Consulting

ASCENDANT consultants offer international experience and real-world knowledge to assist clients address a number of critical issues from strategy development to enterprise improvements and financial management. ASCENDANT services are also distinguished by being highly client centricha. We do not try to fit pre-packaged, generic solutions to a client's unique challenges. Our emphasis is on listening to client's circumstances and supporting them with tailored services most suited to their needs, which includes implementation and execution support.

Corporate Strategy Consulting

Development and execution of a sound strategy is the cornerstone of a successful business and a prerequisite for outstanding performance. ASCENDANT's Corporate Strategy Consulting services assists clients to consistently outperform their competitors by guiding executives through the key steps in strategy development - from market assessment and goal setting to execution, evaluation of results and ongoing adjustments.

Change Management Consulting

This practice focuses on assisting companies to develop the capacity for continual change and the essential ability to respond to fast-moving alterations in the business landscape. We empower clients to manage change without buckling under the pressure of new ways of working and without disruption to the existing business operations.

Customer Relationship Management Consulting

In an ever shrinking world that is constantly evolving and changing, Customer Relationship Management is increasing its importance as well as its complexities. ASCENDANT can help companies chart a path to maximize current and potential relationships through the development and implementation of a more customer-centric approach to business.

Enterprise Performance Management

ASCENDANT's Enterprise Performance Management is a performance review of your business. We can assist to address potential improvements of your business in various situations including financial, compliance, human capital management, and other areas to improve corporate reputation and efficiencies in your back office, operations, sales and competitor data.

Financial Management

Financial Management services support the CFO in the planning and implementation of core back-office operations, including the dispatch of support staff where needed. ASCENDANT can assist in increasing operating efficiencies, improving services, streamlining processes, driving cost reductions and maintaining the quality and continuity of your existing business. GAAP reconciliations, financial information processing by use of information technology and implementation of adequate internal controls are also focused in our services.

Human Capital Management

ASCENDANT has Human Capital Management solutions for multinational companies of every size and industry – from planning through implementation. Our HR professionals assist with developing policies that reflect global practices while complying with local labor laws. We assist with all aspects of hiring, retention, assignment change and terminations; along with HR information system support.

Project and Program Management

The fast-changing global business environment provides growing multinational companies with an array of opportunities, but also challenges them to develop and execute new programs with greater speed and efficiency. ASCENDANT’s Project and Program Management ("PPM") and Project Management Office ("PMO") set-up services assist the executive management team to develop a framework and direction of new projects, and lead implementation covering everything from project scheduling and technology selection to staffing, progress monitoring and documentation. Our PPM and PMO services deliver sustainable value that extends beyond the completion of an individual project.

Due Diligence

With our unparalleled international experience and broad expertise in finance, operations and technology; ASCENDANT is prepared to offer its foreign multinational clients in-depth, pre-deal due diligence services for mergers and acquisitions, alliances, distributorship development and other kinds of partnerships. Our ability to uncover, analyze and report on critical data in Japanese and English is a powerful decision-making tool for clients as they assess their strategic options.

Fraud Examination, Detection and Prevention

ASCENDANT professionals combine their collective knowledge with investigative skill, using this unique combination to detect and prevent fraud. We identify problems, carry out fact finding exercises and build evidence through forensic accounting investigations for litigation support and investigative settings. ASCENDANT is able to coordinate and manage the full examination process with our project management consultants. Due to society's heightened awareness and growing intolerance of fraudulent activity, we also offer preventive fraud audits.

Risk and Compliance

By the advent and enactment of U.S.-SOX, J-SOX, Japanese Financial Instrument and Exchange Law, anti-money laundering laws and anti-fraud laws in many countries, multinational companies are required to be compliant and responsive to various requirements. ASCENDANT, with its bilingual staff, supports foreign multinational companies with compliance planning and tasks relating to document preparation such as process flow charts, policy development and conducting interviews and research.