Financial decisions are largely dependable on outcome of some analysis. e.g SWOT analysis, Cash flow analysis. Companies often find it difficult to control funds, especially in a high or low liquid condition. Expert will say spending money is more difficult than making the money. So many companies are a victim of this clause. Our services: Our potential in delivering this service line is dependable on our acquired skills and experience in factors that influences finance. We understudy market price, interest rate, GDP per capital and the public purchasing power in determining the channel to invest fund. We also ensure a good cash flow system, which involves helping you to negotiate for fund and making it available whenever there is need to tap into opportunities.

Our Business Advisory Services focus on ensuring that the right mix of business elements for your company are in place and providing the right solutions in challenging times. We provide solutions to diverse business challenges through our deep knowledge of our client,s business environment and an up to date knowledge of global best practices. Our business process services entails a holistic but in-depth review of your business processes, the development of leading process, improvement based on best practices and an overall Business Process Management (BPM) utilising BPM tools.

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Risk Advisory Services This is a strategic business discipline that supports the achievement of an organization’s objectives by addressing the full spectrum of its risks and managing the combined impact of those risks as an interrelated risk portfolio. • Encompass all areas of organizational exposure to risk (financial, operational, reporting, compliance, governance, strategic, reputational, etc.). • Prioritizes and manages those exposures as an interrelated risk portfolio rather than as individual “silos”. • Evaluates the risk portfolio in the context of all significant internal and external environments, systems, circumstances, and stakeholders. • Recognizes that individual risks across the organization are interrelated and can create a combined exposure that differs from the sum of the individual risks. • Provides a structured process for the management of all risks, whether those risks are primarily quantitative or qualitative in nature. • Views the effective management of risk as a competitive advantage Risk Advisory Services includes, • Credit risk advisory • Market risk advisory • Operational risk advisory • Strategic risk advisory • Hedging risk advisory • Reputational risk advisory • Basel II compliance advisory • Business continuity planning • Crises management and advisory

Companies depend on quality results to save time and money by making their design processes and operation efficient. Quality assurance helps companies attain business benefits and goals while minimizing risks. Here at Southgate, we take delight in offering sound quality assurance solutions to our clients with the highest level of service. Our quality assurance services utilize professionals with senior management experience in quality assurance management based on their wide range of several industries experience ranging from oil and gas, manufacturing, IT, Financial Market, etc. We help our clients assess their current state and then define and pilot transition to an optimal and sustainable quality assurance state which is in line with world’s best practices in various industries and sectors.

The impact of sound business and accounting consultancy to the performance index of Oil & Gas industries can not be over emphasised. We aim to provide advisory services that have direct impact on how petroleum businesses in Nigeria are able to maintain relevance in the competitive, volatile and risk-laden business environment. Over the years, our Petroleum Advisory Services have handled a number of downstream and upstream (E&P) petroleum industries including IOCs and indigenous oil and gas companies operating marginal fields. Our advisory services for such companies include: Oil and Gas Business Process Re-engineering Joint Venture Management and the development of Joint Operating Agreement (JOA) Due diligence and feasibility studies Business Investment strategies and appraisals for New Asset Acquisition Petroleum Tax Advisory IT Advisory and ERP implementation Organizational Restructuring Internal Audit and Controls Implementation Oil and Gas Business Risk Management Oil and Gas CFO Advisory Oil Field Asset Management Compensation and Benefits (Payroll) structure design and implementation

Petroleum Profit Tax and other taxation issues such as unitization and joint venture arrangement if not managed properly can cause financial loss or loss of tax opportunity to an organisation.
The companies in the Upstream sector of the Oil and Gas Industries whether under concessions, leases, PSC, and Companies need to adequately manage their tax exposures including royalties and to take advantage of tax benefits available. To do this, there is need to engage a team that is versed and highly experienced in the industry matters.