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Water
Pricing Reviews |
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ORION
is assisting many organisations with the redesign of their water
charging policies to a two-part tariff approach, treading the
fine line between revenue targets, community issues and legislative
requirements. |
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Development
of Trade Waste Pricing guidelines |
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We
have also been engaged by the Local Government Association to
develop guidelines on Trade Waste pricing under new legislative
requirements. |
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Grants
Commission submissions resulting in increased grant outcomes |
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ORION
assisting Local Government in substantially improving its grant,
as part of a review of the methodology of distributing Local
Government general purpose funding to Local Government’s. |
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Commercial
Business Unit Performance Review |
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We
recently completed a review of Logan City Enterprises after
for years experience with commercialised business units. This
review assessed the impact of commercialisation on the community,
as well as overall cost-effectiveness, reporting and governance
arrangements Financial and non-financial outcomes, Service Level
Agreements, Asset Management planning and competition policy
reforms. |
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Governance
Processes Review |
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ORION
recently completed a major review of Pine Rivers Shire Council’s
governance processes. |
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Simplified
Financial Reporting |
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We
have been heavily involved with the simplification of internal
financial reporting, to make internal reports useful and meaningful
to their readers. This work has included:
- CEO/Executive Survey
- Best practice review and report (joint report with BDO Kendalls
(see (link to the
- Implementation of improved reporting in several organisations. |
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Plant
Management Reviews |
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ORION
has a strategic alliance with Connell Wagner, Engineering consultants.
Together we have assisted in reviewing the plant hire rates
formulas and charging practices for a medium sized Council,
identifying savings of over $150,000 per year. |
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Long
Term Financial Strategy |
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We
have recently been engaged to develop a long-term financial
model and strategic model to underpin an organisation’s
strategic plan. The Long Term model incorporates consideration
of different debt and balance sheet management strategies, and
highlighted the impact on a range of prudential, risk and performance
indicators. |
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Daintree
Ferry (Business and Pricing) Review |
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ORION
was engaged to review the pricing of the Daintree Ferry operations,
taking into account, cash, accrual and commercial results. |
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Debt/Treasury
restructuring |
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Several
organisations have engaged ORION
to review and model alternative debt and balance sheet strategies,
so as to provide ongoing savings and an optimal level of available
funds for discretionary purposes. |
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Review
of financial structures, operations and processes |
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ORION
consultants have extensive experience in reviewing financial
structures, operations and processes, to streamline operations
and provide improve cost-effectiveness. |
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Business
Unit Financial Reporting (Balance Sheets) |
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We
are currently assisting several organisations in improving (automating
and streamlining) the balance sheet accounting between internal
business units. |
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Pricing Reviews |
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Reviewing an organisations overall pricing and charging regimes to better align with community and market conditions, while maximizing sustainable revenue |
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Policy and Procedures Review |
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Reviewing an organisations overall policies and procedures to better align with the Council's Corpoate Plan. |
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