Restructuring
We think that entrepreneurs and top managers are in the best position to elaborate strategic thinking and our mission is therefore to assist them in comparing options, evaluating trade-offs, eliminate inappropriate strategies at an early stage and finally select the options presenting the appropriate risk/reward profile.
Crowe Valente has the proper resources to help you evaluating these complex options:
- Organic growth vs external growth
- Group and company (re)structuring
- Value chain (re)structuring
- Strategic options evaluation: mainly involving the top management and concluding with the identification of the options of choice, together with the high-level implementation paths
- Operational strategies definition: mainly involving the middle management and concluding with the preparation of the guidelines for the strategy implementation in terms of people and organization, processes and information systems
- Business planning: mainly involving the middle management and CFO and concluding with the preparation of a business plan representing the impacts of the changes in operational strategies
Our approach can be applied at group level, company level or business unit level. The business environment and constraints to be considered shall be significantly different.
Crowe Valente’s professionals may assist in:
- design the strategic, business and financial planning processes most fitted to the organization
- assist in the implementation
- define the business requirements for the information system to support financial planning and controls
- support the implementation of this information system.
Using Balanced Scorecards and their holistic approach to business strategy may help organizations in discipline their strategic thinking and in communicating throughout the entire management structure.
Crowe Valente’s professionals may assist in:
- designing the Scorecards models, identifying the key metrics and targets properly representing the strategies for resources development, process changes and the value proposition to the customers
- define the outcomes in terms of financial targets
- roll out the Scorecards at business units and individual level
- assist in the implementation
- define the business requirements for the information system to support the Balanced Scorecard system
- support the implementation of this information system.
Decisions of changing the strategies should always be immediately followed by an alignment in the Corporate Governance and in the organization of the entity.
Depending on the magnitude of the changes in strategies, Crowe Valente professionals may support in:
- Alignment of the Corporate Governance system, together with all the related responsibilities, powers, process and procedures
- Redesigning the structures at group, entity and business unit level, together with all the related responsibilities and scopes
- (Re)designing the processes directly or indirectly impacted by the change in strategy
- Assist in the preparation of the master plan for the organizational changes, in terms of changes in management, competencies, information systems, knowledge
- Act as project manager for the implementation of the plan
Early identification and vetting of potential deal value drivers and synergies
Value optimization plan development, sequencing, and tracking (involving charters, metrics, baselines, accountabilities, etc.) for specific synergy projects
Hands-on execution support to accelerate the realization of key strategies- People and culture transition: Assess and manage the people and culture transition issues both at the tactical level (e.g., job redesign and compensation/benefits) as well as strategic issues (e.g., organizational redesign, culture transition, and communication strategy)
- Functional integration: Establish proper functional and process connectivity to help enable seamless day one and post-close operation
- Protect customer interface and top-line revenue retention into the post-close period