Consultation & Professional Advisory Services
We bring to our clients technical expertise, financial insights, credible analysis and advice that are objective, reliable through a suite of Corporate Advisory, Transaction Advisory and Strategic Advisory Services as well as Executive Training.
Nazareth Group has a global network of affiliated firms and professional who possess an extensive specialized knowledge in a wide variety of disciplines and who are dedicated to providing its clients with the right expertise to enable them to tackle complex issues facing them.
Our consultation & professional advisory services encompass a wide range of services, including but not limited to the following:
Management Consulting Services: Offering advice and support on improving business operations, strategic planning, organizational development, and change management.
Financial Consulting Services: Assisting clients in areas of financial planning, investment strategies, tax planning, budgeting, and risk management.
IT solution: Providing expertise on technology solutions, cybersecurity, software development, IT infrastructure management, and digital transformation.
Human Capital Consulting Services: Offering guidance on recruitment, employee training and development, performance management, compensation and benefits, and HR compliance.
Marketing and Branding Consulting Services: Assisting with market research, brand positioning, marketing strategy development, digital marketing, and social media marketing, and advertising.
Environmental Consulting Services: Assisting clients in areas of sustainability, environmental impact assessments, waste management, pollution control, and regulatory compliance.· Real Estate Consulting Services: Assisting clients with property valuation, investment analysis, real estate development, property management, and market research.
Agribusiness consulting services: It refers to professional advisory services offered to individuals, businesses, and organizations operating within the agricultural and agribusiness sector. These services are designed to assist stakeholders in making informed decisions, optimizing operations, and addressing challenges within the agriculture and related industries. Agribusiness consulting services cover a broad spectrum of areas within the agricultural sector, including farming, food production, distribution, and agri-technology.
Corporate Advisory Services (CAS)Corporate advisory services (CAS) leverage the competitiveness of our clients by providing the most focused services that lead to maximizing their financial benefits while minimizing their risks and cost of funds.
Strategic Corporate Finance: we provide our clients with a perspective of what strategic corporate finance strategies are needed to enhance and maximize their shareholders’’ value.
Feasibility Studies: we develop feasibility studies to assist our client in making the best investment decisions with the determination of the optimum capital structure and funding sources whether these project developed under corporate finance or project finance schemes.
Business Plans: we develop an investment-grade business plans that are tailored to our clients’ life cycle and industry.
Strategic Advisory Services (SAS)
Strategic Corporate Finance:
Corporate finance assignments involve business and financial issues most critical to the long-term competitiveness of the clients. Nazareth works with clients to determine the best way to effect increases in shareholder value, including assistance in estimating the optimal capital structure and the most practical and efficient sources of funding. As well, strategic corporate finance deals with the optimal route of growth for the client, which involves differentiating between the internal, external and hybrid growth routes. We offer clients strategic advice and assistance across a full range of corporate finance services, including:
· Divestments
· Leveraged buy-outs
· Private equity transactions
· Strategic options analysis
Feasibility Studies:
Feasibility Studies are essential when planning a new venture and form the basis for successful project implementation. .Nazareth is committed to providing a feasibility study with an objective, unbiased approach for the evaluation and analysis of the potential of a proposed company, product, service or project based on extensive investigation and research which supports the decision making process. It will objectively identify the strengths and weaknesses of the proposed venture, the opportunities and threats present in the environment, the resources required to carry through, and ultimately the prospects for success.
Our feasibility studies services include:
· Economic analysis and project feasibility
· Large-scale best use studies
· Market analysis and market structures reviews
· Modelling of projected demand (for new product and services)
· Capital requirements projections & operational costing scenarios
· Due diligence
· Options appraisal
Business Plans:
A business plan is a formal document in which a company’s summarizes its organizational goals and its plans for reaching these goals. A Business plan is of interest to external stakeholders such as investors and financiers of the project and to the internal management. Our team members have helped new entrepreneurs develop marketable, bankable and sustainable businesses through the development of comprehensive business plans. We also assist existing businesses in re-evaluating business practices and obtaining funding for new projects through the development of business capital offerings and other presentations.
Transaction Advisory Services (TAS)
TAS is organized to provide our clients with the best representation during the entire life of financial deals involving Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), capital raising, and financial restructuring transactions.
Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)
Nazareth provides comprehensive financial and strategic advisory services relating to mergers and acquisitions; purchases and sales of publicly and privately owned businesses, divestitures of corporate subsidiaries, assets and divisions; private placements, and the formation of joint ventures, strategic alliances and other business combinations. Nazareth has experience in helping clients both sell side and buy side representations.
Nazareth provides a full suite of services at each stage of the Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) process to help the clients realize the maximum value potential. Our clients are provided with the well-structured methodology that enables them to understand their alternatives, develop negotiating strategies. This methodology begins with a pre-sale/buy planning phase including understanding the owners’ goals and objectives, followed by a thorough due diligence of the business and markets served, and culminating in an outline of our recommendations. Effective planning leads to effective execution with a unique, targeted process based on the specific objectives of each client.
Financial Restructuring / Recapitalization
Nazareth develops to every client custom-tailored solutions that address not only their immediate financial difficulties, but also their long-term operating, financial and strategic objectives.
Nazareth works closely with our clients to understand their problems and objectives and provides them with a comprehensive assessment of the range of available alternatives. Our team employs an integrated advisory approach which draws on the deep industry knowledge of our sector coverage bankers and the capital markets expertise.
Our restructuring services include the following:
· Evaluating restructuring options and recommending appropriate strategies
· Assisting with lender discussions and negotiations involving credit facility covenant waivers, amendments and maturity extensions
· Structuring, negotiating and executing distressed exchange offers, debt tender offers and consent solicitations
· Valuing distressed companies and their underlying debt and equity securities and providing related expert testimony in litigation situations
· Leading competitive solicitation processes to raise new debt, equity, or equity-linked financing
· Executing company sales, asset divestitures, mergers, acquisitions or joint ventures
Our executive training programs are dedicated towards helping executive to gain state-of-the-art knowledge, tools and techniques.
We offer senior executives training courses in cooperation with a number of international experts.
Training courses offered include but not limited to:
Financial Evaluation and Strategy;
· Business Valuation
· Preparation of Business Plans and Feasibility Studies
· Industry Analysis and Target Market
· Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
· Financial Risk Management
· Strategic Corporate Finance
· Mergers & Acquisitions
· Project Finance
· Financial Modeling
Financial services
We provide integrated services to financial services firms throughout including Quds banks, Islamic Banks and microfinance institutions (MFIs). We work with our clients to build a value through optimizing their business performance through strategic planning and design, business and operating model design, acquisition and merger support, market entry strategy, and channel and product strategy. As well, we advise our clients on strategic issues relating to value across the range of businesses, assets, and processes. Our financial services consultants work with clients to manage risk, ensure compliance, resolve regulatory inquiries as they arise, and leverage their assets to protect and enhance enterprise value.
Our financial services consultants work with clients to manage risk, ensure compliance, resolve regulatory inquiries as they arise, and leverage their assets to protect and enhance enterprise value.
Our financial and transaction advisory services include:
· Due diligence on target acquisitions
· Independent valuation of loans, derivatives, securities or entire banks
· Strategic options assessments
· Interim financial management services
· Preparation for and response to unsolicited acquisition offers
Agribusiness
Agribusiness professionals have extensive experience in assisting participants to address global concerns. We understand the political and economic trends that impact the industry and have a proven track record across a wide variety of agricultural sectors, from the farm gate, along the supply chain, to the end processors. The growth in agricultural industry demand is being driven by a growing middle class with a greater appetite for protein and better quality food. In addition, increasing consumer awareness of the food and fiber the world is consuming is driving changes in diet and purchasing choices. To take advantage of these opportunities, producers, accumulators and processors must continue to manage the variables of weather, commodity prices, and availability of capital and moving exchange rates.
Our agribusiness specialists are able to provide tailored solutions from ground-level operational guidance through to complex investment advice. We can assist domestic agricultural enterprises to obtain capital and maximize economies of scale through consolidation or provide due diligence support to foreign investors looking for opportunities abroad.
Training Products
1. Certified Manager (CM): Offered by the Institute of Certified Professional Managers (ICPM), this certification validates a manager's skills in planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.
2. Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA): Offered by the CFA Institute, this credential demonstrates expertise in investment management and financial analysis.
3. Certified Public Accountant (CPA): Granted by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), it signifies competence in accounting and financial reporting.
Accounting:
4. Certified Management Accountant (CMA): Administered by the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), this certification focuses on management accounting and financial strategy.
5. Certified Internal Auditor (CIA): Offered by the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), it recognizes professionals skilled in internal auditing and risk management.
6. Professional in Human Resources (PHR) and Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR): Administered by the HR Certification Institute (HRCI), these certifications validate HR professionals' knowledge and expertise.
7. Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP): Offered by the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM), this certification is for supply chain and operations management professionals.
Human Resources:
8. Project Management Professional (PMP): Offered by the Project Management Institute (PMI), it demonstrates competence in project management practices.
9. Certified Scrum Master (CSM): Granted by Scrum Alliance, this certification validates knowledge of Agile and Scrum methodologies.
Procurement:
10. Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM): Administered by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM), it recognizes expertise in supply chain and procurement.
11. Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM): This certification, also from ISM, demonstrates proficiency in procurement and supply management.
Project Management:
12. Certified Quality Manager (CQM): Offered by the American Society for Quality (ASQ), it certifies expertise in quality management and control.
13. Certified Six Sigma Black Belt: This certification from ASQ signifies mastery of Six Sigma methodologies for process improvement.
Quality Management and Control:
14. Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA): Administered by ISACA, it certifies professionals in information systems auditing, control, and assurance.
15. Certified Information Security Manager (CISM): Also from ISACA, this certification validates skills in information security management.
16. Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
This workshop focuses on the importance of valuing the customer relationship, optimizing the CRM cycle, and building loyalty on and off the Web. Further, it describes how CRM can improve:
- Customer contacts
- Optimize technology and increase sales,
- Improve service and customer satisfaction
- Build and add value to customer relationships
- Improve the marketing function within an organization. Strengthen customer relationships, building service, and increase customer satisfaction.
17. Key Account Management (KAM)
This four-day workshop will introduce the concept of gaining maximum revenue from existing key accounts by attracting and retaining them. This training will offer participants the techniques to facilitate their work to maintain and/or increase a businesses' revenue. Trainer will coach participants on how to develop a more profitable long-term partnership with the select group of customers which matter most to the company or business. it integrates management philosophy strategies and models to provide the Key Account Manager with a toll-kit to succeed in this highly competitive world.
18. Time and Task Management (TTM)
Time and Task Management is how we control small projects. It still requires a process for defining scope, planning and implementation. But it is simpler than project management in that it is generally a smaller project and doesn't involve managing a team of people. As a matter of fact, the people on a project team might be considered "task managers." They may aspire to becoming project managers and need an opportunity to develop some of the skills required for success.
In this workshop, participants develop a fuller understanding of what successful task management requires, and they also get tools to help them – time is also an immediate factor that facilitates the accomplishment of tasks. Therefore, participants will be given time planners and cases to use such templates
19. Interpersonal Skills (IS)
Upholding positive interpersonal business relationships among colleagues, subordinates and superiors is the key to maintaining a successful work environment. Learn to overcome workplace obstacles by strategically applying interpersonal know-how to persuade and negotiate your way to positive results. You will develop your assertiveness and influencing skills to build better work relationships and move ahead.
20. Executive Office Skills (EOS)
An exciting and interactive course that is designed to provide office administrators, supervisors of clerical and administrative staff, executive secretaries and personal assistants the opportunity to review and develop the interpersonal and professional skills they need to do their jobs effectively, thereby, contributing to their own, their boss’ and their organization’s success.
21. Business Valuation: Tools and Techniques (BV)
Based on international standards, the Business valuation course is offered by two professional trainers, starting with the theoretical part and applying theories in a practical context using financial models.
Valuation is at the heart of any investment decision, whether that decision is buy, sell or hold. But the pricing of many assets has become a more complex task in modern markets, especially after the recent financial crisis. In order to be successful at this endeavor, you must have a firm understanding of the proper valuation techniques. The course will provide participants with information that will serve as a solid foundation for their professional valuation endeavors.
22. Asset management
An Asset Management Training Program is a structured educational initiative designed to provide individuals and professionals with the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to effectively manage assets within an organization. Asset management refers to the systematic process of planning, acquiring, operating, maintaining, upgrading, and disposing of assets (physical, financial, or intangible) in a way that optimizes their value and aligns with the organization's goals and objectives.
23. Leadership and Decision Making
24. Strategic management
This is an exciting challenging course that focuses on how firms formulate, implement, and evaluate strategies. Strategic management concepts and techniques are studied. Students use all the knowledge acquired from prior business courses, coupled with new strategic-management techniques learned, to chart the future direction of different organizations. The major responsibility of students in this course is to make objective strategic decisions and to justify them through oral and written communication.
25. ISO standards & ISO certifications
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has developed a wide range of standards and certifications that cover various aspects of quality, safety, environmental management, information security, and more. Each ISO standard is identified by a unique number and title. Here are some of the well-known ISO certifications:
- ISO 9000: Quality Management Standards - While not a certification in itself, the ISO 9000 family of standards provides guidelines and terminology for quality management systems.
- ISO 9001: Quality Management System (QMS) - This standard sets out the criteria for establishing, implementing, maintaining, and continually improving a quality management system.
- ISO 9003: Quality Management - Quality Assurance - It specifies requirements for quality assurance and is related to ISO 9001.
- ISO 10002: Customer Satisfaction - Guidelines for Complaints Handling in Organizations - This standard offers guidance on how to handle customer complaints effectively and improve customer satisfaction.
- ISO 13485: Medical Devices - Quality Management Systems - It outlines the requirements for quality management systems in the design and manufacturing of medical devices.
- ISO 14001: Environmental Management System (EMS) - It specifies the requirements for an environmental management system, helping organizations minimize their environmental impact.
- ISO 14064: Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Accounting and Verification - This standard provides guidelines for quantifying and verifying greenhouse gas emissions and removals.
- ISO 17025: General Requirements for the Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories - This standard is specifically for laboratories, ensuring their competence in producing reliable and accurate test and calibration results.
- ISO 20000: IT Service Management (ITSM) - This standard pertains to IT service management systems, ensuring the quality of IT services provided.
- ISO 22000: Food Safety Management System (FSMS) - ISO 22000 addresses food safety by establishing requirements for food safety management systems in the entire food supply chain.
- ISO 22005: Traceability in the Feed and Food Chain - It sets out requirements for implementing a traceability system in the feed and food industry.
- ISO 22301: Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) - ISO 22301 sets the requirements for establishing and maintaining a business continuity management system to safeguard against disruptions.
- ISO 27001: Information Security Management System (ISMS) - ISO 27001 focuses on information security management, providing a framework for protecting sensitive information.
- ISO 26000: Social Responsibility - ISO 26000 provides guidance on social responsibility, helping organizations operate ethically and contribute positively to society.
- ISO 31000: Risk Management - This standard provides principles and guidelines for risk management, helping organizations identify, assess, and manage risks effectively.
- ISO 45001: Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) - This standard outlines the requirements for an occupational health and safety management system, promoting a safer workplace.
- ISO 50001: Energy Management System (EnMS) - It helps organizations establish systems and processes to improve energy performance and efficiency.
