Consulting services

Practical project controls support focused on decisions and outcomes.

Services can be delivered as targeted advisory support, a short diagnostic engagement, embedded project assistance or development of a complete controls solution.

01

Cost control & forecasting

Establish a reliable view of committed, incurred and forecast cost, with transparent movement from approved budget to expected final outcome.

  • Control budgets and cost breakdown structures
  • Forecast development and monthly reforecasting
  • Commitments, expenditure, VOWD and accruals
  • Contingency, risk and opportunity management
  • Cashflow forecasting and annual budget phasing
  • Forecast variance and trend analysis

02

Project controls systems & reporting

Design or improve the processes, data structures and reporting that convert project activity into useful management information.

  • Project Controls Plans and procedures
  • WBS, CBS and control account structures
  • Progress measurement and earned value management
  • Integrated cost, schedule, procurement and finance reporting
  • Management dashboards and board reporting inputs
  • Data quality, reconciliation and audit trail improvement

03

Change & commercial support

Strengthen the identification, quantification, governance and recovery of project change.

  • Variation and change support packages
  • Management of Change processes and reporting
  • Contractor change request review
  • Commercial trend and exposure assessment
  • Client and contractor interface support
  • Invoicing, billing and working-capital improvement

04

Project health checks

Provide an independent, evidence-based view of project controls maturity, forecast integrity and immediate areas requiring management attention.

  • Forecast and cost-report validation
  • Controls process and governance review
  • Risk, opportunity and change exposure
  • Reporting quality and decision usefulness
  • Prioritised improvement and recovery actions
  • Implementation support following the review

05

Finance & project integration

Bridge the recurring gap between project reporting and corporate finance so both functions work from consistent, explainable information.

  • Project-to-ledger reconciliation
  • Accrual and work-in-progress processes
  • Cashflow and working-capital forecasting
  • Asset capitalisation and close-out planning
  • ERP and systems requirements definition
  • Financial controls and audit readiness

Need clearer visibility of where your project is heading?

Fovo Ventures provides practical project controls and cost consulting support to strengthen forecasts, reporting and management decisions.