Senior advisory. Scoped to your specific need.
Most consultancy engagements are too broad to be useful. Achieve Corporation provides senior M&A and corporate finance advisory on a defined-scope basis — fixed fee where the deliverable is clear, day rate with a confirmed maximum where the scope requires flexibility. Every engagement is led at principal level. No generalist teams. No junior analysts presenting work they did not produce.
Discuss Your InstructionBroad retainers. Junior delivery. Advice that costs more than the problem it solves.
Most consultancy engagements are sold by a senior partner and delivered by a team the client has never met. The brief expands. The retainer continues. The output is a presentation that describes the problem the client already knew they had — with recommendations that require another engagement to implement.
Achieve Corporation operates differently. Every engagement is scoped before it begins. The fee is agreed before any work starts. The work is done by the principals — not a team assembled after the contract is signed.
If the deliverable cannot be defined clearly enough to put a fixed fee on it, the brief needs more work — not a broader retainer.
The specific areas Achieve Corporation advises on.
All consultancy is grounded in the principals' qualifications — FMVA and CBCA standard — and in 30 years of applied M&A and corporate finance experience. The scope below reflects what Achieve Corporation can deliver with demonstrable evidence, not what the firm aspires to offer.
Advisory on acquisition strategy, deal structure, and transaction approach for businesses considering a sale, a purchase, or a merger. Covers the strategic rationale, the financial architecture of the deal, the sequencing of approach, and the likely positions of counterparties. Delivered as a written advisory document or a facilitated board session — defined at the point of instruction.
Independent financial analysis for boards and leadership teams who need a qualified second opinion on their own numbers — or who need a financial assessment of a specific opportunity, liability, or decision. Built to FMVA standard. Every figure is sourced, stated, and defensible. Suitable for board presentation, lender submission, or investor review.
For business owners who intend to sell within a defined timeframe and want to prepare the business correctly before going to market. Covers valuation, financial clean-up, operational dependencies, and the documentation a buyer will expect to see. The objective is a business that commands its full value — not one that is corrected under buyer scrutiny during due diligence.
Advisory on how a business should be funded at its current stage — debt, equity, mezzanine, or a combination — and what that structure implies for ownership, risk, and future optionality. Includes the financial modelling to support the funding case and the preparation of materials for lender or investor presentation.
Financial due diligence support for buyers who need a qualified analyst to review the target's accounts, stress-test the seller's financial claims, and identify the issues a legal team will need to address. Delivered to CBCA standard. Scoped per instruction — from a focused review of a specific financial statement to a full financial due diligence report.
Preparation of investment memoranda, information memoranda, and financial models for businesses seeking capital, planning a transaction, or preparing for an investor process. Every model is built to FMVA standard by Olivia Lauren Hughes. Every memorandum is written to be read by the audience it is aimed at — not to describe what that audience already knows.
Scope first. Fee confirmed. Work begins.
Achieve Corporation does not start consultancy work until the scope is agreed in writing and the fee is confirmed. This is not a process formality — it is what makes the engagement useful. A brief that cannot be scoped clearly is a brief that will not produce a useful output.
Every engagement is led by Mark Ross Roberts or Olivia Lauren Hughes. If the instruction requires both principals — analytical modelling alongside strategic advisory — both are engaged. If it requires one, you work with one. You are never passed to an associate without being told.
A direct conversation to understand the instruction. No fee for this call. The outcome is a clear view of whether Achieve Corporation is the right firm for the brief — and if so, what the scope and fee look like.
The deliverable, the timeline, and the fee are confirmed in writing before any work begins. Fixed fee where the output is defined. Day rate with a capped maximum where flexibility is required. No ambiguity.
The work is done by the principal who agreed the scope. If additional specialist input is required — legal, sector-specific, independent analytical — it is identified upfront and engaged separately, not absorbed into a margin.
The engagement concludes with the agreed deliverable produced to the agreed standard. If the scope changes materially during the engagement, a written variation is agreed before additional work proceeds.
What makes this different from standard consultancy.
The analytical work produced by Achieve Corporation is built to internationally certified standards — not to the internal standard of the firm producing it. FMVA for financial modelling. CBCA for acquisition and credit analysis. Both verifiable at the Corporate Finance Institute credential registry.
Achieve Corporation will not accept a consultancy instruction that cannot be scoped. An open-ended retainer with a vague objective produces vague output. If the brief is not clear enough to put a deliverable on, the first conversation is about sharpening the brief — not signing an engagement letter.
At Achieve Corporation, the principal who scopes your engagement is the principal who delivers it. There is no handoff to a delivery team after the contract is signed. What you see in the initial conversation is what you get throughout the engagement.
Fixed fees for defined deliverables. Day rate with a confirmed maximum for open-scope work. Both agreed in writing before any work commences. A consultancy fee that is not defined before work begins is a fee that can expand in any direction. Achieve Corporation's cannot.
M&A and corporate finance decisions are not made in isolation from the people making them. Mark Ross Roberts holds credentials in applied neuroscience from the University of Pennsylvania. The behavioural and interpersonal dynamics of any transaction or board-level decision are part of the advisory — not an afterthought.
Consultancy instructions handled by Achieve Corporation are managed at principal level throughout. The financial detail, strategic intent, and organisational context shared during an engagement are handled with the same discretion applied to a mandated transaction — because for the client, the stakes are equivalent.
Where the deliverable is clear — a financial model, an investment memorandum, a due diligence report, a board advisory document — a fixed fee is agreed before any work begins. The fee confirmed is the fee paid. No variation without a written change instruction.
Where the instruction requires flexibility — an ongoing advisory relationship, a multi-stage engagement, a brief that is being developed — a day rate applies with a confirmed maximum agreed in writing before commencement. The engagement cannot exceed that maximum without your written agreement.
Every consultancy engagement — fixed fee or day rate — is confirmed in writing before any work begins. The scope, the fee, the timeline, and the deliverable are all stated. The initial 20-minute scoping call carries no fee and no obligation.
Book a confidential call with one of our senior partners.
In 20 minutes you will know whether Achieve Corporation is the right firm for your instruction, what the scope of the engagement would look like, and what it would cost — before any commitment is made.
- An honest assessment of whether the brief falls within Achieve Corporation's confirmed competency
- A clear view of scope, deliverable, and fee structure for your specific instruction
- No obligation to proceed — and no fee for the initial call