Heritage

Decision makers usually consider cost and quality of service before engaging with a service provider. An equally or even more important consideration should be what value a service provider will have added to your business in the medium to long term.

We believe any professional accountant is capable of drawing up financial statements, doing tax returns and ensuring your business comply with statutory requirements.

Not every professional accountant or business consultant is capable of adding real value to your business. They need exposure to industry to achieve that. First-hand experience in business provides the platform to optimise utilisation of your business assets and resources. This will release the true potential within your business.

Our track record

Our business is headed by Johann Jacobs, an accountant with more than 30 years Finance experience in organisations ranging from owner-managed businesses to global corporations.  His accounting and business qualifications, together with extensive experience in various industries, allow him to add real value to business.  Johann describes himself as a “bean provider” as opposed to a “bean counter”.

He thoroughly enjoys working with business owners. His vast industry experience enables him to understand business. This experience isn’t limited to a specific industry or location, so he truly appreciates the complexity of businesses too. There is one value he holds high, above all others – the value added by people in business. You will often hear him say that people make business work. The best assets and resources mean little without people.

Our achievements

ERP systems implementation

• Implement SAP Business One for a Sunday Times Top 20 fastest growing company in the FMCG retail sector (food manufacturer) and resolve historical financial reporting issues. This company has been listed as one of the Top 100 companies to work for an amazing 5 consecutive years.
• Resolve Sage 200 implementation issues for client after the software reseller failed to transfer existing accounting data into system accurately and ensure processes are fully embedded and executed.

 

Accountancy, Tax & Financial Management

• Achieved turnaround and bottom-line improvement of £1m as Finance Director for European division of global Space Electronics group when the parent company contemplated closure. This ensured continued employment for around 80 employees in the UK.
• Enhanced Research & Development tax claims by £300k for design engineering division. These were tax claims the directors were legally entitled to claim from HMRC, but never utilised to their full extent for a number of years.
• Improved cash flow position by negotiating more favourable credit terms with both customers and suppliers, ensuring that tight credit control policies are adhered to and properly managed. It enabled the company to grow and expand.
• Develop productivity programme and associated performance bonus scheme as Financial Controller for European aerospace group resulting in 10% increase in productivity which also resulted in increased profitability.
• Reduced monthly reporting cycle from 8 to 3.5 days for division of Lufthansa Technik and developed reporting tools rolled out to other divisions in the group at request of the parent company.

 

Management Information Tools

• Increase margins on engineering jobs by 10-15% for aerospace company through development and implementation of management information system and tools to accurately measure labour and material spend and other direct costs. Linking contractual agreements with operational decisions on the shop floor also improved profit as better decisions could be made in terms of overhaul and scrapping of components.
• Introduce purchasing process and controls which reduced material spend by 5%.
• Develop total budgeting process for national FMCG manufacturer and distributor including Materials Requirement Planning and job costing systems to improve bottom line by £250k.
• Guide client through post-merger integration & organisational structure to fully optimise synergies and reduce overheads by 7.5% whilst increasing output.
• Reduce material input losses by 2.5% (£1m) for manufacturing organisation by optimum utilisation of raw materials.