What We Do
At Kisa & Associates, we aim to strengthen the financial management of our client
organizations. Working together with clients as Development Partners and Strategic
Business Partners, we improve financial planning & control, management reporting, and
develop finance & accounting staff.
Sustainability and the concept of Sustainable Development is about creating a balance between resource consumption and reproduction. The United Nations’ Brundland Report defines Sustainable Development as “… development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”.
Our Human Resource advisory service is focused towards creating HR strategies in line with business needs. We specialize in facilitating the process of building and managing a work environment that ensures disciplined performance and sustainable growth. Using the market as benchmark we examine firm structure, recruiting methods, performance management, training, compensation and benefits, employee relations, HR policies & procedures, and communication processes.
Expenditure verification engagements have as their goal to report to the provider of funds (donor) if the beneficiaries use the funds received in accordance with the schedule or the agreement.
Several grant awarding agencies conduct a pre-award risk assessment before extending grants to prospective grant applicants. Pre-award risk assessments are intended to assess the ability of the applicant to manage an award. Their previous award management practices, reporting history, and the processes and systems they have in place to manage funding are evaluated, and a risk level is assigned. Essentially, these assessments can be used as a way for funders to make an even more-informed decision about awarding. Pre-award risk assessments can also be used to place specific conditions on a higher risk applicant who is still spearheading a project or initiative that the funder finds value in. Overall, mitigating risk is part of the grantor’s effort to avoid fraud, waste, or abuse of funds, and it is an essential practice for grant makers.
Our internal audit methodology integrates strategic, financial, operational, information
technology and compliance audits with the technologies that support them. This approach reflects our clients’ views of IT in their businesses—the view that technology is a tool or enabler for a business process. Our control- and process-focused methodology is the bedrock principle for our internal audit processes
We work with you to achieve functional procurement and supply management policy frameworks, effective procurement planning, accountable and transparent procurement processes, transparent contracting, cost effective and efficient freight and customs clearance, proper and adequate storage facilities, a robust and effectively controlled distribution system to ensure end user access as well as rational use of goods and services procured
Our interest in M&E is founded on the belief in accountability – accountability to community and accountability to self. We believe that the collection, reporting and dissemination of quality information, in an open and transparent manner, is necessary to strengthen technical and financial operations, resulting in the attainment of program and national development goals and objectives
This unique clustering of services is offered in recognition of the key challenges faced by clients in the different sectors. In the face of declining financial resources for development and strategic interventions, it becomes necessary to plan better, to recognize and proactively manage risks expeditiously, and to manage operations more prudently. This combination of services supports the foundation of our clients’ operations which when augmented by the rest of the technical areas we support, should result in stronger and more efficiently executed programs.
Change is a constant in many of our lives. All around us, technologies, processes, people, ideas, and methods often change, affecting the way we perform daily tasks and live our lives.
Specifically, organizations adopt the discipline of change management in different ways depending on their business needs.
Helping you ensure development aid creates impact through strong fiduciary control, management and oversight.
Our services include:
- Financial review, analysis, and verification of programme activities.
- Value for money audits and reviews
Business Valuation requires a solid grasp of both how value has been created prior to the valuation date, and how it will continue to be created in the future. The foundation of business valuation is the ability to understand how a company cultivates ideas or concepts and deploys its invested capital, aiming to drive returns in excess of its cost of capital. The process of value creation does not follow a single path, but rather many paths that vary by industry and the company’s position in its life cycle. Understanding this process is at the heart of our extensive valuation experience, whether we are performing a valuation analysis for financial reporting, tax, Mergers & Acquisitions, strategic planning, business restructuring or dispute and litigation purposes.
Across all countries, SMEs do more than create employment: they are also engines of economic growth and social development. In most OECD countries, SMEs contribute more than 50% of GDP, and some global estimates put this figure as high as 70%. This contribution varies across sectors, and is particularly high in the service industry, where SMEs account for 60% or more of GDP in nearly all OECD countries