FINANCIAL SERVICES

Accounting, Financial instrument valuation, security and privacy, governance, process improvement, data analytics and risk advisory disciplines.

Our Financial Services cover;

Financial Management and Internal Control design and implementation services provide appraisal and reviews of financial statements and reporting on internal controls in accordance with applicable professional standards. Our activities are planned to be responsive to our assessment of the risk of material misstatement based on the understanding we gain of the organization and its environment, including its internal control. We utilize this understanding to design the nature, timing, and extent of our procedures, while maintaining an objective and independent attitude. We also strive to provide timely communications regarding professional developments, and insights regarding matters that may affect the organization's business. We do the following;

• Accounting Standards and Communication

  To help organizations stay informed about the latest developments within the accounting profession, we offer a variety of information resources on accounting standards, financial reporting, regulatory updates, and technical trends. Our experienced professionals are distinguished in the accounting profession.

• Employees Benefits Plan Audit

  Employee benefit plans are subject to specialized financial, operational and regulatory requirements. Generally, federal law requires employee benefit plans with 100 or more participants to have an audit as part of their obligation to file an annual return. We have extensive experience auditing benefit plans for organizations of all sizes that are both privately owned and publicly traded. We are committed to delivering high quality employee benefit plan audits.

• International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

  Most global organizations are already dealing with IFRS filing requirements related to international operations and subsidiaries. As those requirements expand to include Nigeria operations, early choices will have a big impact on the speed and quality of transitions. It helps to work with a team that's been there before. We understand the practical issues around IFRS from both the local and global perspective. Our experienced teams work with organizations to help them address IFRS in a comprehensive way from information technology (IT) systems to taxes to valuation, the entire spectrum. Using this multi-functional approach, we help businesses prepare for and carry out IFRS conversions by providing support with technical accounting research, training and communication, project management, systems migration and more.

• Venture Capital Audit

  Venture-backed and growth-oriented companies are the next generation of market leaders and face unique business challenges. We can provide end-to-end solutions to help these organizations optimize performance, manage and strategize on key early-stage company issues, and prepare for liquidity events. Finance Operations and Control transformation: Marketplace developments in recent years have focused an intense spotlight on the finance, compliance, and operations functions and the areas within an organization that they influence. Finance Operations & Controls Transformation (FO&CT) services focus on assessing, testing, and assisting organizations in improving processes and controls, transforming the way clients effectively address business, technology, and financial statement risk. Our services help organizations improve business performance by increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of functions closely linked to the financial statements and the related internal controls.

Financial Accounting and Reporting Services:

Transparency, timeliness, and accuracy in financial reporting are considered essential attributes in business and reports are closely scrutinized by investors, analysts, and regulators alike. Financial Accounting & Reporting Services (FARS) assist organizations with their efforts to meet financial reporting requirements, including the preparation of financial statements and regulatory filings, and the application and implementation of complex accounting standards (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) and IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards).

Financial Instrument Valuation and Securitization:

The complexity, diversity, and proliferation of financial instruments in recent years have intensified the demand for services relating to their valuation. Financial Instrument Valuation & Securitization (FIV&S) services assist organizations with developing their policies, processes, and capability to value all types of financial instruments, including complex derivatives, securities, commodities, and other investment products. We also provide due diligence, analytics, cash flow modeling, and other consultation related to securitization transactions.

Governance, Regulatory and Risk Strategies:

Increasingly, many organizations are realizing the need to address the business risks that threaten strategic objectives around growth and profitability. At the same time, executives recognize the importance of implementing good governance practices to facilitate compliance with challenging and changing regulations. Governance, Regulatory & Risk Strategies (GR&R) provides consultative services to organizations and their boards that are designed to enhance effective management of their business, technology and financial risks on a sustained basis. We assist organizations in enterprise-wide risk assessment and help develop a sustainable compliance and risk management program by helping organizations coordinate the utilization of people, process and technology to improve effectiveness and help manage costs

Internal Audit Transformation:

In both favorable and challenging economic environments, an organization's need for counsel, competency, and analytical skill remains high. Our Internal Audit Transformation (IAT) services help boards and senior executives better manage enterprise risks by helping organizations enhance the effectiveness, quality, and value received from internal audit (IA). Our broad understanding of risks and areas of operational improvement - particularly the nuances of specific industry sectors and markets - can help internal audit functions improve their performance and operating efficiency and bring value to their organizations.

Merger and Acquisition Services:

Most executives go into an M&A deal confident they will be successful. But research tells a different story. About half of acquisitions, mergers and divestitures deteriorate rather than build shareholder value. What makes for successful deals? Is it the experience of the team? Bench-strength? Financial acumen? Discipline? The answer is all of the above. We have qualified professionals around in our firm to help deliver that kind of unique support to meet the needs of our clients every day. Our global capability allows us to guide companies through cross-border deals with an understanding of local culture and business environments. Our multi-functional teams offer comprehensive and strategically focused tax, accounting, consulting and advisory services covering more than 20 industry sectors.

Security and Privacy Services:

Security, privacy, and operational resilience are critical issues facing both public and private organizations today. Security & Privacy (S&P) services help organizations in their management of information and technology risks by delivering end-to-end solutions, using proven methodologies and tools in a consistent manner. Our services help organizations address timely and pervasive issues such as identity theft, data security breaches, data leakage, cyber security, and system outages across organizations of various sizes and industries, with the goal of enabling ongoing, secure, and reliable operations across the enterprise.

TRAINING

Our areas of specialty includes;

MANAGEMENT TRAINING

Our collection of management training programmes are geared to provide individuals with a host of tools and techniques that will better-prepare them for the continuous and diverse challenges that come with the responsibilities of this role. Our management courses focus on managing self, managing others, management as a set of tools and management as a skill. Credit, Market, Operational and Business Risk Management We have very robust training programme that effectively cover the various aspects of risks an organisation is exposed to on daily and continuous basis to ensure long term sustenance and organizational stability. These include methods and techniques of risk identification, assessment, measurement, control, mitigation and absorption. Leadership, Motivation & Management Development There are over 20 different programmes in this section of our management courses that focus on equipping an individual with the skills required to successfully practice typical every-day management duties, motivate self and others for greater performances as well as effective techniques for coping with the 'soft' issues that are key in managing relationships and people.

Engineering and Construction Support

Camp and Pride Limited has formidable alliances with renowned and exprienced Engineering Consulting and Construction companies that ensure the best in class support to the construction industry.

Customer Service

Camp and Pride has built a strong reputation by being continuously conscious of the need for quality and excellence in all aspects of driving the business and servicing clients. The 3 customer-focused programmes in this section seek to reveal key practices in delivering excellent customer service. Sales & Marketing For individuals that are required to daily market and sell products and services or are involved in the promotion and management of image, these courses provide invaluable methods of customer relationship management, branding and essential selling skills. Finance There are four finance-related programmes that are designed to appeal to the individual who wishes to improve finance management techniques as well as non-finance professionals that may be struggling with the financial side of their management responsibilities. Strategy Strategy is explored within this context as a management tool for financial, business process and overall goal orientation of an organisation. The Balance Scorecard performance management technique is one of the more popular courses in this collection of strategy-based programmes.

Project & Programme Management

These courses are designed to equip participants with the skills and competencies to effectively and profitably manage projects and programmes. Revenue Assurance and Fraud Management These courses aim at assisting organisations in improving revenue streams through implementation of effective management systems in fraud analysis and revenue management.

E - Business Implementation

Our e-business implementation courses are designed to assist delegates in creating and managing world-class e-business initiatives that will enable them cope in today's competitive e-business market.

CONSULTING SERVICES

Our consultancy services cover the following broad areas;

• Governance & Finance
• Human Capital Management
• Information Technology
• Training & E-learning
• Recruitment Services

Governance & Finances

Areas covered include;

>BUSINESS PROCESS REVIEW

Business process review focuses on the determination of the efficiency level of clients' business processes (core and support processes). The evaluation frameworks are based on criteria such as: customer (internal/external) satisfaction or expectations, statutory and other regulatory requirements and the business internal control systems.

The usual steps involve:

• Process evaluation
• Process flowcharting
• Compliance checks
• Documentation of process activities

The relevant tools include questionnaires, interviews, flow charts, and transaction review.

Benefits

• Identification of process gaps
• Reduction in process risks
• Reduction in process cost (efficiency)
• Production of business process manuals

Key Deliverables

• Flowcharts
• Procedure manuals
• Process risk assessment report (strengths and weaknesses)

MANAGEMENT RETREATS

Our strategic management retreat is designed to provide opportunities for management to review performance and trends as well as discuss and agree on action plan to improve business performance. The focus of the retreat varies from vision/mission development and strategic goal setting to team building, depending on the issue most critical to the client.

Our retreat methodology involves three phases as follows:

Phase 1:

Pre-retreat data gathering, logistics and planning

Phase 2:

The retreat itself:

1. Paper presentations
2. Syndicate group sessions
3. The plenary sessions

Team building exercises form an integral part of our retreat.

Phase 3:

The reporting phase. The issues raised in the retreat will be summarized in this phase and action plans developed around them.

Benefits

• It allows organizations to develop, or review and communicate their vision & mission statements
• Performance review and identification of business opportunities
• Strengthening the team spirit and bonding among executives
• Retreat reports serve as documents for driving implementation of action plans

MARKET RESEARCH

Market research is an efficient way of finding out what customers believe, think, want or need about your product. It is information that cannot usually be obtained from any other source. Organisations in both public and private sectors use research to help them determine what goods and services to produce. The process involves a detailed collection of market data, analysis and interpretation of the results.

Our market research typically targets the following specific areas:

Industry

Key information about major customer groups, suppliers of raw material, distributors, wholesalers, and retailers will be highlighted. In addition, significant facts, figures, and trends about the industry will be provided.

Competition

Specific information about the competitors, their size, location, focus, sales volume & approximate market share, mode of operation, competitive advantage, strengths and weaknesses will be highlighted in the research.

Benefit

Provides information that will enhance the understanding and knowledge of the target market and/or industry

Deliverable

Market research document detailing specific information required by client organisation

STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT

Strategy development is a process through which organisations strive to achieve the following:

• Agreement/communication of a vision/mission which provides overall direction for the business i.e. corporate goals/objectives
• Agreement on key focus areas, and the course of actions to achieve them

The process involves activities such as:

• Planning
• Diagnostic review
• Strategy development (corporate)
• Agreement of strategy plan (usually during retreats)
• Deployment of strategic plan

Benefits

• Provides opportunity for continuous review/update of corporate goals in line with global and national trends
• Provides the executives the opportunity to think through and align their businesses with their competitive advantages
• Provides learning opportunities for the middle management teams

Key Deliverable

• The vision statements, the strategic plans, follow up activities and deployment