuous operational expenditures. Determining the best operating cost structure to fulfil the organisation’s strategic goals would involve:
- Examine current operating costs, both fixed and variable, to find trends, inefficiencies, and areas for development.
- Estimating future operating costs based on factors like growth, inflation, and anticipated changes in business operations or market conditions.
- Making a complete OpEx budget that allocates resources to various spending areas can ensure alignment with strategic goals and financial aims..
- To reduce operating costs, choose and put into practice cost-cutting measures like process upgrades, automation, or vendor negotiations. At the same time, periodically review and improve the OpEx planning procedure to make sure it remains in line with organisational objectives and is responsive to changing needs.
