Consulting objective
The company manufactures precision cast and machined components used in demanding aerospace applications. Its IPO preparation requires more than financial close acceleration. Backlog quality, programme economics, alloy and process traceability, qualification, yield, inspection, customer concessions, export obligations and capacity must all support the public narrative.
The consultant will advise the Board and management on listing readiness without acting as director, auditor, certification authority or management. Decisions and statutory accountability remain with the appointed Board and executives.
Ten listing workstreams
- Map programme contracts, pricing, escalation, customer remedies, qualification, delivery and support obligations.
- Reconcile order book to approved drawings, executable material, process capacity, customer approvals and realistic delivery schedules.
- Rebuild standard cost and programme margin across alloy, yield, scrap, rework, special processes, inspection, documentation, freight and working capital.
- Establish inventory evidence for alloy, work in progress, customer-specific parts, rejected material, returned items and recoverable scrap.
- Review revenue recognition, customer acceptance, unbilled work, variable consideration, claims, penalties and onerous-contract triggers.
- Create source-to-product traceability and control evidence for material identity, heat or batch, tooling, process route, inspection and release.
- Assess capacity claims through actual constraints, first-pass yield, maintenance, qualified equipment, trained people and customer approval.
- Build governance for capital expenditure, benefit tracking, related parties, procurement, export compliance, sanctions and technology transfer.
- Standardise IPO metrics for backlog, utilisation, yield, customer concentration, programme margin, capex, quality and cash conversion.
- Prepare committee calendars, management certifications, risk factors, incident escalation, whistle-blower independence and post-listing reporting rehearsals.
Board-facing deliverables
The consultant will provide a readiness diagnostic, programme-economics model, backlog evidence index, inventory and traceability assurance plan, capex review protocol, metric dictionary, disclosure-control matrix and sequenced remediation plan. Each critical claim should have a definition, source, owner, control, reconciliation and documented limitation.
Dry runs should reproduce key operational metrics, close the quarter on a listed-company timetable and test whether programme, quality and finance teams explain the same facts consistently. Unresolved quality, export, revenue or contract issues should be reflected openly in risk assessment rather than managed through optimistic wording.
Candidate profile and safeguards
Candidates should have at least 22 years of experience across aerospace manufacturing, industrial finance, audit, programme control, quality systems, capital markets or IPO transformation. Former CFOs, aerospace controllers, programme executives, audit partners and listing-readiness leaders may be suitable.
IICA registration is not required. The consultant must remain independent from statutory audit and disclose relationships with investors, bankers, customers, suppliers, certification bodies or transaction advisers. The engagement may not be used to secure audit, capital raising, certification or supply mandates.
Completion criteria
The assignment is complete when programme and financial data reconcile; order-book and capacity claims are evidenced; significant controls operate; material quality and contract risks are transparently governed; the Board can reproduce IPO metrics; and management can sustain public-company reporting without consultant dependence.