At Versatile Finance Management Associates (VFMA), we offer a comprehensive suite of corporate business services that are designed to optimize operations, drive performance, and ensure long-term growth. Our expert team works closely with your organization to analyze, improve, and transform your business processes, addressing both internal and external challenges while aligning with industry best practices. Below are the key services provided under our Corporate Business Division:
Corporate Business Division Services
Business Process Reengineering
- Transforming / revisiting existing systems and processes by benchmarking them with best practices of similar organizations across the same industry
- Ensuring cost control and stop revenue leakage.
- Introduction of a KPI-based reward system for all employees to align performance with business objectives.
Challenges Identification
- Assessing both internal and external challenges affecting consistent business growth.
Guidance for Consistent Business Growth
- Setting Business Objectives: Determining the appropriate weight and importance of business objectives through comparison of existing and proposed practices.
- KPI Measurement: Evaluating the effectiveness of current KPIs in measuring business objectives and proposing enhancements.
- Goal Alignment: Conducting a reality check to ensure alignment between business goals and organizational objectives.
- Involves budgeting and analyzing the role of market intelligence for setting growth targets in line with industry practices.
- Performance Measurement Improvement: Ensuring:
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Transparency: Sourcing information from neutral and reliable channels.
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Accountability: Establishing a single source of information to promote ownership among stakeholders.
Market Research and Customer Insights
- Conducting thorough industry analyses to provide insights into local and international market scenarios, as well as peer group evaluations.
Supply Chain Optimization
- Upgrading and streamlining procurement processes to reduce operational costs.
ESG Reporting
- Assisting businesses in achieving mandatory ESG compliance, vital for attracting investors and demonstrating long-term financial health.
Commodity Market Forecasting
- Analyzing the impacts of Federal Reserve interest rate changes, climate change in major producing countries, and other geopolitical factors, utilizing forecasts from reputable sources such as Bloomberg and Goldman Sachs.
Merger & Acquisition (M&A) Consulting
- Providing strategic advice and support for effective mergers and acquisitions.
Capital Market Solutions
- Introducing mechanisms for reducing corporate debt burdens through financial instruments such as bonds, debentures, and preference shares, including guidance for new and repeat IPOs.
Capital Raising
- Facilitating capital raising through foreign private equity funds, including British International Investment (BII), Dutch Development Bank (FMO), and Norway’s Norfund.
Project and Working Capital Financing
- Preparing feasibility reports and information memorandums (IMs).
- Sourcing local and foreign funds from banks and lending agencies, including facilitating soft loans and refinancing from Bangladesh Bank.
Offshore Equity Investment
- Assisting with offshore equity investments in compliance with new guidelines set by Bangladesh Bank.
Tax Controversy and Dispute Resolution
- Providing expert services in tax-related disputes and controversies.
BIDA/RJSC/EPB/VAT/NBR Compliance
- Providing expert services on the above mentioned matters.
Cybersecurity & Forensic Services
- Offering cybersecurity measures and forensic services to safeguard business information and integrity.