What does
Aurora Financials do?
We bring together people and innovative ideas to grow businesses and solve important problems
We work with clients in a range of industries. This is because our industry leading best practices can be applied across different industries.
As an example, our experience currently includes the following industries which is continuing to grow:
- Financial services (banking, capital markets, insurance, finance, investing, brokerage, stock exchange)
- Education
- Electricity generation
- Engineering
- Healthcare
- Information technology
- Infrastructure
- Legal and human resources
- Manufacturing
- Mining
- Not for profit
- Oil and gas
- Real estate
- Retail
- Sports
- Start ups
- Telecommunications
- Tourism
We are award winning CPA accountants, auditors and consultants that help grow and protect businesses.
We take a conservative approach to compliance and continually improve our processes. In New Zealand, we are registered tax agents and can assist with IRD audit assistance and tax advocacy.
We help clients implement best practices into their organisations, including Governance, Risk Management, Financial and Compliance.
We also help entrepreneurs get ready to raise capital or sell their businesses. This usually consists of some or all of the following services:
- Business plan development
- Financial forecast development
- Pitch deck (investor presentation) preparation
- Strategy development
- Market research and analysis
- Competitor research and analysis
- Financial analysis
- Business valuation
- General coaching and advisory services
Please note that we do not help our clients raise capital as that is a highly regulated area.
We take care of your end-to-end accounting and financial processes in Xero.
We focus on four key areas – Accounting, Compliance, Forensic Accounting and Technology:
ACCOUNTING
- ACC
- Annual Financial Statements
- Bank Loan Preparation
- Cash Flow Management and Budgets
- Bookkeeping: managing daily transactions
- Business Structuring and Company Formation
- COVID-19 Support and Recovery
- Debtor Management
- Management Accounting
- Payroll and HR: Management of payroll and taxes
- Planning: Reporting and advice to support growth
- Reporting: Timely, accurate financial reporting to help make informed decisions
- Small Business Accounting
- Virtual CFO and Finance Services
COMPLIANCE
- Compilation of financial statements
- Contractual Compliance
- Donation Rebates
- IRD Audit Assistance
- Risk Management
- Tax Compliance and Preparation: Personal, Business, and Corporate Income Tax Returns. Fringe Benefits Tax (FBT), Goods and Services Tax (GST), Pay as You Earn (PAYE) and Kiwisaver.
FORENSIC ACCOUNTING
- Business recovery
- CPA expert witness
- Fraud and financial investigations
- Relationship property investigations
- Litigation support
TECHNOLOGY
- Software Solutions and Implementation: We help design and implement financial systems and processes that protect and grow your business
- Cloud Based Accounting Software Setup, Training and Support: Xero, iPayroll
Our qualified auditors provide assurance that your financial reporting, internal controls, systems, processes are operating effectively.
We focus on three key areas – Statutory Audits, Reviews, and Agreed Upon Procedures:
STATUTORY AUDITS
- AML audits
- Body Corporate audits
- Company audits
- Charity audits
- Early Childhood Education audits
- Incorporated Society audits
- Internal Audits
- Not-For-Profit audits
- Real Estate Audits
- Trust Account audits
REVIEWS
- AML reviews
- Financial statements
- Procurement
AGREED UPON PROCEDURES
- Due diligence
- Cash counts and reconciliations
- Stocktakes
- Other specified procedures
- Trust accounts for Accountants and Lawyers
Our team provide a range of professional consulting and business advice to help grow your business, enhance cashflow, optimise the value of your business and manage key risks.
We focus on three key areas – Consulting, Corporate Finance, and Advocacy:
CONSULTING
- Beginning and buying a business
- Benchmarking
- Business coaching
- Business planning
- Business strategy and start ups
- Business consulting
- Financial awareness coaching
- Goal setting
- KPI improvement
- Profit improvement
CORPORATE FINANCE
- Business valuation
- Due diligence
- Forecasting and modelling
- Financial management
- Exit strategy and succession planning
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Retirement and succession planning
ADVOCACY
- Financial and policy advocacy
- Inland Revenue debt arrangements
The Benefits
of Aurora Financials
Most business plans are too complicated and don’t attract the attention of investors or prospective buyers of your business.
We understand what drives financial and business value, and we work with our clients to prepare business plans that are sound both strategically and financially.
We love helping clients grow their business, tell their story better, and achieve best practice.
Each plan is handcrafted to reflect the client’s specific circumstances, and they provide clarity and context which appeals to their readers.
We look beyond the numbers and consider the non-financial outputs and outcomes.
This ensures that financial projections are based on a holistic understanding of your business, customers and team members.
Our team has been involved in a lot of local and international projects which enables us to share best practices that help you to achieve your business goals.
Every situation is unique. However, some fairly common steps include the following:
- Initial discussion to understand your objectives and requirements.
- Reviewing your existing materials (draft business plans, financials, market research, competitor research, etc.).
- Follow-up discussion to clarify and agree upon the scope and fees for the project.
- Several in-depth discussions to better understand the details, develop strategies, and agree on all major elements of the business plan and financial model.
- Conduct additional research, as needed.
- Draft an initial Report and review it with you to ensure that it meets your stakeholder requirements.
- Draft the Executive Summary and review it with you to ensure that we all agree on the next level of detail.
- Prepare a draft outline of the business plan for your review.
- Begin filling in the details on the draft. Obtain and incorporate your feedback.
- Incorporate your revenue and expense projections into the financial model, and explain how it works.
- Finalise all deliverables, including financial models, forecasts, and valuation range.
- Coach you on the best way to deliver the report and on how to address questions.
- We also attend meetings to present the report and answer any questions that may arise.
- Provide ongoing support, including making minor updates to the deliverables.
Depending on how we structure the project, you should expect to spend anywhere from 10-30 hours on the process over the course of a simple engagement.
Complex projects could involve significantly more time.
For a typical engagement, consisting of a business plan, financial forecast, valuation, and presentation for the target audience, the typical time to completion is 6 to 8 weeks.
The actual time spent can be influenced by the quality of your existing materials, the level of your participation, the complexity of your market and business model, and our current workload.
Yes. If required, we can conduct the project under urgency rates and submit the deliverables in a much shorter timeframe.
The scope of the work may need to be tailored to match what is realistically possible in the shorter timeframe.
We typically work on multiple projects at any point in time.
Urgent projects can impact our staffing schedules, but we are committed to helping clients meet their tight deadlines.
Yes. Our team members and consultants have global experience across a range of industries.
This enables us to bring global and industry best practice insights to solve the challenges your business may face at each stage of its growth.
We have a great team of auditors who have previously worked in Big 4 firms.
We use industry best practice approaches to our audits, and we are an award winning team.
Yes, if you are based in New Zealand, we can act as your tax agent and advocate on your behalf.
For other jurisdictions, we can’t provide specific tax advice but we can provide consulting services to develop a plan for how you can quickly get back to a compliant state with the tax department.
No. We only provide general tax compliance services.
This is because tax requirements change a lot, and each country, region, state, or territory may have its own specific requirements.
If you need this type of specific tax advice, it’s best to find a specialist tax practitioner in your area.
