Consultancy
This department has two facets: one internal and the other external. In the internal component, as in other institutions, it oversees CONTRATUZ, Lda’s administrative and financial procedures and execution. In the external scope, the same is geared towards providing a total of 10 services, including economic, social, administrative and financial services, as detailed below:
Market Research
In this service, the esteemed client benefits from critical elements to make a right decision about his / her business, namely the quantitative and qualitative aspects of the market segment in which he / she intends to or is investing, from exploratory, descriptive, or experimental research aimed at testing certain hypotheses. In addition to our in-depth knowledge of the Mozambican market, our excellent contacts enable us to quickly obtain new data or information at any level and from anywhere to bring you a substantive, robust and high value-added report.
Applying the most sophisticated methods and statistical techniques, our Company’s competent team of professionals dives deep into the subject and, in record time, brings to light all the parameters of the market in which you are or intend to operate, such as the niches and their respective behaviours, regulation, entry barriers, competitors, needs and opportunities, among other details. Therefore, this exercise allows the prestigious client to climb to the top and view its market in a more holistic way, as well as define the best acting strategies to ensure the most desired return on his / her investment.
Socio-Economic Assessment
The implementation of policies, programmes, projects, management systems, inter alia, requires a thorough analysis with regards to their scope, either during or at the end of their execution. This analysis allows donors, government institutions, NGOs, companies and other institutions to assess whether and to what extent what was intended has been achieved, and to take corrective actions or formulate new programmatic, policy packages, a set of integrated activities or management platforms for the coming period.
Aware of this unavoidable need, we offer a strong support to the prestigious client with a team of highly qualified internal and external consultants for whatever the challenge, with quantitative and qualitative analysis, including cost-benefit parameters; cost- effectiveness; cost-utility, among other relevant details. Moreover, this extensive evaluation is done taking into account the standards of similar processes in the local, national, regional or international context, depending upon each case. Therefore, when you wish to scrutinise the amount or impact, whether economic or social, generated by a certain intervention, against the respective costs, all paths invariably lead to CONTRATUZ, Lda.
Feasibility Study
Once a new business or investment opportunity is identified, same needs a thorough analysis of its profitability. For this purpose, entrepreneurs do not need to tie up their precious time of current business with calculations and diligences to analyse the relative risks of a certain investment against possible returns. CONTRATUZ, Lda business centre keeps for our valued clients a multidisciplinary and highly competent team for feasibility studies with a deep inspection on the economic, financial, legal, technical, environmental, programmatic, political, technological and labour issues, among other factors.
Consequently, clients using this service benefit from a sound decision on whether or not to proceed with the project or investment and, if so, to what extent. In this context, our feasibility studies enable our valued clients to access a range of details on the amount of capital and infrastructure required for the venture, in case it is recommended for the implementation of same, how it will operate, what the possible challenges are, how to overcome them, among other concerns. A promotional approach to the ventures in our feasibility studies helps proponents attract potential investors or banks with very favourable financial alignments.
Project Writing
Transforming ideas into documented projects in a condensed but efficient manner is one of the other faculties of our multisectoral team. With deep commitment, our professionals ensure that the projects prepared by our Company carry, on their own, the seal of winners, thereby deserving an approval in any forum where they are presented.
With clarity in the definition of the problem or need, CONTRATUZ, Lda’s team ensures a permanent focus on the solution of the problem or overwhelming coverage of the need, without equally losing sight of a detailed approach to the objectives, goals, deadlines, material, financial and human resources required for a successful carry out of the project in question.
On the other hand, its extensive explanation also includes the mechanisms for management, monitoring and evaluation, with a clear definition of performance indicators. Whether they are small, medium or large initiatives, bring them to our Company to enjoy a sublime transformation of ideas into remarkable projects for any evaluator.
Projects Management
We have the facilities and technical expertise to bring your project to fruition. Therefore, we urge you not to disengage yourself from your core activities by setting up administrative structures and fixed costs with little return. A dedicated line of professionals identifies and mitigates risks; provides an astute budget management, carefully manages human and material resources; as well as maintains a fluid communication platform with the client and all other stakeholders in the project.
This package includes detailed planning, development of different approaches, integration of same in a single prism, implementation of scheduled activities, assessment of the achieved results against previously set objectives, targets and deadlines, as well as the closure of the project with a golden key. In this process, CONTRATUZ, Lda applies the most advanced project management tools, allowing the client to benefit from the latest technologies in the matter, being our team very flexible and mobile to any corner of Mozambique.
Business Licensing & Planning
Given the extensive contacts network developed over several years of distinctive operations in the market, we ensure that the licensing of the client’s company or activities, from the approval of the official name to the incorporation of the company; through consecutive obtaining the commercial registration, publication in the Government Gazette and getting the permits; to the attribution of the VAT number and declaration of commencement of activities at the relevant tax offices; as well as to the reference of applicable municipal taxes take place in record time. Likewise, we execute at unparalleled pace the complete licensing of associations, foundations, as well as non-governmental organizations in general.
Moreover, the internal and external audiences of profit and non-profit organisations, among government authorities, banks, potential investors and other partners, employees and the general public, are aware of your organisation’s track record. In order to improve not only the image, but also the effective achievement of resounding results, we assist our prestigious clients in clearly documenting the objectives to be pursued within a given time frame, as well as defining the best strategies to achieve them, be they of financial as well as operational concern, legal or of marketing perspective.
Processing Tax and Legal Compliance
Often companies require the hiring of foreign labour, given the inexistence locally of national technicians who meet the requirements of our demanding clients. In other cases, it may be by choice or trust. In all scenarios, our team of professionals specialised in the matter provides our illustrious clients with a total solution which includes an explanation of the rules legally established in Mozambique for the hiring of foreign labour, the procedures to be followed, as well as the limit established for each case.
In addition to the accurate filling in of the appropriate forms, our team of specialists in the field will go through all the intricacies of the competent authorities as if they were processing the file on their own hand, ensuring authorisation in an unparalleled fraction of the time. Consequently, we would like to invite you to try this service with us at promotional prices for work permits, visas, foreign resident identity documents (DIREs), and other foreigners’ processes, not only for the speed of the process and your own comfort, but also to allow you to concentrate on your core business activities and thus generate greater efficiency.
Immigration Services
Often companies require the hiring of foreign labour, given the inexistence locally of national technicians who meet the requirements of our demanding clients. In other cases, it may be by choice or trust. In all scenarios, our team of professionals specialised in the matter provides our illustrious clients with a total solution which includes an explanation of the rules legally established in Mozambique for the hiring of foreign labour, the procedures to be followed, as well as the limit established for each case.
In addition to the accurate filling in of the appropriate forms, our team of specialists in the field will go through all the intricacies of the competent authorities as if they were processing the file on their own hand, ensuring authorisation in an unparalleled fraction of the time. Consequently, we would like to invite you to try this service with us at promotional prices for work permits, visas, foreign resident identity documents (DIREs), and other foreigners’ processes, not only for the speed of the process and your own comfort, but also to allow you to concentrate on your core business activities and thus generate greater efficiency.
Financial Consulting
Assuming that your institution has a certain concept or else a medium or long-term financial plan for managing its investments or assets, leave it to us to provide you with an objective and independent analysis of same, or the appropriate financial modelling of your organisation. In this context, we will provide you with risk management advice depending on the industry trends, pending government regulations as well as long-term feasibility.
We also provide financial consulting to individuals with abundant financial resources, a long list of assets and a complex investment portfolio. As in the institutional case, we will provide you with technical and objective advice on risk assessment, income management, investment handling, tax planning as well as general long-term planning.
For both cases, a wide range of non-resident consultants in the Company and highly specialised in the field can be mobilised in the blink of an eye to meet your needs, under CONTRATUZ, Lda’s direct supervision, who also boasts a highly competent permanent professional in this field.
Accounting and Auditing
Leave your accounting to accredited institutions like ours because, in addition to the registration, we provide a systematised summary of your financial transactions, as well as give you an accurate report compatible with the requirements of any supervisory, regulatory or tax institution. Whether it is management accounting or cost accounting, and strictly following the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, International Financial Reporting Standards and National Tax Legislation, our technicians will provide you with an important tool for your decision-making process, cost planning, as well as measuring the performance of your business, with the frequency that best suits you.
Should you decide to have the accounting done by an established structure within your institution, we offer you an independent financial audit, with clear objective criteria. Our professionals will ensure a thorough verification of whether your accounting files are in compliance with the regulations or not, as well as whether the accounting records and reports derived from them are within the standards established in Mozambique or not and, in the last case, how to address this situation. So, regardless of the size or volume of your operations, accounting and auditing is an important exercise for those who want to be successful, being CONTRATUZ, Lda the right gateway for that purpose.