Cogent, in conjunction with our associated financial management advisory company, Freebody Cogent, provides assistance critical to building strong governance and financial management in an organisation.   Cogent typically provides the full range of management consulting advisory services in the development and reviewing of business cases and financial projections.

Our focus is on delivering business solutions which include clear, defensible and practical financial provisions.

Our special emphasis is on financial aspects of large and smaller business projects or programs:

• Business case development
• Tender financial evaluation criteria and price schedule development
• The selection of preferred tenderers, including financial viability assessment
• Supporting of negotiations associated with preferred tenderers by providing full financial analysis and projections
• Development of the financial elements of business reviews of service delivery organisations or capital acquisitions
• Activity Based Costings
• Cost analysis of various policy or business options, usually in the public sector