Forecasting and budgeting
Prepare for every likely situation with robust budgeting and forecasting models.
Forewarned is forearmed. That’s why it’s mission critical to build and maintain budgeting and forecasting models that give you insights about what’s happening in your business today, and help you prepare for what could happen tomorrow.
Businesses that plan and forecast often achieve better financial performance during boom-and-bust cycles than those that don’t. It can even be the difference between survival and failure.
Whether you’re experiencing significant – and sometimes sudden – liquidity, or big economic downturns beyond your control, your business will be in the best position to pursue opportunities or rapidly mitigate future risk with agile forecasting that considers a range of variables.
We can work with you to develop an annual budget and rolling forecast to cover where your financials are currently sitting and the opportunities to come, as well as downside scenarios to manage inevitable peaks and troughs for your business, your industry and the market in general.
Depending on the nature of your business and how often you need to undertake cashflow forecasting, as each period ends we add another to reflect current market conditions and review how your business is tracking. When new opportunities, issues or even global events are on the horizon, we can forecast accordingly and develop a plan to help you manage this.
How we can help
Our services include:
- assistance with building a financial model for your business
- reporting against your model including analysis of key variances
- KPI measurement and planning
- maintaining and updating rolling models.
Tania Bailey
Partner, and Head of Business Advisory Services
- Call Tania Bailey at +64 4 495 3776
Get in touch with one of our regional leads
Tania Bailey
Partner, and Head of Business Advisory...
Wellington Office
[Call Tania Bailey at +64 4 495 3776](tel:+64 4 495 3776)
Kylie Campbell
Partner, Business Advisory Services
Christchurch Office
[Call Kylie Campbell at +64 21 116 5660](tel:+64 21 116 5660)
Dan Lowe
Partner, and Property & Construction Lead
Auckland Office
[Call Dan Lowe at +64 9 922 1201](tel:+64 9 922 1201)
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