CASE STUDY: Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
"SHAK AND HIS TEAM HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HELP US AS OUR BUSINESS HAS UNDERGONE A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF CHANGE."
Shak from Shah Advisory has broken down the complex components into smaller pieces and helped us navigate tight timelines. Shak and his team continue to assist us with our ongoing needs.
–Words from the company’s C.E.O.
Background:
The client's goal was to re-tool from medical cannabis to integrated healthcare technology (SAAS) service in Latin America
In the short term, the client was seeking to raise seed capital financing for completing the build-out and sales ramp- up of their online integrated healthcare platform
Engagement Overview:
The client’s overall goal was to provide potential investors with reliable financial information, to streamline their initial seed capital raise process, and long-term value creation objectives, which would need to be validated by an independent auditor.
The client wanted to mitigate the risk of credibility loss if any significant deficiencies in its financial reporting systems and processes are identified while under financial statement audit and through its capital-raise due diligence process
Approach:
Shah Advisory performed a fit-gap analysis to identify any key data flow improvement areas pertaining to the existing financial reporting systems, which would improve board visibility into the actual operating results of the business prior to the commencement of any due diligence and audit process.
Shah Advisory then leveraged its technical knowledge resources to manage those gaps, before proceeding with assessing and where necessary, formalizing the requisite internal processes and procedures necessary to detect and prevent any material financial reporting errors.
Thereafter Shah Advisory leveraged the audit skillsets of its professional engagement team to proactively guide the client through preparing and compiling adequate supporting documentation for financial reporting risk areas to be the subject of audit testing.
This reduced audit completion times and associated costs by minimizing any material audit findings, supported management integrity and built credibility with potential investors throughout the capital raise and due diligence processes, which streamlined the client's readiness for any future scaleup and capital raise initiatives.