CONSULTING ADVISORY

Focused expertise. Practical progress.

Bring in specialist risk expertise to address a defined challenge. We work with your team to assess the position, develop practical improvements and hand over agreed outputs, with a clear scope and completion point.

RECOGNISABLE CHALLENGES

When we can help

A focused engagement gives your team additional expertise for a specific issue, improvement or decision. The work is proportionate to your organisation, its maturity and the outcome required.

  • 01You need to establish or strengthen a risk framework.
  • 02A control gap, review finding or emerging risk needs a clear response.
  • 03A change programme needs specialist risk input.
  • 04Leadership needs an evidence-based assessment and practical next steps.

FOCUSED ENGAGEMENTS

What we deliver

Agree the work around the question you need to answer. An engagement may focus on one of these areas or bring them together.

01

Assess and prioritise

  • Carry out assessments, ad hoc audits and targeted reviews of existing arrangements.
  • Identify gaps, dependencies and areas for management attention.
  • Set out findings and prioritised recommendations.
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02

Design and improve

  • Develop or refresh frameworks, policies and controls.
  • Clarify governance, responsibilities and reporting.
  • Shape a practical implementation plan.
03

Implement and embed

  • Support agreed improvements and working sessions.
  • Help teams apply new processes and documentation.
  • Hand over outputs, actions and ownership.

Deliverables, evidence requirements, dependencies and acceptance criteria are agreed before work begins. Your organisation retains responsibility for its risks, decisions and implementation.

HOW WE WORK

A defined scope. A clear handover.

You can follow the work from the initial question to the agreed completion point.

  1. Understand the needClarify the challenge, operating context and intended outcome.
  2. Agree the scopeConfirm deliverables, responsibilities, timing, fees and change control.
  3. Work through the detailReview evidence, involve the right people and keep findings and progress visible.
  4. Handover and next stepsReview the agreed outputs and confirm ownership of any remaining actions.

Expertise shaped around your priority.

Our service domains cover foundations, technology and cyber risk, resilience, compliance and assurance. Explore the domain pages for examples of the issues and outputs an engagement can address.

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FITS AROUND YOUR TEAM

Use the support you need.

Consulting Advisory can be delivered as a standalone engagement. A Sapere subscription is not required.

Sapere can help organise risk information where it fits the work. If you need recurring reporting, review or follow-up after the engagement, an MSA can be agreed separately.

YOUR NEXT STEP

Start with the issue to resolve.

Tell us what needs to change, your current arrangements and the outcome you want to achieve. We will help shape a proportionate engagement.