Accounting & Payroll

Management Accounts

Cash Flow Management & Forecasting

Annual Financial Statements Preparation

Credit Control and Debtors Management

Strategic Planning, Budgeting & Investor Readiness

Funding & Capital Strategy – Business Plan Development

Profitability & Cost Analysis

Exit Succession Planning

Post Investment Monitoring & Evaluation

M&A Support & Due Diligence

Cloud Accounting and Payroll System Implementation & Support

Tax Planning & Advisory

Secretariat Services – CIPC compliance

Governance Frameworks – Policy Drafting, Policy Review

Public Sector Governance – PFMA, MFMA Compliance Support, Including Tracking of Audit Findings

Risk Assessment & Frameworks

Independent Reviews

Company Registration & CIPC Services

Compliance Health Checks

External Audit Liaison & Preparation – Preparing for & Managing the External Audit Process

Strategy and governance Oversight

B-BBEE Gap Analysis & Strategy Development

Verification Support & Audit Preparation

B-BBEE Ownership Structuring -Transaction Facilitation

Skills Development Plans – WSP/ATR Reports Submissions

Enterprise and Supplier Development (ESD) – Designing Programme, beneficiary selection & Reporting

Socio-Economic Development (SED) – Project Identification, Implementation and Impact Measurement

Supplier & Procurement Analysis Including Spending Tracking

Finance for Non-Finance Managers – Understanding Annual Financial Statements, Budgets & KPIs

Business Model & Strategy Workshops

SMME Financial Survival Toolkit – A Practical Guide for South African Entrepreneurs

Directors and Trustees Induction

Fraud Awareness & Ethics Workshop – Navigating Ethical Dilemmas

Risk Management Workshops

Sage, Xero User Workshops

Skills Development Facilitation (SDF)

MFMA & PFMA Workshops

Ward Committee Oversight Workshops

VAT Master Classes

Deep, integrated knowledge of South Africa’s interconnected regulatory landscape. Key regulatory framework knowledge

The ability to translate numbers into strategic insight, not just processing transactions.

Proficiency in implementing and leveraging cloud accounting and business management platforms as strategic tools.

The skill to advise, guide, and mediate between diverse stakeholders in complex governance structures.

The ability to design and advocate for genuine, impactful B-BBEE and development initiatives, not just tick-box compliance. Ethical persuasion to shift client mindsets from compliance to value creation.

The competency to assess skills gaps, design relevant training interventions, and facilitate effective learning for diverse audiences (entrepreneurs to board members).

An intuitive understanding of the daily pressures, resource constraints, and strategic dilemmas faced by SMME owners and managers in the South African context.

The overarching ability to see the client’s business as a whole and connect dots across all four service pillars. This is GCI’s unique selling proposition. It moves us from a provider to a true strategic partner