Centre of Excellence

At BDO we have assembled a team of specialists with a broad range of experience to provide you with:

  • Experts trained globally by BDO – we are involved in the global leadership of the Valuation Practice and invest in sharing knowledge with our international network.
  • A mix of different backgrounds covering capital markets, industry, corporate finance, and banking.
  • An ability to constructively challenge information using sector and industry norms/metrics.
  • Capacity to run large assignments.

 Design-led

We adopt a unique design-led approach:

  • Every assignment is focused on the decision to be informed.
  • Use of a planning canvas provides flexibility of approach to scoping and pricing, ensuring a case-by-case design with an appropriate level of complexity.
  • Our focus is on user-experience ensuring that it is visually impactful and can lend itself to analytical review.
  • We deploy a robust self-balancing approach which avoids time wasting error resolution – making more time for iteration and decision/scenario testing.

 

Specialist technical standards

Our commitment to excellence ensures that we deliver a product that provides:

  • Seamless linkage of historical to projected trends.
  • A detailed audit trail that can be reviewed.
  • A clear and logical approach to Working Capital Modelling.
  • An efficient approach to cash flow extrapolation for VAT and other accrual-based complexities.
  • A process that is underpinned by Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and Discounted Cash Flow Analysis.
  • Advanced data automation and visualisation tools.
  • The ability to manipulate vast quantities of data.
  • A robust methodology protected from human error.
  • Where appropriate, risk modelling & scenario weighing.