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    • Home
    • About Us
    • Our Services
    • Meet the Team
      • Who are we?
      • Michael Shave
      • Tony Brett
      • Anthony Archie
      • Nicholas Mostardo
      • Janice Barkworth
      • Brendan Jackson
    • Projects/ Clients
    • CONTACT
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Our Services
  • Meet the Team
    • Who are we?
    • Michael Shave
    • Tony Brett
    • Anthony Archie
    • Nicholas Mostardo
    • Janice Barkworth
    • Brendan Jackson
  • Projects/ Clients
  • CONTACT
Shave & Brett

our services

 We work with councils of all sizes across Australia - metropolitan, regional and remote.
Our team brings decades of hands-on local government experience across finance, corporate services, ICT, governance and infrastructure.
We focus on practical, tailored solutions that strengthen sustainability, performance and organisational capability.

Services include:

  • Long-term financial forecasting and scenario modelling
  • Sustainability Framework analysis (finances, assets, operating environment, compliance, governance)
  • Rates and revenue strategy, fees and charges and cost recovery
  • Pricing and cost modelling (overheads, fleet & plant, full cost pricing models)
  • Financial statement preparation, review and audit coordination
  • Budget development and financial policy review
  • Internal control strengthening
  • Independent financial assessments for business cases
  • Month-end and year-end accounting support  

Services include:

  • Asset accounting, valuations and capitalisation reviews
  • Depreciation reviews and useful life assessments
  • Asset register review, classification and data quality improvement
  • Lifecycle planning (planning, acquisition, operation, renewal, disposal)
  • Strategic asset management planning
  • Project whole-of-life costing and financial modelling
  • Maintenance strategies and renewal prioritisation
  • Integration of asset, financial and service planning

 Services include:

  • Service catalogue development
  • Service level and performance measure development
  • Cost-to-serve modelling and benchmarking
  • Operating model and service delivery reviews
  • Alignment with corporate and operational plans
  • Community engagement inputs into service planning
  • Implementation support and change management 

 Services include:

  • ICT strategy and digital transformation roadmaps
  • ERP and core system optimisation (TechnologyOne, Civica and others)
  • Data analytics for service, asset and financial insights
  • ICT governance and digital risk management
  • Cyber maturity and digital resilience support
  • Process mapping, workflow analysis and capability uplift

 Services include:

  • Grant pipeline development and funding strategy
  • Grant writing and application preparation
  • Business case development (financial, economic, social analysis)
  • Whole-of-life costing and options assessment
  • Alignment with State and Commonwealth funding requirements
  • Grant acquittals and post-completion reporting

 Services include:

  • Governance framework development and review
  • Strategic and operational risk management
  • Insurance review and optimisation
  • Audit and risk committee support
  • Internal audit coordination and implementation advice
  • Policy development across finance, procurement, asset and governance areas
  • Assurance oversight for major programs and reform initiatives

 Services include:

  • Executive and emerging-leader mentoring
  • Finance team training and technical workshops
  • Councillor financial literacy education
  • Internal capacity building programs
  • Organisational readiness and change management
  • Acting/Shadow CFO and temporary senior support
  • Temporary finance team support
  • Interview and selection support for senior finance, governance and executive recruitment processes


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