Engagement Model

Financial Control Check — scoped, fixed intervention

Billing, payments, and reconciliation — reviewed and aligned to restore a consistent financial state

A focused financial systems check delivered as a structured fixed-scope intervention. Designed to identify mismatches across billing, payments, balances, and reporting, then define the control points required to keep financial state aligned. Clear scope. Fast execution. Fixed starting price.

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Why This Offer Works

• Clear intervention focused on financial state, not generic process review
• Defined scope covering billing, payment, and reconciliation flows across involved systems
• Explicit exclusions that prevent drift into broad ERP or accounting transformation
• Transparent starting price based on the first service tier
• Structured outcome centered on transaction matching, balance alignment, and control visibility
• Suitable as an entry point before broader financial systems or execution redesign

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Overview

A focused check to restore financial consistency

• Goal: Identify where financial state diverges across systems
• Focus: Billing → Payments → Reconciliation → Reported balances
• Outcome: A clear view of financial flows, mismatches, and required control points

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Executive Summary

Designed to reveal where financial truth breaks down

• Deliverables: Flow review, mismatch identification, reconciliation analysis, and control-point definition
• Approach: Minimal abstraction, direct analysis of how money and state move across systems
• Avoids: Generic finance consulting, broad ERP redesign, and undefined advisory scope

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Scope of Delivery

Clearly defined, no ambiguity

• Review of billing, payment, and reconciliation flows
• Analysis of transaction matching across systems
• Identification of timing gaps, missing validations, and broken control points
• Alignment review of balances and reported financial state
• Definition of corrective control logic and baseline reconciliation structure

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Explicit Exclusions

Deliberate boundaries that keep the intervention effective

• Full ERP replacement or implementation
• Historical accounting cleanup beyond agreed review scope
• Tax advisory or statutory accounting services
• Custom dashboard or BI development
• Full process redesign outside billing, payments, and reconciliation
• Multi-country legal structuring or regulatory interpretation

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Typical Situations

When this offer is the right entry point

• Billing totals do not match payment or ledger state
• Reconciliation is manual, delayed, or unreliable
• Reported balances differ across systems
• Finance teams rely on spreadsheets to resolve system mismatches
• Control points exist informally, but are not enforced in systems

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Delivery Format

Short, bounded, and operationally focused

• Week 1: Flow mapping, system review, financial state analysis
• Week 2: Mismatch identification, control-point definition, reconciliation structure
• Optional extension: Implementation of active controls or continuous monitoring

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Responsibilities

Clear participation on both sides

• AWA: Review financial flows, identify mismatches, define control structure, and document correction priorities
• Client: Provide access to relevant systems, transaction samples, process context, and a responsible financial or operational contact
• Important: Missing data access or unclear source ownership directly reduces the precision of the review

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Pricing

Structured and transparent

This offer is intentionally limited in scope to restore clarity, control, and financial consistency without expanding into broader transformation work.

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Expected Output

What you receive at the end

• Mapped financial flows across relevant systems
• Identified mismatches and reconciliation gaps
• Defined control points for transaction and balance alignment
• Recommended next-step structure for correction, monitoring, or implementation

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Next Steps

How to start

• Confirm fit and review scope
• Share relevant systems, process owners, and financial flow context
• Agree on start date and working format
• Execute the check and review findings

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Legal & Binding Notes

• Offer Validity: This proposal is valid for 14 days from issuance and constitutes the terms of engagement once accepted.
• Governing Law: The engagement is governed by the laws of Germany.
• Liability Limitation: AWA shall not be liable for indirect or consequential damages.
• Acceptance: The project begins upon written confirmation of the scope and receipt of initial payment.

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No obligation. Clear scope. Controlled financial state.