Professional Services
We are primarily focused on the Finance and Commercial functions.
We provide a hands on approach to our Finance and Commerce Business Partnering Services, built on decades of practical experience.
We have earned this experience in through:
- Hard work.
- Multinational experience, working in and with multiple countries, in a large and complex environment.
- Working with multiple nationalities on a daily basis, Face to Face and Virtually.
- Cross Functional collaboration across all levels of the organisation.
- Working on and leading multiple projects for Finance Systems, Automations and Shared Services, to name a few.
- Managing, reporting to and working with the full age and gender spectrum. Diversity is critical, in particular the often over looked generational Diversity.
- We have worked with and learnt from the best minds in their chosen fields, used cutting edge systems and processes -> gaining invaluable exposure.
When viewed in totality, our business and website, will confirm that we have unique way of looking at things. The combination of Experience, Technical knowledge and a Unique Perspective, offers value. We have the formula, we can add that Intangible Asset value. Contact Us.
Note on Business Scale:
Being professionally qualified, having proudly worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc and one of the largest multinationals in the world, Johnson and Johnson, we realise that we cannot offer the global breadth or the technical depth of services in technical areas requiring lifelong specialisation. Organisations of 300,000 + highly qualified employees have those resources and capacity.
From time to time a battalion of “big guns” or a specialist is needed, if that is the case we can point you in the right direction, we need our Partners to succeed. Time is invaluable, we need to spend ours wisely and definitely do not want to waste yours.
Note on “Consulting Services”:
We are not fond of the term “Consulting Services”, we acknowledge that this is a generalisation of the Consulting Industry, as there are good consultants.
The term does evoke the image of providing a few observations, based on technical theory and leaving without seeing them through.
Take a fee for this advice and move on, a scenario that is not ideal for either party.
No, our “Consulting Services” are Business Partnering Services, built on practical experience, we are seeking to form a lasting relationship, based on a “win win” scenario to the benefit of all parties.
If you need an experienced Finance person to come in for a fixed period of time, to provide cover due to maternity or paternity leave, sick leave or simply need additional resources on a flexible basis, Contact Us.
After being part of and leading many successful projects, if you need an experienced Finance person to come in and assist with a SAP Implementation, Automation of a Finance or business process, Contact Us.
Whilst this may appear contradictory to the spirit of the business ….. we do not believe that it is. The “Crazy Accountant” remains open to full-time employment.
The Root4Plant journey is not a short or medium term vision ….. no, it is a life long project. Working within an organisation for an extended period of time, provides invaluable experience. To be part of a larger team, do the hard graft, see the long term results of that work, watching the organisation and its people grow is rewarding.
Do you or anyone on your team require coaching or mentoring, in how to get ahead in the Corporate world, strategise as to how destroy your internal competition or climb the Corporate ladder by any means necessary? Do not contact us.
Do you need a different perspective, do you have a team member that is starting out and needs a bit of patient guidance? Do you have a team member that has intellectual curiosity and potential, however require a different perspective from outside your organisation? Do you have an interest in seeing your team members grow and work towards meeting your company’s mission? Please Contact Us.
Please note that we are not accredited Business coaches, we have not taken a course in this field, quite simply this is something that we enjoy and believe that we can make a difference, based on our experience.
- Multinationals in South Africa
- Pharmaceutical Industry
- SAP
- Excel
- Ariba
- SOX
- SharePoint
- Exchange Controls
- Tax & Customs
- Data
- Interfaces
Having worked for one of the “Big 4” audit firms and one of the largest Global Multinationals, we understand what you require from Finance and Compliance providers.
Contact Us if you need assistance in South Africa, the following examples would be just a few of the scenarios that come to mind:
- You are looking to open a Legal entity in South Africa and need an understanding of the local legal, financial requirements and potential pitfalls.
- You’ve stablished a Legal entity and require a Finance Team, however you do not need full-time employees, we can offer you the flexibility.
- You do not intend establishing a local presence, you are however looking to expand your sales and distribution into South Africa.
- You are implementing an Automated Accounts Payable system and have questions on Exchange Controls, banking setups, e-Invoicing requirements, etc.
- Pharmaceutical industry? Check out the Pharmaceutical Industry Tab.
We have over 15 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical Industry and understand the end to end business model and processes across all departments, with a specific focus on Finance, Supply Chain, Sales and Distribution, Revenue recognition and IT systems.
In terms of the South African market we can assist with critical decisions or projects around the 3rd Party Distributor, Wholesaler and Logistics models. The understanding of the end to end processes and the impact on your full Sales, Collections and Inventory cycles is critical, we can provide a high level overview or drill down into the detail.
Your initial Finance and IT setup is obviously a large capital expenditure, your ongoing costs are materially impacted by your chosen Sales and Distribution channels and the related activities you don’t want to overlook our practical experience that can high-light these items upfront.
SAP, now there is an IT system that we love to work with. SAP is not just an Accounting system it is so much more, its possibilities, given sufficient resourcing are limitless. We realise that there is a huge misconception that if you have worked on SAP, then you know the system, it is an easy mistake to make. Much like Excel there are modules and functionalities, that no one person can master or be aware of. That is why SAP consultants are in such strong demand, specialist skills are required.
As such we are not saying that we are SAP technical experts, we do however have are years of practical experience of working on SAP, specifically on the FI module and SAP BW. We have also worked on the SD & MM modules, in particular when it comes to the Sundry Purchasing module (The famous GRIR account, PR to PO to GRN), inventory costing and have a working knowledge of the SD module (i.e. we can hold our own). We have also been exposed to IDOCs, Masterdata, Controlling as a few additional examples. We have successfully completed multiple SAP Projects from start to finish, from User requirements, to User testing and Documentation, to Internal Communication campaigns, training and Hypercare.
If you need a Finance person that knows what the SAP end users need, what external and internal auditors are speaking about, someone who can look at a complex set of GL accounts and work out how to reconcile them, follow a transaction through the system, from module to module, from one GL account to the next, someone who can give practical guidance, someone who knows how the different modules interact from a Financial transaction point of view. You need a Finance person who knows how to read and use SAP, Contact Us.
In Microsoft SharePoint you effectively have an intranet, records management system, file server, contracts management database, approval flow system, collaboration tool and so much more. If you have a Microsoft Business License, you have a very powerful tool in SharePoint, are you making full use of this amazing tool, its uses are only limited by your imagination. Contact Us, if you require assistance in leveraging SharePoint to its fullest potential.