Finance functions are ideal starting points for cost programs, offering swift, substantial savings and strategic benefits such as faster execution and streamlined ways of working.
- Mission, vision, and ambition. Who are we? Where is our industry headed? And where do we want to be five or ten years from now?
- Corporate portfolio strategy. What is the overall logic of our business portfolio? And what are the roles and strategic priorities (generate cash, expand and grow, divest) of the business units it comprises?
- Corporate growth strategy. What are business strategies for growth? Do we need to pursue new growth vectors? What are the key platforms that will realize our growth ambition?
- Financial strategy. Do we have the right processes and policies to link strategy to value creation? Do we efficiently allocate capital—and is the balance between reinvestment in the business and payouts to investors optimal? Do we have the right investors and investor story?
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Our corporate strategy consultants have completed over 4,000 corporate strategy engagements over the past five years. For example, we helped:
5pp
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A high-performing building products company define the initiatives—portfolio moves and investor communications—needed to drive a new wave of value creation, leading to a TSR increase of 5 percentage points in the subsequent three years.
35%
increase in valuation
A family-owned industrial conglomerate overcome a valuation discount by rethinking portfolio, financial policies, organization, and management structures to unlock a 35% increase in valuation.
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