We are business controllers, specialised in supplier conditions and sets of conditions. We apply our financial know-how to structurally improve your purchasing processes and results, rendering them manageable.
As CFO of Alliance Automotive in the UK, I worked with Recentes group during 2023, on a project focused recovery of rebates, but also covering duplicate payments and correct recovery of VAT. By committing time to explaining our business model to the Recentes team prior to the commencement of the assignment, the Recentes team were then able to work independently with very little disturbance to the local finance team. We received regular and clear updates on the assignment on a monthly basis, and any points of negotiation were resolved quickly and pragmatically. We recovered a significant sum of money from the work of Recentes and also learned many points for improvement within our own processes. I would not hesitate to recommend the team from Recentes and will likely engage them again in the future.
John CoombesFinance directorAlliance Automotive Group UK
A weighty crisis costing millions
C1000 Supermarkets
At C1000, the implementation of a conditions management system had hit crisis level. This long-running project had become bogged down, while the accountant demanded implementation. Together with a strong team of C1000 staff, the Recentes project manager refloated the stranded project and implemented the system on time. The system had functioned satisfactorily until the takeover of C1000 by Jumbo.
For many years, a project was under way at a client organisation to build (their own!) system with which supplier conditions could be registered and calculated. Investments were already running into millions, but without completion.
Two events launched this project into a crisis: the project manager left the organisation and the controlling auditor required the system to be operational, tested and commissioned within 5 months. Technically speaking, the system was declared “SOX critical”, which means that its failure would stand in the way of an unqualified auditor’s report. And so the project became very weighty.
A Recentes partner was requested to assume the role of project manager and to [..]