Many organisations face a combination of commercial, operational and financial distress that may be manifesting through declining product profitability, high fixed costs, budget cuts, under-utilised staff, covenant breaches and cash flow challenges, in addition to rapidly changing customer needs and competitor landscape.
Historically, operational restructuring programmes were looked at as something which only significantly underperforming businesses, or those in distress, needed to consider. In the current environment, launching an operational optimisation programme signals to stakeholders that management can take rapid and decisive actions, setting them apart from their competitors and enabling them to continue to invest in key growth areas that will set the business up for future success. This agility and strategic opportunism is essential not only to a fast recovery, but for emerging even stronger than before.
PwC’s Operational Restructuring team helps you take action quickly to generate results, drive rapid cost and cash improvements, and help you keep your options open.
We achieve this by working alongside management to:
Deliver rapid improvements in cash, working capital and profitability
Develop and implement plans which are realistic and pragmatic
When you are:
Undertaking a big investment
Preparing for or just concluding a Merger and Acquisition (M&A)
Sourcing funding for new projects
Looking to streamline operations
Looking to safeguard the future of your business/organisation
Looking to strengthen their finance department
and are experiencing:
Rising costs and shrinking margins
Working capital constraints, inconsistent working capital cycles and/or overleveraged
Reliance on mismatched or expensive debt for financing
Significant lack of short-term liquidity and no accurate short-term view of cash
Loss of key staff members and/or customers
Difficulties in forecasting cash requirements
Limited reporting on cash performance and KPIs
Working capital optimisation and management
Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA) stabilisation programs
Cashflow cycle management
Improvement of business cash flows
Improved cash utilisation
Improved profitability and cash management
Optimised working capital utilisation
Cost reduction
Improved governance and informed decision making
Creation and preservation of value (during exit, transaction or wind down preparations)
Partner | Deals, Business Restructuring Services Leader, East Africa region, PwC Kenya
Tel: +254 (20) 285 5000