We help Boards shape resilient strategies for pivotal, transformational events, such as acquisitions and restructuring, ensuring that the Board is well-equipped to make informed decisions.

Our support ensures robust governance, risk, and compliance frameworks, safeguarding your business against regulatory and legal challenges during transformative periods.

Governance, risk and compliance management

Development of a fit-for-purpose GRC frameworks to successfully navigate a changing and complex regulatory environment, mitigating compliance and legal risk.

Strategic planning

Development of a concise business plan and strategies, comprising actionable steps, to navigate pivotal events, such as market expansions or divestures.

Investor presentations and ASX announcements

Compelling, forward-looking narratives, supported with synthesised financial data and powerful visuals, which resonate with shareholders.

Leveraging deep experience in mining, metals, engineering, and construction, we provide Boards with insights tailored to their industry’s unique challenges and opportunities.

From independent project reviews to compelling investor communications, we deliver actionable insights and clarity, enabling Boards to lead with certainty and achieve successful outcomes.

Merger and Acquisition target identification

Support the Board with the identification and assessment of potential M&A targets, benchmarked to industry trends and internal strategic alignment.

Independent project reviews and assessments

We conduct independent reviews and assessments of critical company projects for Boards, evaluating actual costs, costs-to-complete, key judgments and assumptions, risks and opportunities, and project timelines.

Our assessments aim to provide the Board with assurance, identify discrepancies in management’s reported position, and mitigate risks.

Acentia connects you our network of leading private equity funds and sophisticated investors. 

We excel in managing complex, infrequent transactions such as IPOs, acquisitions, divestments, and debt raises, expertly handling all the relevant stakeholder engagement to drive successful outcomes                                               

Debt and equity introductions

Introductions to non-bank lenders and sophisticated investors, connecting you with tailored debt and equity providers.

 We support short-term working capital, debt refinancing, structured debt, acquisition finance, project development, growth initiatives, and distressed situation turnarounds.

Information Memoranda and disclosure documents

Preparation of concise Information Memoranda and disclosure documents, ensuring compliance with ASIC and ASX standards while delivering a compelling narrative to maximize fundraising or listing success.

Financial modelling

Preparation of robust, event-specific financial models for budgeting, forecasting, and investment analysis, tailored to support transactions such as refinancing, debt and equity raising, capital expenditure, project development, mergers, acquisitions, and divestments.

By taking on the heavy lifting of transaction processes, we enable your team to focus on day-to-day operations, leveraging our expertise and experience to fill resource gaps and reduce the burden on internal resources.

From preparation and modelling to post-deal integration, we provide comprehensive guidance, ensuring compliance, value realization, and long-term success without the burden of long-term commitments.

Transaction and capital structure modelling

Capital structure modelling of debt and equity transactions, analysing senior debt, subordinated debt, and equity, to better guide negotiations and appraise the Board of risks and opportunities.

IPO and transaction ready support

We lead IPO preparation and transaction support, expertly managing all advisors to ensure a seamless process.

By handling the heavy lifting, we allow your team to focus on daily operations with minimal disruption, saving time and money while meeting critical deadlines.

Post-transaction and integration support

Post-deal, we align new entities or structures with your operations, standardizing reporting and systems. Our targeted support ensures value realization, addressing integration complexities without long-term commitments.

The regulation landscape is ever-evolving, posing a significant risk and cost to businesses arising from instances of regulatory and legal non-compliance. 

This risk is especially pronounced where governance, risk and compliance frameworks are neglected in favour of the realisation of strategic and operational goals. 

Board reporting and recommendation papers

Acentia is highly experienced in preparing expertly drafted Board reports and recommendation papers to support strategic decision-making.

We are well-versed in partnering with non-financial stakeholders to gather critical information on matters beyond finance, including operations, health and safety, and human resources.

These papers deliver concise, data-driven insights, ensuring clarity and alignment with strategic goals, and actionable recommendations to streamline Board discussions.

External audit readiness

Preparation of significant accounting position papers and audit evidence files to streamline the external audit process, crystallising internal time savings and reducing external audit costs.

Operational restructuring and business improvement

Acentia can assist with organisational restructuring, process improvement, cost reduction and efficiency gains to drive sustainable growth.

Acentia eliminates this risk with its governance expertise.

We supplement internal resources and bridge expertise gaps to empower both Boards and Executive Leadership to concentrate on their individual areas of expertise and day to day operations which often takes priority over compliance.                                                                                                                                   

Insurance program review and renewal

We conduct insurance program reviews to identify coverage gaps, assess the adequacy of coverage limits against current and planned operational requirements, and evaluate policy inclusions and exclusions to ensure alignment.

An insurance program review will also strengthen the quality of renewal documentation to minimise risk perception and realise premium savings.

Company secretarial services

Company secretarial services include, but are not limited to:

• acting as the named Company Secretary,

• managing and minuting Board, Committee and shareholder meetings,

• managing ASIC compliance, including subsidiary management,

• managing ASX compliance, including continuous disclosure and listing rules,

• providing corporate governance counsel, including charters, policies, and statements, and

• Upskilling internal staff to enhance capabilities and reduce reliance on external company secretarial services.

Strategic decision-making may be reactive or misinformed where financial processes only respond to transactional processing, statutory compliance and historical financial performance reporting.

Equally, internal resources may lack the time, practical experience or proficiency to execute certain, infrequent tasks successfully.

Strategic financial leadership

On a short-term basis, our experienced senior financial leaders develop, mentor and upskill your internal finance team members.

Cash flow optimisation

Preparation of short-term cash flow forecasts and long-term three-way modelling to optimise liquidity and working capital requirements.

Our approach to modelling includes robust assumptions and formulas, together with a review of outputs, valuations, sensitivities and scenario analysis.

We analyse sensitivities to provide assurance on model integrity and identify future potential covenant breaches and working capital shortfalls.

Performance reporting

Preparation of succinct company and project reports to deliver clear and actionable insights into the financial performance of operations, culminating in business dashboards for the Board and Executive Leadership.

Acentia solves this predicament by offering a Fractional Chief Financial Officer (CFO) – that is, the services of a full-time CFO but on a part-time or project basis, and at a fraction of the cost.

Budgeting and forecasting

Preparation and monitoring of annual budgets and quarterly forecasts to visualise the roadmap and progression of sustainable financial growth.

Robust, concise forecasting enables the Board and Executive Leadership:

• prioritise the execution of strategic goals, armed with an understanding of the key growth drivers,

• ongoing, proactive monitoring of debt covenant compliance in future reporting periods.

Financial risk management

Preparation of risk and opportunities registers to proactively identify, quantify, monitor, and mitigate potential financial and operational risks including lending covenant reporting.

Statutory financial reporting

Bridges internal resource or expertise gaps to prepare compliant general-purpose financial statements, remuneration reports, and small business payment time reports, amongst other things.