Financial systems & business advisory

Financial systems for businesses where the numbers have consequences.

Economic Systems brings together finance, assurance and business systems expertise to provide complex businesses with joined-up advice, senior judgment and a single point of accountability.

26+ Years of experience
27+ Enterprise clients served
110+ Projects completed
Firm at a glance

Finance-led advisory backed by accounting, controls and systems capability.

Industries

We work where finance affects funding, execution and growth.

The businesses where finance touches projects, funding, inventory, tax, controls and day-to-day management decisions.

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Manufacturing & Processing

Inventory, costing, production, tax, capital expenditure and working capital create a finance function that must do more than close the books.

  • Costing and inventory controls
  • Management reporting and cash-flow planning
  • ERP, finance-process design and data visibility
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03

Import, Distribution & Project Supply

Businesses carrying inventory, receivables and financing exposure need tighter control over cash, tax, trade activity and operational reporting.

  • Receivables, inventory and working-capital control
  • Banking, financial modelling and reporting
  • Tax compliance, controls and business systems
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Capabilities

Six disciplines built around the financial needs of the business.

Each practice can be engaged independently. Where the work crosses disciplines, we coordinate the accounting, tax, assurance, systems, banking and finance requirements as one assignment.

01

Accounting & Financial Reporting

Reliable books, management information and reporting built around how the business operates.

  • Bookkeeping & finance operations
  • Month-end close & management accounts
  • Project accounting, costing & consolidation
  • Financial statements & audit readiness
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02

Tax & Corporate Advisory

Tax and corporate compliance support aligned with the company's records, transactions and operating requirements.

  • Income tax & sales tax compliance
  • Tax accounting & reconciliations
  • Corporate compliance & regulatory filings
  • Tax and corporate advisory support
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Audit & Assurance

Structured review work across financial, operational, project, control and governance matters.

  • Internal audit
  • Project, operational & process audit
  • Internal control audit & controls review
  • Corporate governance & compliance review
  • Statutory audit support
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04

ERP & Business Systems

Finance-led systems work connecting transactions, controls, operations and management information.

  • ERP strategy, implementation & optimization
  • Data migration & systems integration
  • Finance-process design
  • BI, dashboards & management information
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Banking & Trade Advisory

Support for bank facilities, trade transactions and the financial information required around them.

  • Bank facilities & financing documentation
  • Trade finance, letters of credit & guarantees
  • Facility renewals & banking support
  • Banking information packs & projections
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Financial & CFO Advisory

Senior finance support for cash, planning, performance and decisions that need disciplined financial analysis.

  • FP&A, budgeting & forecasting
  • Cash-flow & working-capital analysis
  • Management reporting & decision support
  • Financial modelling & business planning
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Built for scrutiny

Numbers that can stand up to the people who rely on them.

Owners need clarity. Banks need confidence. Auditors need evidence. Management needs timely information. Our work is designed around all four.

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Banking information

Forecasts, reporting and financial information prepared to support serious banking conversations.

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Audit evidence

Ledgers, schedules, controls and documentation structured so evidence is easier to trace and defend.

03

Management reporting

Reporting designed to help owners see cash, margins, projects, risk and performance without waiting for year-end.

04

Systems and controls

Processes, controls and data designed so growth does not create an information problem.

Selected relationships

A record of work across finance, systems and advisory.

The organisations below are among the clients represented in our portfolio. Selected cases set out the business problem, scope of work and outcome in more detail.

How we work

Senior-led work starts with the business issue.

We begin with the business issue and its financial and operating context. The scope follows from the business requirements and the outcome needed.

  1. 01

    Understand the business

    Projects, cash cycle, banking, tax position, reporting, controls and systems.

  2. 02

    Define the financial problem

    Separate the visible symptoms from the accounting, control, information, tax or financing issue underneath them.

  3. 03

    Set the scope

    Agree the work, responsibilities and outcome before the engagement moves into execution.

  4. 04

    Strengthen the finance function

    Leave behind better information, clearer processes, stronger controls and a more useful basis for management decisions.

Systems capability

Technology connects financial records with operating activity and management information.

We work with platforms and data tools that connect finance, operations and management reporting. Platform selection follows the operating and reporting requirements of the engagement.

Power BIPower BI
SupersetSuperset
PostgreSQLPostgreSQL
ERPNextERPNext
QuickBooksQuickBooks
ClickHouseClickHouse
TwentyCRMTwentyCRM
Frappe HRFrappe HR
MetabaseMetabase
CloudflareCloudflare

Start with the business issue

Request a confidential discussion.

Tell us what is changing, where the pressure is showing, or what decision the business needs to make. We will use the first conversation to determine whether there is a useful fit.