Cost, Economic and Financial Analysis
In business, all decisions fall to the bottom line. Business decisions occur within a framework of how to spend, why to spend, what to spend, and where to spend. Poor financial planning can ruin even the best business idea. Making the best investment decision is essential. SAIC understands the imperative of continually assessing the business environment's impact on financial performance.
SAIC's Center for Cost, Economic and Financial Analysis (CEFA) and the Center for Nonprofit Financial Management and Analysis (CNFMA) specialize in helping clients better understand the economic consequences of their business decisions. CEFA's experience with commercial and government customers allows us to customize best practice solutions and implement them within a customer's operational scope and budget. Our approach works because we have the capabilities, resources, solutions and experience to quickly assess a problem and assemble a team to deliver tangible results.
- Proven analytic rigor and insight in:
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- Financial & Economic Modeling
- Investment & Business Case Analysis
- Supply & Demand Forecasting
- Life-Cycle Cost/Benefit Analysis
- Financial Risk Analysis & Mitigation
- Energy Procurement
By employing proven methods, models, tools, and techniques to support a variety of government and private industry customers, CEFA and CNFMA are able to provide high-quality economic, financial, and cost analyses that help clients make successful decisions regarding opportunity cost. The integration of our financial expertise, with the expansive technical capability drawn from throughout SAIC, helps our team provide value-added contribution to our customers. We work closely with our clients to ensure their goals and objectives are met through budget savings and effective resource allocation.
Examples of SAIC value delivery include its work in developing strategic business plans, valuation exercises, and financial instruments for an international telecommunication client's new wireless product line. Another example is our successful business case analysis that helped raise investment capital for a global medical services firm.
Past projects include:
- Business plan and financial analysis - international wireless telecommunication company
- Automated commercial environment cost-benefit analysis - major government clients
- High-speed rail study and evaluation of passenger rail options - state governments' departments of transportation
- Economic impact study of radiological dispersion - U.S. government client
- Recommendations to boost economic value - major international airport
