Link Management Group = Consultancy, Interim and Project Management

Company profile:
Manufacturing and support services group;
Turnover: £70m

The problem:
Newly-assembled international group (including UK, Germany, USA) in period of dynamic growth not pulling together.

The issues:

• No group finance function or reporting structures
• No group control of cash flows
• No corporate governance compliance methodology
• Finance teams working to different agendas

• Creation of group finance function
• Rationalisation of local finance teams
• Implementation of group reporting structure
• Introduction of embedded systems for ensuring compliance with best corporate governance practice
• Costs reviewed across group to ensure best practice followed at all locations.

• Affairs of group made transparent to Board across all locations
• Group able to expand as a single entity
• Improved cash control enabled further significant expansion to be made.