Case studies
Case studies
Selected engagements, framed as the challenge, the work we did and the measurable result. Client identities are withheld in the interest of confidentiality.
Finance & Accounting · United Kingdom
Related service: Finance and Accounting Operations →
UK mid-sized group: outsourced finance function
- Challenge
- Spending disproportionate in-house time on transaction processing and month end close across four entities, slowing the team and delaying reporting.
- Solution
- We took over bookkeeping, month end close and management reporting for all four entities, handling more than 25,000 transactions a month on the client's methodology, with senior review on every cycle.
- Outcome
- Close delivered within seven working days, the in-house team freed for higher-value work, and a relationship running close to five years.
25,000+transactions a month
7 daysto close
~5 yearsrelationship
Audit Support · Canada
Related service: Audit and Assurance Support →
Canadian CPA firm: busy-season audit support
- Challenge
- Peak-season capacity limits across several audit engagements put partner sign-off deadlines at risk.
- Solution
- We staffed audit support across three of the firm's audit clients, preparing working paper files, lead schedules and substantive testing to the firm's own methodology.
- Outcome
- Partners reviewed and signed off on schedule through busy season, with no additional permanent headcount.
3audit clients supported
On timepartner sign-off
0permanent hires
Payroll · United States
Related service: Payroll Outsourcing →
US client: outsourced payroll
- Challenge
- Accurate, on-time payroll for 350 employees without building an in-house payroll team.
- Solution
- We took on end-to-end monthly payroll, including calculations, payslips and statutory filings.
- Outcome
- Payroll and statutory returns delivered accurately and on time every month, with full compliance support.
350employees
Monthlyon-time payroll
Fullcompliance support
Technical Accounting · Pakistan
Related service: Technical Accounting →
Pakistani bank: IFRS 9 implementation
- Challenge
- The bank needed audit-ready IFRS 9 technical analysis its in-house team was not resourced to produce.
- Solution
- We executed the gap analysis and prepared a full technical position paper with supporting workings on classification, measurement and impairment.
- Outcome
- Deliverables were audit-ready and supported the external auditor's sign-off, with the memorandum standing up to review.
IFRS 9implemented
Audit-readyworkings
Signed offby external auditor
ERP & Systems · Pakistan
Pakistani real estate group: NetSuite migration
- Challenge
- Migrating from a legacy system to Oracle NetSuite, the group needed the finance workstream delivered without corrupting its ledger.
- Solution
- We designed the chart of accounts, mapped legacy balances, executed the data migration and ledger rollover, and ran parallel validation before go-live.
- Outcome
- The group went live with migrated balances reconciled and validated, avoiding the data integrity issues that derail most migrations.
NetSuitego-live
100%balances reconciled
Parallelrun validated
Valuations · Pakistan
Related service: Business Valuation →
National flag carrier: privatization valuation
- Challenge
- The Government of Pakistan required a fair reference price for the privatization of Pakistan International Airlines, the country's first major state privatization in nearly two decades.
- Solution
- Our principal was part of the analyst team that carried out the fair value analysis supporting the transaction.
- Outcome
- The work helped establish a fair reference price ahead of the sale of a controlling stake to the Arif Habib-led consortium.
Nationalflag carrier
Fair valuereference price
Firstmajor privatisation in ~20 years
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