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Services

From a first diagnosis to lasting self-reliance

124 services in four tiers. Whatever the entry point, every engagement is National Society-led and designed to transfer skills.

Start here

You do not need to know what to ask for

Most National Societies arrive with a problem, not a service code. Seventeen plain statements cover what brings people to the Centre. Find the one that sounds like yours and the catalogue narrows itself.

All seventeen situations

At a glance

The catalogue follows the journey a National Society takes when strengthening its finance function. Four tiers, and five outcome areas that cut across them.

  1. Working out what the finance function actually needs, before anything is built. 1. Evidence-based finance development intervention design and finance function planning
  2. Making sure someone independent checks the money, and that the board sees what they find. 2. Governance, risk, accountability and assurance
  3. Writing down how money moves, and making the rules hold in practice. 3. Internal controls, policies, procedures and process effectiveness
  4. Closing the books on time, on a system that works, with a file the auditors accept. 4. Finance operations, reporting, systems and audit readiness
  5. The right people in the right roles, and the change still there after the advisers leave. 5. Organisation design, structure, change and sustainability

The four tiers

Diagnose

Know where you stand.

  • Needs assessment, headquarters and branch
  • IFRS gap analysis
  • ERP business case and readiness assessment

Explore diagnose

Build

Build the basics that make trust possible.

  • Finance manual modules, from delegations to month-end close
  • Internal control framework and segregation of duties
  • Anti-fraud, whistle-blower and conflict of interest policies

Explore build

Scale

Go further, faster.

  • ERP requirements, implementation and go-live support
  • Internal audit charter and function
  • Emergency finance activation and minimum controls

Explore scale

Sustain

Make it last.

  • Financial KPI monitoring and dashboarding
  • Quarterly walkthrough reports
  • Core cost and reserves policies

Explore sustain

Service catalogue

Every service, in one place

All 124 services, searchable by name, code, tier or outcome area.

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19 Diagnostic
51 Foundational
38 Scale-Up
16 Sustainability

01/How an engagement runs

  1. 01

    Request

    You describe the problem. No service codes needed.

    20 minutes
  2. 02

    Triage

    The Centre assesses eligibility, risk and priority against demand.

  3. 03

    Delivery

    A named lead runs the work with your staff shadowing every adviser.

    Varies by service
  4. 04

    QA

    Outputs get peer reviewed against IFRS, ISA and COSO.

    Built into delivery
  5. 05

    Report and KPIs

    You get a close-out report and the engagement feeds network KPIs.

    At close

How we work, in detail

Describe the problem, not the service

You do not need to know which of the 124 to ask for.

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