GIFFNOCK CONSULTING

Interactive Finance

IF Interactive Finance
A management methodology for business

Deliverables

Giffnock Consulting

Dr Richard Allan
giffnock@bigpond.com
0412 699 992

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Interactive Finance

Interactive Finance - Deliverables

OBJECTIVE
To optimise corporate value in terms of cash flow and profitability.

INTERACTIVE FINANCE
Interactive Finance maximises financial transparency and firepower by applying commercial,
contractual and financial tools & techniques to the achievement of Board objectives.

Interactive Finance either adds value or confirms value it cannot reduce value.
It uses diagnostics, including a Virtual Treasury App to set & quantify strategies and to then
determine which of the range of commercial, contractual or financial methodologies optimises
value.

Value added varies by type of enterprise

Government
entity
Miner

Contract
Funding advice

Treasury
Govern
ment
Liaison

Entrepreneur
Retailer

Project
&
tender
finance
advisory

currency
&
Treasury
liquidity

Marketing
support

Strategy

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Tools for Interactive Finance

Virtual Treasury GPS: Financial GPS (and App)

Diagnostics

Three-stage diagnostic which takes board parameters

and seeks the set of goals that is appropriate to the
mandate
.
Strategies

Goalseeker GPS:

Scenario planning
Scenario planning & expectations testing against
desired goals and parameters for exposures

Value optimiser:

Tactics

Operations:

Utilising the parallel financial and contractual/commercial

markets, undertakes price verification & value
maximisation.
Covers Balance Sheet, off-B/S P&L and projects
Optimises commercial contractual & financial market
value.
Value Optimiser either adds value or confirms best value:
it cannot reduce value.

Finance as a service and operations centre. In this role it

uses Virtual Treasury - based support services. Treasury as
Service centre provides operational services business
units

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Interactive Finance - Deliverables

The INTERACTIVE FINANCE suite
Interactive Finance operates in three major stages:
Diagnostician:
Strategist:
Tactician:

including pre-contract evaluation

includes non-financial market options
operational management & monitoring

Interactive Finance is used to enhance the value of the enterprises operations coal, gold,
international aid, investments or funding & financing by managing price volatility in
exchange and interest rate exposures, share prices and/or commodity prices.
1.

Executives are able to identify incorrect pricing and excess bank margins. The focus is on

solutions & strategies and on reducing purchasing risk and costs

2.

IF provides a platform for developing solutions & strategies for Business Units

3.

IF replaces currency forecasting with trigger levels & the management of volatility

Deliverables
1.

CEO or CFO briefing & reviews, Pilot study, in-house seminar and/or workshops

2.

Business management package. This includes tailored diagnostics, reports & support
material for Interactive Finance.

3.

Commissioned reports and/or software

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Deliverable 1: Diagnostics
Workshops, seminars, board & executive briefings and executive mentoring

Pilot study
Executive briefing or technical workshop in house. Assessment of current opportunities to
increase returns
Briefings or commissioned overview: Tailored briefings or presentations

Customised diagnostics
Workshops
Hands-on applications by executives Introduction and identifying current opportunities

Deliverable 2: Interactive Finance: a financial GPS

Interactive Finance is an expert system-based financial diagnostic and valuation tool enabling
business operations to substantially increase stakeholder value.
It operates as a financial GPS, providing a client who can determine an initial position and a business
the simplest direct financial route including timings, pricings and hazard identification. And similar
to a GPS, can be web or App-based.
During any designated period across specified markets/currencies, proactive and reactive
management systems activate management triggers (on the dashboard ) and identify dangers, both
anticipated and unexpected.

Deliverable 3: A business Interactive Finance package

Diagnostics, report templates & support material plus executive briefings and presentations
Customised diagnostics
Workshops: Commercial, legal, financial

Hands-on applications by executives Introduction and identifying current opportunities

Budget planning briefings
Financing seminars/briefings - strategic, tactical and/or operational

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Interactive Finance - Deliverables

Client checklists and diagnostics
Core diagnostic areas include
currency

interest rate

finance

commodity

procurement

marketing

project financing

Benefitting all parts of the enterprise

Value migration - a proactive process of leveraging from successes

Faster recognition of business opportunities

Improved global market penetration and profitability.

Interactive Finance: Identifying opportunity profits and controlling opportunity costs
Interactive Finance either adds value or confirms value it cannot reduce value

More information

Dr Richard Allan
Giffnock Consulting
giffnock@bigpond.com
0412 699 992