Advisory practices

Management consulting and head-office services

Four practices for company groups. Each one lists what it delivers, roughly how long it runs, who it is for, and what it explicitly excludes.

01 · governance

Executive Management & Corporate Governance Advisory

Full scope

We work with owners, boards and executive teams to put the governance plumbing of a group in order: who decides what, at what threshold, on whose mandate, and how that is evidenced. The work is documentary and structural - we draft and review the instruments, map decision rights across the group, and rehearse the calendar with the people who have to run it. We do not sit on your board, we do not act as a director, and we do not provide legal or audit opinions; where a matter needs a Finnish attorney or an authorised auditor we say so and stop.

Deliverables

Board and committee charters, and a written rules-of-procedure pack
Delegation-of-authority matrix with approval thresholds per entity
Annual governance calendar covering statutory and group meetings
Group policy set: conflicts of interest, related-party dealings, escalation
Governance gap review against the current group structure

Not included

Acting as a member of your board or as a signatory
Legal opinions or representation - that is a licensed activity in Finland
Statutory audit or assurance - reserved to auditors in the PRH auditor register

Typical shape: Typically 4-8 weeks for a first group-level review, then a quarterly cadence.
Who it is for: Owner-managed groups and international companies operating one or more Finnish or Nordic entities.

02 · shared services

Head-Office Shared Services Optimisation

Full scope

A head office earns its keep when the functions it centralises are genuinely cheaper and better run centrally. We map what your head office currently does for the group, cost it against the alternative, and redesign the service model - catalogue, service levels, intake routes, ownership, and the intra-group recharge basis that has to survive a transfer-pricing conversation. The output is an operating design and the documents to run it; your own people, or a provider you choose, operate it.

Deliverables

Head-office service catalogue with owners and service levels
Function-by-function centralise / distribute / outsource assessment
Intra-group service agreement structure and recharge basis documentation
Target operating model for HR, operations and legal-support functions
Transition plan with sequencing, dependencies and named accountabilities

Not included

Operating your payroll, HR or legal function on your behalf
Tax rulings or transfer-pricing opinions - we document the basis, your tax adviser signs it
Employment-law advice on individual cases

Typical shape: Diagnostic in 3-5 weeks; a full redesign usually runs one to two quarters.
Who it is for: Groups whose head office supports three or more operating entities, often across borders.

03 · strategy

Strategic Restructuring & Cross-Border Growth Advisory

Full scope

Structural work: how many entities a group actually needs, where the management substance sits, what a new market costs in obligations before it earns anything, and how an acquired business is folded into an existing head office. We produce the analysis and the plan, we run the workstream governance, and we brief the specialists who execute. Every option is presented with its constraints and its failure modes, not as a recommendation dressed up as a certainty.

Deliverables

Entity and management-substance review across the group footprint
Market-entry readiness assessment per target jurisdiction
Post-acquisition integration plan with a 100-day head-office workstream
Restructuring option analysis, each option with constraints and dependencies
Programme governance: steering structure, decision log, risk register

Not included

Tax structuring advice and jurisdiction shopping
Corporate finance, fundraising, or any brokering of a transaction
Statements about the financial return of any structure or transaction

Typical shape: Scoped per programme; discovery is typically 2-4 weeks before any commitment.
Who it is for: Groups entering the Nordic market, and Nordic groups consolidating entities after growth.

04 · reporting

Performance Analytics & Board-Level Reporting Infrastructure

Full scope

Most board packs fail on definitions rather than data. We build the measurement layer underneath the pack: a written definition per metric, the lineage from source system to slide, the owner of each number, and a reporting calendar the group can actually hold. Where the reporting stack needs building we specify it and work alongside your engineers or your vendor; we are not reselling a platform and we take no commission on tooling.

Deliverables

Metric dictionary: definition, owner, source, calculation, refresh cadence
Data lineage map from source systems to the board pack
Board and management reporting pack templates with a fixed narrative structure
Reporting calendar aligned to the group's statutory and governance dates
Requirements specification for the reporting stack, vendor-neutral

Not included

Financial statement preparation or bookkeeping
Assurance over reported figures
Reselling, licensing or taking commission on analytics software

Typical shape: 6-10 weeks to a first governed pack, then support through two reporting cycles.
Who it is for: Groups whose board pack is assembled by hand and disagrees with itself between quarters.

On fees

We do not publish rates or package prices. Fees depend on the number of entities, the depth of the review and the access we need to your people, so a figure quoted before that is known would be misleading. Every engagement is priced in a written scope before work starts, and nothing outside that scope is invoiced without a signed change. Ask us in an executive briefing and you will get a real answer for your situation.

Quantum Stakes Oy provides advisory services only. We make no representation about the financial outcome of any structure, decision or engagement, and we do not offer any product with a financial return.

Scope of business

Quantum Stakes Oy provides business-to-business management consulting and head-office support services only. We do not offer consumer services.
We are not a bank, investment firm, payment institution, insurance intermediary or gaming operator, and we hold no financial-services licence. We do not offer investments, credit, trading, wagering or any product with a financial return.
Advisory work is delivered under a written engagement scope. Nothing on this website is an offer, a guarantee of any outcome, or legal, tax or audit advice.

Management consulting and head-office services

Executive Management & Corporate Governance Advisory

Head-Office Shared Services Optimisation

Strategic Restructuring & Cross-Border Growth Advisory

Performance Analytics & Board-Level Reporting Infrastructure

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