Our principal, Michelle Haerewa, has extensive experience working at a senior level across a number of Federal and State Government agencies and providing consulting services to government and those organisations that interact with government
Our services and solutions are successful because we understand the unique challenges that Government agencies face, particularly in an environment of constant structural change and shrinking resources. There is no substitute for hands on experience and knowledge of government when it comes to understanding and resolving the problems your agency is facing. Sapphire Consulting services include the following:
Interim Executive support in Finance and Corporate Services
Is your CFO or Executive Director Corporate Services on extended leave or do you require short term Executive support while an restructure is taking place? Sapphire Consulting Solutions can provide your agency with very experienced executives on an interim basis that will come up to speed very quickly, with minimal briefing on your part, saving you time and money.
Driving organisational reform initiatives to generate productivity savings
Do you require assistance in identifying areas of your business that can be streamlined to achieve productivity savings and/or allow your agency to be sustainable with less funding? Sapphire Consulting can assist you by reviewing your business to identify quick wins and areas for longer term productivity gains. Our government experienced consultants will ensure that identified reform initiatives are achievable within desired timeframes and will also address identified constraints, such as inflexible employment arrangements, legacy software and existing service commitments.
Providing advice on and/or project managing agencies through restructures
Is your agency undergoing a restructure or merging with other agencies as part of the government reform agenda? Sapphire Consulting Solutions can provide you with experienced project managers to guide and support your agency through this process, ensuring that timelines are met and allowing your agency to concentrate on its business as usual activities throughout this process.
Implementing and embedding shared services solutions within your organisation
Is your agency in the process of migrating its corporate services functions into a shared services arrangement? To ensure your business interests are protected and continuity of services remain uninterrupted, there are key issues that need to be addressed - governance arrangements with the shared services provider appropriate for your business articulated and agreed, new processes and policies need to be developed, monitoring arrangements and KPIs need to developed and agreed. Sapphire Consulting experienced project managers can assist you through this process with the aim of protecting your business continuity and minimising disruption to corporate services.
Policy development in corporate services and finance
Do you require new or updated policies to be developed in response to changes in legislation or government policy and ensure compliance? Why waste your own valuable resources developing policy from scratch when our experienced professionals can easily adapt fully compliant and current model policies and processes to suit your business, especially in the areas of Finance, Corporate Services, Work Health and Safety and Human Services.
Process reengineering
Do you require assistance in streamlining your transaction based services in operational or back office areas to achieve savings and/or reduce administration and manual/double handling? Our experienced consultants can assist you in this process by providing advice and/or assisting with implementation and change management.
Government financial compliance
Do you require assistance in improving your financial compliance in response to legislative/policy changes or adverse audit findings? Improving financial compliance need not be a huge burden on your operations, particularly if you engage an experienced consultant to assist you in determining the easiest and least cost method to ensure ongoing compliance and provide assurance to your Audit Committee or Board that appropriate actions are being undertaken.
Finance and property management system implementation and process advice
Are you contemplating procuring a new finance or property management system to improve your operations or because your existing system has not be upgraded for some time and may soon be unsupported? Sapphire Consulting Solutions can assist you in determining your business requirements, developing specifications to support a tender EOI, through the tender evaluation process and gap analysis and system implementation if required.
Our services and solutions are successful because we understand the unique challenges that Government agencies face, particularly in an environment of constant structural change and shrinking resources. There is no substitute for hands on experience and knowledge of government when it comes to understanding and resolving the problems your agency is facing. Sapphire Consulting services include the following:
Interim Executive support in Finance and Corporate Services
Is your CFO or Executive Director Corporate Services on extended leave or do you require short term Executive support while an restructure is taking place? Sapphire Consulting Solutions can provide your agency with very experienced executives on an interim basis that will come up to speed very quickly, with minimal briefing on your part, saving you time and money.
Driving organisational reform initiatives to generate productivity savings
Do you require assistance in identifying areas of your business that can be streamlined to achieve productivity savings and/or allow your agency to be sustainable with less funding? Sapphire Consulting can assist you by reviewing your business to identify quick wins and areas for longer term productivity gains. Our government experienced consultants will ensure that identified reform initiatives are achievable within desired timeframes and will also address identified constraints, such as inflexible employment arrangements, legacy software and existing service commitments.
Providing advice on and/or project managing agencies through restructures
Is your agency undergoing a restructure or merging with other agencies as part of the government reform agenda? Sapphire Consulting Solutions can provide you with experienced project managers to guide and support your agency through this process, ensuring that timelines are met and allowing your agency to concentrate on its business as usual activities throughout this process.
Implementing and embedding shared services solutions within your organisation
Is your agency in the process of migrating its corporate services functions into a shared services arrangement? To ensure your business interests are protected and continuity of services remain uninterrupted, there are key issues that need to be addressed - governance arrangements with the shared services provider appropriate for your business articulated and agreed, new processes and policies need to be developed, monitoring arrangements and KPIs need to developed and agreed. Sapphire Consulting experienced project managers can assist you through this process with the aim of protecting your business continuity and minimising disruption to corporate services.
Policy development in corporate services and finance
Do you require new or updated policies to be developed in response to changes in legislation or government policy and ensure compliance? Why waste your own valuable resources developing policy from scratch when our experienced professionals can easily adapt fully compliant and current model policies and processes to suit your business, especially in the areas of Finance, Corporate Services, Work Health and Safety and Human Services.
Process reengineering
Do you require assistance in streamlining your transaction based services in operational or back office areas to achieve savings and/or reduce administration and manual/double handling? Our experienced consultants can assist you in this process by providing advice and/or assisting with implementation and change management.
Government financial compliance
Do you require assistance in improving your financial compliance in response to legislative/policy changes or adverse audit findings? Improving financial compliance need not be a huge burden on your operations, particularly if you engage an experienced consultant to assist you in determining the easiest and least cost method to ensure ongoing compliance and provide assurance to your Audit Committee or Board that appropriate actions are being undertaken.
Finance and property management system implementation and process advice
Are you contemplating procuring a new finance or property management system to improve your operations or because your existing system has not be upgraded for some time and may soon be unsupported? Sapphire Consulting Solutions can assist you in determining your business requirements, developing specifications to support a tender EOI, through the tender evaluation process and gap analysis and system implementation if required.
