Our Expertise

It Takes More Than Compliance To Run A Successful Business

Everything in your business — from marketing and sales to distribution and HR strategy — must be aligned with your financial plan and your business goals. 

At NBC we have wide-ranging and in-depth experience in accounting and financial management. This has given us a unique perspective that enables us to implement tailor-made systems for your business that allow you to spend more time ‘on’ your business, accelerating growth, rather than always being ‘in’ your business, tied up with day-to-day operations.

Business Process Mapping and Systems Design

Every business revolves around the purpose of transforming something into something else of greater value.  Whether it is a cabinet making shop taking wood and laminate and transforming it into kitchen cabinets, or a restaurant taking food and ingredients, an ambient location and good service and transforming that into well fed, satisfied and relaxed customers.  The operation of your business is concerned with the production of goods and/or services that will create value.  You are in the business of taking basic ingredients (inputs) and developing them into something else which is of greater value (outputs).

We’ll help you save time and money by assessing and streamlining your business process.

Key Performance Indicator Monitoring

Measuring the right things in your business is critical to its very survival.  These “things” are known as Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) or Critical Success Factors.

Key Performance Indicators represent a set of measures focussing on the aspects of your business performance that are most critical for the current and future success of your organisation.  We will work with you to ensure you are measuring the important indicators of your business performance.  We’ll then work with you as your business coach to monitor your business performance and to ensure your business stays on track for success.

Financial Management Strategy and Analysis

One of the major causes of failure is under capitalization-not having enough money invested in the business to enable it to run effectively.  In order to make sure you do not fall into this trap, we work with you to first establish how much capital you need and then determine how to go about financing the venture.  We’ll help you to set realistic financial goals for your business and more importantly, we’ll help you define a business strategy that will enable you to meet them.

Business Startup Services

With more than 75% of all business start-ups failing in the first 3 – 5 years you can’t afford to gamble on your new business.  Research shows that without proper advice and guidance you’ll have better odds of success at a casino than in your own business.  We can help you dramatically increase those odds of success.  If you’re an entrepreneur developing a new venture we’ll help you develop a winning business strategy, establish a solid position against your competition and build a business that works for you, whether you’re working in it or not.

Beginning with the End in Mind

Successful leaders today know that nothing drives a business like an attractive, worthwhile, achievable vision of the future. We can work with you to perform a “vision audit” to determine your business’s current direction.

We’ll work together to analyse the opportunities and threats to your vision presented by employees, customers, investors and managers. Then we’ll help you anticipate changes in the economy, society, and technology that suggest possible new directions. We’ll help you formulate alternative visions and choose the one that is suitable for you, your business, and all its stakeholders.

Next we’ll work with you to turn your vision into action by overcoming resistance to change and winning employee support. And finally, we’ll assist you to monitor and track the vision and know when it requires revision.

Profit Improvement Potential

Using our world-class business analysis software, we’ll meet to explore your business. You’ll be amazed at how a few simple changes can dramatically improve your profitability. From there we’ll help you outline some simple yet powerful strategies to help you achieve that additional profit.

Strategy Analysis & Strategic Planning

The result of this assessment will enable you to develop a workable strategic plan. We’ll answer three key questions. First, where is your business now? Where would you like to be? And, what needs to be done to get you there? We’ll work with you to outline a strategy that matches your strengths with opportunities to maximise your ability to satisfy customer needs, wants and desires. We’ll also identify ways to minimise your involvement in areas where you have a demonstrated weakness and there is a clear threat to your success.

Industry Analysis & Competitive Positioning

Understanding the industry in which your business operates, where your business is positioned in that industry and the forces that affect its performance are the first critical steps in defining future strategy. In this project we’ll help you identify your competitors and determine where you are positioned against them in your market place.

Sales & Marketing Strategy + Processes

Until you know who your customers are and what their real needs are it is pointless trying to sell what you want to sell. Customers will buy from you only when they believe you can satisfy their needs and/or solve their problems. In this process we’ll work with you to develop a marketing strategy that generates leads and determine an implementation plan that will maximise your marketing results.

Business Value Proposition Definition

Creating a Business Value Proposition requires ingenuity and a very strong customer benefit focus. Using our structured approach we can help you craft and communicate your Business Value Proposition and help your customers understand just what it is that sets you apart from your competition.